Some Kind Of Waterman With A Fantastic #5 Stub Nib...

[ink-syringe]

Here is a mystery Waterman pen with an amazing #5 nib which is either a nicely worn in italic or a very sharp stub. There is tipping but it is ground flat and the tip is quite narrow with cross strokes are quite fine. In any case it is an amazing nib and a little springy to boot.

 

2 problems (possibly related) are that

 

1. Flow is inconsistent. I wonder if the feed needs to be heat set?

 

2. The cap is a disaster. Like some kind of sc-fi dystopian hellscape of junk and corrosion and no amount of cleaning gets it clean. Some of the gunk inevitably ends up on the pen. I keep at it but it is just a green gooey nightmare in there.

 

What the heck is this pen? I'd like to look for another just to get the cap. Possibly a broken one.

 

Also the feed is missing a few fins.

 

http://cl.ly/image/1m032E0A3L0J/Waterman-Stub16.JPG

Edited November 24, 2015 by ink-syringe

[Left FPN]

It might be from the Crusader line.

 

An ultrasonic cleaner with soapy additive should clean the cap out.

Edited November 24, 2015 by Force

[ink-syringe]

I thought it was a Crusader as well because of slip cap. But none of the Crusaders I've seen come with that kind of cap.

 

I tried the ultrasonic cleaner. It did't help much. I think it needs to be scraped out with something pretty harsh make a hard brush of some kind.

 

from that web site: "time is not kind to the caps of Crusaders." ha! true.

 

thanks.

[ink-syringe]

And the feed doesn't match the crusaders I have seen. What's of course defeats changed over time and I just haven't happen to see one like mine.

[ink-syringe]

http://cl.ly/image/2l1i2t3P1X3V/Waterman-Stub07.JPG

[ink-syringe]

http://cl.ly/image/1E1o1y392n3R/Waterman-Stub10.JPG

[gregamckinney]

You may want to consider finding a nice Crusader-family pen with a boring nib and transplant this beauty of a nib into it.

Best, greg