Help With Waterman Lady Identification

[Lilliangirl]

Hi

 

Can anybody help me to identify this Waterman le lady fountain pen please?

 

Any info would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance..

[sidthecat]

That is a Lady Elsa. Waterman made them in the Eighties to use up a small stock of an old material called Galalith. The nibs are plated and what I'd call semi-flex, but they can be nice writers.

 

I collect these things...are you thinking of keeping it?

[Lilliangirl]

Thank you

 

Not sure what to do with it yet. I’ve tried researching colour etc, but couldn’t find anything resembling the grey, black and red marbling effect. What would you do with it? I’ve been given a collection of pens, and my knowledge is very limited on most of them. Do I keep, or sell this one?

 

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[sidthecat]

There's not a huge amount of information on them, but I think there's some pictures on the Waterman forum. They made five or six different colors, but the ones I have are in green and gold. They take an old-style converter (which you can find online) or cartridges.

 

What I like about them is that they have a snap cap. I wear ringtops as a sort of functional pendant, but most have a nasty tendency to untwist themselves and disappear. These won't. I would definitely wear the thing - it's very pretty.

 

Here's a picture of three of them:

And almost a full set:

Edited February 19, 2018 by sidthecat

[Lilliangirl]

It’s really interesting, that a few weeks ago, I wouldn’t have blinked an eye if someone had shown me some of these fountain pens, but now I find them really interesting. The passion and knowledge that people share with me is a real eye opener! Many thanks for making me appreciate the ‘humble’ fountain pen.

[sidthecat]

I may have hoist myself on mine own petard here, since I was hoping to get you to sell me the thing, but I'm also nothing if not an enabler.

 

What else do you have in that interesting little hoard of yours?