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Wanted to share and get some help with the ID

 

Was at an antique store yesterday and was drawn to a Waterman pen and pencil set.

 

The tags were still on it! Don't think the pen has ever been inked. Had to get it. Today is my birthday and that became my present!

 

Seen these at shows before but I've never held one. Nib is hard as a rock. They say "firm" on the writing.

 

The lever still moves, so I haven't decided if I want to try and resac it. I'm betting the sac, completely unused, would be fine, for a bit, but I'm thinking I should just resac anyway to be safe.

 

Sorry I couldn't get my phone to focus on either side of the nib very well. The one thing I noticed that was interesting is the feed has two channels in it but this is a one tined firm nib. Did they just stick a music feed in this and call it good? Is there a benefit? Or is this a purely aesthetic look to it?

 

Internet is showing this particular set from the 30's, 40's, and 50's, depending on what you click on. Can anyone help me with a little more accuracy?

 

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Wanted to share and get some help with the ID

 

Was at an antique store yesterday and was drawn to a Waterman pen and pencil set.

 

The tags were still on it! Don't think the pen has ever been inked. Had to get it. Today is my birthday and that became my present!

 

Seen these at shows before but I've never held one. Nib is hard as a rock. They say "firm" on the writing.

 

The lever still moves, so I haven't decided if I want to try and resac it. I'm betting the sac, completely unused, would be fine, for a bit, but I'm thinking I should just resac anyway to be safe.

 

Sorry I couldn't get my phone to focus on either side of the nib very well. The one thing I noticed that was interesting is the feed has two channels in it but this is a one tined firm nib. Did they just stick a music feed in this and call it good? Is there a benefit? Or is this a purely aesthetic look to it?

 

Internet is showing this particular set from the 30's, 40's, and 50's, depending on what you click on. Can anyone help me with a little more accuracy?

 

PyHLo3Y.jpg

fLB7ZnX.jpg

gzMCQ5h.jpg

Hy2R7ev.jpg

 

Such a nice find, and Happy Birthday Eharriett!

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Late 40's Taperite Ctrusader set. The cap on yours is in unusually good shape, happy birthday. BTW the shape of the nib screams "manifold" you could probably use the pen to make carbon copies, and it will polish up nicely with a jewellery cleaning cloth.

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I had one of those! Loved the nib, but the plastic was brittle and cracked near the section. I don't think it's a taperite, aren't they a smaller, partially-hooded nib?

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Oh my did I lead you down the wrong path! Not a Taperite at all. Serves me right for posting when I'm too tired to know what I'm typing. Pen Lady goofs again - sorry!

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I have a few Waterman open-nib versions of the Taperite pens (which I prefer to the usual version). This looks like an open nib Crusader.

 

Example added: http://www.peytonstreetpens.com/waterman-crusader-fountain-pen-black-gold-cap-fine-semi-flex-open-nib-very-nice-restored.html

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https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/profile/123018-chouffleur/?tab=field_core_pfield_37

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Ah hah! Richard Binder's site to the rescue!

 

Looks like it is a Crusader, a pen I had never heard of before. According to the one sentence description on his site, it is a Taperite with an open nib! And I think that's about all I'm going to get. Anything else, look up Taperites. Fine with me, I like the Taperite :D

 

I have two other Taperites too, and neither have that cap. However, that is a more common cap and the others I have are uncommon.

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