#22 Taper Cap - Display Pen?

[ImpulseTradingCo]

My friends, yesterday I picked up a Waterman's #22 Taper Cap with a star embossed (with Waterman above and Ideal NY below) on the #2 nib. It is in absolutely pristine condition, looks like it was made yesterday. EXCEPT: one of the iridium tips is missing off the nib, just the tip, so you don't notice it immediately; about a half inch from the end of the taper, there is a tiny red dot drilled into it; and, the section won't unscrew from the barrel. The previous owner discovered that the nib and feed are just finger-tight in the section. One more thing - the section has a little flat spot milled into it.

 

Any ideas? Factory defect? Window display? Broken early in its life and stored safely for 100 years? Replica? Thanks for any wisdom on this.

 

~Richard

[RMN]

The specialist will want pictures to see what's the problem, and others might want to gawk at a pretty pen....

 

 

D.ick

[ImpulseTradingCo]

Of course!

[RMN]

Interesting pen.

 

I would not call it pristine condition.

The section has a lot of scratches on it. And that nib has taken a beating, looks like it has been straightened.

 

It might be a photographic distortion but it looks like the section is askew on the barrel.That might explain why it won't unscrew.

 

The spot on the taper and the flattene bit are strange indeed.

 

This looks like a pen to be shown in the repair section.

 

Thanks for showing

 

 

D.ick

[ImpulseTradingCo]

Thanks for your comments and insight, my friend. When I called it "pristine" I was looking at the chasing and the imprint. I appreciate the suggestion to take it to the repair forum.

 

~Richard