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Hey all! I've been a very low key fountain pen fan since High School but this weekend I was at an estate sale and found a pile of old pens for $.25 each. Most were pharmaseutical freebees that I left there but I found these two gorgeous Waterman fountain pens! The two Watermans I found made me not look too in depth at this funny little fish pen that I assumed was another Waterman?

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But today when I filled the new pens with my ink I realized that the funny little fish pen is not a Waterman but something not nearly as much fun. I hate the nib and want to look into getting it a new nib but I know nothing! Nothing!


There isn't a brand on the pen anywhere. The nib says Platinum Ultra Tipped Monter (or maybe Montes). Does anyone know what this is?

tumblr_nbpdzoiuSp1qzxo7mo1_1280.jpgAnyway - Hi! I'm Susan! I'll share some of my favorite pens elsewhere.

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Hello and Welcome to FPN! Glad to have you as a new member!

 

Sorry I can't help with id of your pen but someone may come along that can help!

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What kind of filling system is in the "fish" pen ?

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Hello and welcome, Susan. I'm glad you joined us. Please don't hesitate to share your questions and opinions. I can't help you with the fish pen. Still, for $.25 . . .

 

I hope you enjoy your time with us.

 

-David.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it will still be stationery. -Anon.

A backward poet writes inverse. -Anon.

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Hi Susan. Greetings from northern California and a warm welcome to FPN. It's great to have you here with us.

"Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause." - Gandhi -

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Thank you all for the warm welcome!


To answer your question, the Fish pen has a bladder style converter and the more I futz with it I think the bladder is permanently attached to collector? I'm not positive - I didn't try and pull it off until it was already full of ink and so I didn't try too hard. But the black plastic part (with the metal and the hole that you push on) will come off of the bladder itself (which I've never seen before and I can't find a two part bladder ink converter online? But I might not be looking in the right places).

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Hi Susan and welcome to FPN

 

Sounds fishy to me... not a Waterman I know.

 

Why not take some better pics from the nib and post it in the "Miscellaneous" subforum? I find this intriguing., especially the nib inscription. Probably not a very expensive pen, but interesting.

 

D.ick

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Welcome to FPN! :W2FPN:


I am glad that you joined us today!


Please feel free to ask us anything about fountain pens and inks.


Please enjoy the forum,


-William S. Park


“My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. - Graham Greene

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