The famous Waterman's "Pink" nib

[tipstricks]

Here are some pictures of a recent purchase. It's a strange #94 barrel with a #7 cap, in red ripple hard rubber. Used a Panasonic Lumix FZ8 camera, with Macro lens Raynox DCR-250 for close-up. Hope you like it.

 

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[Chris Chalmers]

Congratulations on a delicious PINK nibbed beauty! Wonderful photos too. Have you inked it and used it - I'd love to see how it writes!!!

[tipstricks]

Already done, Chris; it writes like I was expecting:

 

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[Chris Chalmers]

OMG!!!! How lovely! Thanks for replying..........now I need to wipe up some dribble on my desk!

[girlieg33k]

Beautiful writing sample! Thanks for sharing the photos! I was lucky enough to use someone else's "Pink" nib for a few weeks. The pleasure of using the nib haunts me; it dances gracefully (to the tune of Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere") in my dreams.

Edited June 13, 2009 by girlieg33k

[pen2paper]

!!! when I saw your Name, I thought, Yes! another Beautiful handwriting example!

Then that Pen! Then your handwriting example!

Beautiful..so glad for you!

[AndyH]

Beautiful pen, photography, and handwriting. Thanks for sharing!

[Rena]

Hope you like it.

 

 

More than like!!! !!!!!

 

 

 

[framebaer]

excellent macro photography by the way!!

[tipstricks]

Ghosh! Thank you all for your so kind words... I'm :embarrassed_smile: Maybe you already know I'm in love with vintage flex, and this pen -wow!- is an absolute expression of flex. Can I say it's near perfection? I think so.

[Chris Chalmers]

You may indeed - go ahead - be my guest!!! I too love flex - and have a RRHR 56 with some - but not a pink nib!!

 

[pmsalty]

Awesome!

PMS

[altecniblick]

Wow! Is the wood coming down to the nib very unusual? I've not seen that before. Lovely pen and lovely handwriting.

[BerneseMtDogEatsArco]

I reckon that nib ain't pink!

 

(Beautiful pen, AND beautiful writing sample!)

[Peter from Sherwood Park]

Great photographs and I am very jealous!

[tipstricks]

Wow! Is the wood coming down to the nib very unusual? I've not seen that before. Lovely pen and lovely handwriting.

Red ripple ebonite feeds are normally used on these pens. All my red ripple Waterman's have it.

 

 

I reckon that nib ain't pink!

 

(Beautiful pen, AND beautiful writing sample!)

 

Thank you, but can you tell me why you suppose it isn't a pink nib?

[artaddict]

Awesome calligraphy as well as photography, Giampaolo!

[Johnny Appleseed]

I reckon that nib ain't pink!

 

(Beautiful pen, AND beautiful writing sample!)

 

Thank you, but can you tell me why you suppose it isn't a pink nib?

'Cause it's gold I would imagine. I think he is making a joke on the color nib - the nib itself is not the color pink, though it is a "pink" nib.

 

I have often thought a Waterman "color" nib with the right nib-creep-prone Noodler's ink could give you a nib the actual color of the color stamped on the nib.

 

John

[diplomat]

GP, you are building a great Waterman collection, congrats for this last purchase.

 

 

Ghosh! Thank you all for your so kind words... I'm :embarrassed_smile: Maybe you already know I'm in love with vintage flex, and this pen -wow!- is an absolute expression of flex. Can I say it's near perfection? I think so.

 

May I ask why you were stating in the beginning (in the writing example) "Not a great flex" and then in the above quote "[this] is an absolute expression of flex"? Are you happy with that? And what's the difference with a non-pink flexy nib?

 

Thank you,

 

Andre

[Johnny Appleseed]

May I ask why you were stating in the beginning (in the writing example) "Not a great flex" and then in the above quote "[this] is an absolute expression of flex"? Are you happy with that? And what's the difference with a non-pink flexy nib?

 

Thank you,

 

Andre

 

I cannot answer for GP on this, but a little bit of "Color Nib" background:

 

Waterman made their color-coded nibs from roughly 1927-1930s, and only really cover a specific range of models. Of those colored-coded nibs, there were:

Pink - Extra-fine flex

Red - Medium flex (I have heard described as semi-flex)

Black - Extra-fine, extra-flexy (and incredibly rare - expect to pay about US $1000 for a pen with a "Black" nib).

 

Non-color codes Waterman nibs range from super-flex to stiff, and were generally not coded for their degree of flex. So comparing a pink flex nib to a non-pink flex nib is difficult - you can range from an ultra-flexy, giant #10 nib to a semi-flex #2, with a range of nib widths, sizes, degree of flex and snap, etc. etc.

 

John