Unusual 'pen'

[Left FPN]

One for the experts.

 

Here are the auction pics before it is snapped up

 

 

 

and the description...

 

This is for a vintage fountain pen made by Watermans.

I have researched and found that these are very rare and this is a patented model.

Another was sold a while ago and the box read TRADE MARKS REGISTERED IN U.S. PAT. OFFICE, FEB. 6 1906, FEB. 13 1906, JAN. 15 1907, DEC. 15, 1908. MADE IN U.S.A

The side of this is stamped PAT.FEB.21.1922 so it definately dates after that.

I do not have a clue how it works etc. There are no marks for Waterman on the pen itself. I know there are a lot of pen collectors so I am sure you will know more about this than myself.

It has a couple of dents.

I think the main body is made of steel.

Edited March 29, 2012 by Force

[terminal]

One for the experts

 

El-Oh-El!!

 

Man, the description is just awesome:

 

"I have researched and found that these are very rare and this is a patented model.

I do not have a clue how it works etc. There are no marks for Waterman on the pen itself.

I know there are a lot of pen collectors so I am sure you will know more about this than myself."

 

Priceless!! Thanks for the laugh :ltcapd:

 

However, TBH I'm not entirely sure what it *is* either...

[Uncle Red]

Looks more like a tool than a pen.

[rhr2010]

A piece of a sawing machine? Of course, made by Waterman :roflmho:

Or maybe a syringe for a veterinary, still of course a Waterman piece....

[USMCMom]

Looks similar to a leather sewing tool. I wonder how this seller knows it's Waterman, I don't see it marked anywhere ... am I missing it???

[USMCMom]

I tried several times to ask the seller about the mark, but it won't let me send it.

[Procyon]

Looks to me like a needle for a sewing machine. I don't understand why the seller thinks it's a Waterman's or even a pen for that matter.

[terminal]

I tried several times to ask the seller about the mark, but it won't let me send it.

 

 

SHOCKING lol

[ethernautrix]

I'm not an expert, nor a seamstress, but that looks like a sewing needle....

[terminal]

Looks similar to a leather sewing tool.

 

+1 I think so too upon further examination ....

[Xof72000]

This is a electronical cyclotron buzz, made by aliens to write ... yes it is !

 

:roflmho:

[rhr2010]

No no no...Waterman was always ahead of the times...it was experimenting with writing implements way before any PDA, smart phone and iPad came to market...of course you could use this implement on your iPad, a nice vintage writing tool for modern tablets....

[Arasazi]

No no no...Waterman was always ahead of the times...it was experimenting with writing implements way before any PDA, smart phone and iPad came to market...of course you could use this implement on your iPad, a nice vintage writing tool for modern tablets....

 

No no no... It's a vintage 'you are your own ink' pen, very rare. The idea was that you push the nib through your skin and then write with the red liquid that appears, very ingenious and extremely practical. However the pen was discontinued when Waterman discovered there was absolutely no market for it except for a few satanic cults and they realised the use of the pen could be fatal when used in certain areas.

 

At least that's what I heard.

[rhosygell]

Looks suspiciously like the needle and holder from an old "shuttle & bobbin" type Singer sewing machine.

[terminal]

Looks suspiciously like the needle and holder from an old "shuttle & bobbin" type Singer sewing machine.

 

Rot roh, reality creeping in...

 

I think it's the first "weaponized" pen. That's my pen "thing" of the day. Tactical pens. You can trace the evolution of tactical pens all they back to this device. The hole is for a poison pellet.

[watch_art]

Looks similar to a leather sewing tool.

 

+1 I think sew too upon further examination ....

 

I fixed your spelling.

 

 

 

[terminal]

Looks similar to a leather sewing tool.

+1 I think sew too upon further examination ....

I fixed your spelling.

 

 

LOL. Man, you gotta save them puns for home, because I'd hate to think what would happen if you did that in front of a class.

[watch_art]

They groan. And often...

[terminal]

They groan. And often...

 

Always duck, just inkcase. I'm sure you've had more then one close schaffer.

 

See now that's even painful to read back...

[watch_art]

:roflmho: