Help Identifying Hundred Year Pen

[Katherynei]

Hi all,

 

I picked this up over the weekend and haven't been able to find out much definitive information other than that it is maroon celluloid with amber ends. I would appreciate any information such as year(s) and where it was made or leads to where I can find that information. Thanks in advance!

[Polanova]

Nice find!

Especially as the ambered end hasn`t disintegrated.

I would expect the nib to write very nicely & with some flex?

Unfortunately I can`t tell you anything, other than I wasn`t aware that those pens came with gold plated caps as well & that my guesstimate is that it`s from the early to possibly mid 40ies

 

Are there no imprints on the cap?

[Sasha Royale]

Hi !

 

What markings are visible on cap, clip, or nib ? Lever fill. I would expect it to be post 1930, as I have never come across a pre-1930 lever fill pen. Has anyone ? Perhaps, you could give a good view of the feed, under the nib.

 

Lever filling mechanism proved to be very simple and reliable. 1940-1960 there were many "lesser" manufacturers making pens with the simple mechanism. Some names are known. Some are hardly remembered. Some pen were without name.

 

Rinse it and dip it. If the nib writes well, have it restored.

[Katherynei]

Thank you both for the replies. I will take further pictures tonight when I am back at home and also check for imprints. As far as the nib, writes like a dream. I was able to flush and draw up ink very easily. It looks as if it just needs to be cleaned up cosmetically so far.

[Polanova]

Also check the nib imprint: does it say Waterman`s Hundred Year or Waterman`s Emblem?

It`s probably mid-40ies (based on the info in the link below it was first advertised in `43) but read yourself:

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref/glossary/A.htm

 

Edit: reg. the link: Check "Hundred Year Pen" - there`s a link to an overview which shows a pic of your pen

Edited March 16, 2016 by Polanova

[Azuniga]

I don't believe it is a 'Hundred Years' but a 'Commando', you can verify it in the link suggested by Polanova...

[Katherynei]

Here are further photos

[Ernst Bitterman]

The trim level is Stateleigh, but I don't know it that model ever mounted a point labelled "Hundred Year Pen"-- my documentation has a bit of a gap in the first half of the 1940s. Ideally, there should be a star on the pen's cap as well as the pencils-- it was Waterman's version of a white dot or blue diamond. I think it's safe to say that it's a 1942 or later set.

[Katherynei]

Thanks Ernst! The cap is definitely closer to that, although it is ridged instead of smooth, and it's also threaded. Seems to be quite the frankenpen! I guess I should be glad that I didn't purchase this as a hundred year pen. It just happened to be part of a collection I bought. Very curious indeed.

[brettttt]

FWIW, I have a Hundred Year Pen like yours. It's not a frankenpen, I think. Waterman's just was rejiggering the model frequently and also, I think, reusing parts during a tough time. I have an ad here somewhere that shows this pen, I think. Let me see. . . . Ah, yes. There are several, in fact, all from 1944, it seems. Actually, the pen in the ads has a slip-on cap rather than threaded. But I do have one with the threaded cap. It's sort of odd looking, with the stepped-in threads (done that way so that the w/ the cap on the pen presents a smooth profile).

 

~Brett

 

http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae246/brettttt/TEMP-Sat_Eve_Post_1944-03-11_p84_zpsr8a5xcdr.jpg

[Katherynei]

Thank you so much Brettttt! Getting closer to having my mystery solved!

[brettttt]

This is no doubt more than anyone wants to know, but I found an earlier ad, from June 1943, that shows a 100 Year Pen with threaded cap. BTW, I've never personally seen one of the "Silver Cap" ones, but I'd love to get me one!

 

http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae246/brettttt/TEMP-Sat_Eve_Post_1943-06-05_p76_zpspeilbczn.jpg

[Katherynei]

Thanks again! These are wonderful ads. And yes, that silver cap version is a beauty!

[Ernst Bitterman]

One day, Bretttt, you're going to find me tunneling into your library, dressed in my best Beagle Boys prison tunic and domino mask.

[brettttt]

One day, Bretttt, you're going to find me tunneling into your library, dressed in my best Beagle Boys prison tunic and domino mask.

 

 

Or . . . I could just send you the scans I've made. Not quite as fun, I'll admit.

 

Beagle Boys? domino mask? Hmm. Let's see what the Google says.

 

Ah, I see. One useful vocabulary word and one cultural reference that I had no hope of getting. It's been a good day!

[Christopher Godfrey]

Hundred Year pens always say "Hundred Years" on the nibs, I <think>? Both of mine do...however, I also think I have seen one that had "manifold" engraved above the Hundred Years, etc -- so I don't think they are <all> flexible; but I may be wrong...