Help Me Id This Vintage Waterman

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Pictures from an eBay auction I'm eying

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/NQgAAOSwtnpXo6no/s-l1600.jpg

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7bgAAOSw3xJXo6nf/s-l1600.jpg

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/QucAAOSwt7ZXo6nF/s-l1600.jpg

Potential clues

• Thin band on cap
• Semi translucent red with streaks of green
• Lever in 1 piece
• Black section
• Feed with fins

 

Could someone give me some hints as to what Waterman it is, esp. its age and likelihood for flex nib? Thanks

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^ Forgot to add, that this pen's clip has been snipped off. In any case, I'm more after performance than pristine mint condition.

[Mauricio]

Have you checked the model number at the flat end of the barrel? It should have a Thorobred, 92V or some similar model imprint there. Made of celluloid in the USA and Canada in the 1930s

[gregamckinney]

IIRC, this is a 32A-V or something in that range. Late 1930s. The nib could be anything from a nail to a feather, there is no definitive mate for this model. From the shape of the nib, though, I wouldn't lean toward significant flex.

 

Is there no marking on the bottom of the barrel?

 

Best Regards, greg

Edited August 24, 2016 by gregamckinney

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Thank you gents. I won that pen, am waiting for seller to send me a picture of the model number.

 

In the meantime, I'd like opinions on the following 52 nibs: quality, condition, flexiness etc.

 

52 1/2:

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/zhQAAOSwgZ1Xs-H5/s-l1600.jpg

 

 

52:

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rdsAAOSwMtxXs92s/s-l1600.jpg

 

MUCH appreciated.

[Mauricio]

Hard to tell from those pictures. In one of the links I provided in my previous post I gave you lots of information as to how to grade flexible nibs. Study that article.