What Waterman Pens Do You Own?

[4bob]

Now I'd like also to present my little collection here...

[3manypens]

A few gems and some user grades.  The ripple has a Blue, the other "7" is a Red, Hundred year OS on bottom, and carry pens include an OS Emblem, Hundred year frankenpen, and the capped pens are a 54, a W5, and if any specific questions are had I'd be happy to share more!  A couple are scratchy but none have firm nibs.

[4bob]

Hi fellow fountain-pen lovers,

 

here is my complete collection (One Mont blanc masterpiece among many Man 100), now in a nice wooden box.

[4bob]

Of coarse fountain-pens don't write without at least some ink...preferably in a selected colour ;-)

[Peter_H]

In addition to an Emblème F (see above), I now have a Waterman Phileas.  This was gifted to me about 10 days ago, but I have swapped out the M nib unit for an EF.  This is proving to be amazingly smooth, if not especially fine, but it will at least allow me to use the pen regularly.  Photo of the pen as received (effectively NOS) included below.

 

[3manypens]

This gem is now mine.  It's imprinted as a 52 1/2 but the overlay is hallmarked and I'm not sure why the 5 was not stamped but this is a 552 1/2 according to the conventional model coding.  Only a very subtle cap dent and a bit of polishing from factory fresh.  This was my first dip test and the spread was quite the surprise!  Nearly 3mm on the widest pressure test stroke makes this my flexiest 2 as well.

[FountainpenGraphy]

I've got a C/F , an exception night and day, a laureate, an Audace, 3 carenes, a L' etalon, a Charlston, an Expert, A preface, and a Harmoney 

I had some more, like a preface, a some Hemispheres and so on, but not anymore 

[senzen]

My first Waterman were a Lauréat, which ruined the experience for me for years along with two Parker Sonnets as they never started; much later I realized it was dumping all its ink onto the cap, for which I could never find a cure; and a Man 100 which I didn't appreciate at the time.

 

As I retook fountain pens Waterman was not a brand I looked for, until I took a gamble on a Carène, then two, then a Strong, which led me to a 33: stunning, very nice if fragile, again stunning. I also got a W5 which is a lovely pen, and tried a Concorde which snapped in two at the barrel threads. So for me its a brand capable of historically flighing very high and falling very low.

 

[Valparaiso_Ed]

Does a black Phileas, medium nib count as a real Waterman?

[crescentfiller]

13 hours ago, Ed_In_Ann_Arbor said:

Does a black Phileas, medium nib count as a real Waterman?

 

Sorry, but no. Only the black Phileas, with fine, italic, stub, or broad nibs count.

[Valparaiso_Ed]

I got the medium so I could write ghost stories.

[Tashi_Tsering]

A few weeks ago I find this beauty Waterman 52V in red ripple and 18k gold rings, in great conditions. 

[inkstainedruth]

Wow, that's a beauty!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[shalitha33]

Congrats on you new find  

[GlenV]

On 2/1/2022 at 1:22 PM, 3manypens said:

This gem is now mine.  It's imprinted as a 52 1/2 but the overlay is hallmarked and I'm not sure why the 5 was not stamped but this is a 552 1/2 according to the conventional model coding.  Only a very subtle cap dent and a bit of polishing from factory fresh.  This was my first dip test and the spread was quite the surprise!  Nearly 3mm on the widest pressure test stroke makes this my flexiest 2 as well.

That is a beauty! good size to use and beautiful with the often GOAT nib the number 2...

Your above collection of watermans is amazing, you could make a end for the lost one on the commando, it's not that difficult if you have some tools. I love the silver overlay and I'm sure you could get a clip for that.  I am a sucker for old watermans and aikin lamberts although I don't have a big collection of them

[GlenV]

Here's most of my bhr Waterman pens 15psf,54,52, 12psf, 521/2, 521/2v

[Tobias from Switzerland]

my Man100 family is still growing...

 

[senzen]

Holly cow, that's some collection; don't see the blue fontainebleau FP though 😉.

[Tobias from Switzerland]

yea, it took me several years to get so far...

[Inkyways]

This is a good  collection of waterman.

I have a small collection of Antique and vintage pens and I have two pen pens of " Waterman Phileas"pens that belongs to this type of pen era!!!  😀