Waterman
11 items in stock, $19.99 to $2,499.99.
What “Waterman” means here
Waterman of New York, the flexible-nib house of the 1910s and 1920s: the 52, the Patrician, the Ink-Vue, then the C/F cartridge pen of 1953 and today's French-made Charleston and Carène. He uses the Waterman 52 as the example of a flex nib collectors pay for.
From Drippy Musings
Pen Books: Waterman Past & Present
Staring at a shelf full of pen books, it struck me that I ought to share with you some of what these great tomes have to offer. As such, I would like to start with a pen-collecting classic. Here is the cover to “Waterman Past & Present,” a definitive guide to Waterman pens spanning 1883…
Loose Ends Ink Test
While wrapping up our ink tests in 2021, we had a bunch of loose bottles of ink that we tested on the same pieces of Rhodia paper to save paper and space. I left these test samples in the window for six months, and Dawn and I calibrated and tested the pH on these samples…
How Do I Start Collecting Pens: Why Are Some Pens More than Others?
A good friend recently asked me why some pens cost more than others. The cheeky, glib and true answer is supply and demand. But, it is more than that. Sometimes it is marketing. Sometimes its trends in the marketplace. This is a “Big Red” senior Parker Duofold made of orange Permanite. However, he was asking…