WATERMAN\'S IDEAL NO 52 FOUNTAIN PEN FLEXIBLE SOLID 14K GOLD NIB IN BCHR VGC
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WATERMAN\'S IDEAL NO 52 FOUNTAIN PEN FLEXIBLE SOLID 14K GOLD NIB IN BCHR VGC:
$127.00
GENERALCONDITION; Very good. The only issue is that it looks like it had a clip (2 small rivet holes in cap) that is missing. There are however no dents, cracks or scratches on the pen. Likely dates from 1910s-20s.
CAP;- Very good, nodentsorcracks but clip missing. Has repeating wavy line pattern around it. Screw cap.
BARREL;Nocracksdentsorscratches,Has \"PATENTED OCT 9. 1906 WATERMAN\'S IDEAL FOUNTAIN PEN CANADA FEB 9 1909\" and the Waterman\'s globe symbol clearly stamped on the barrel (see photo). Also has \"52\", the model number, clearly stamped on the end of the barrel (see photo).Has repeating wavy line pattern around it. Made out of black chased hard rubber that has not faded.
NIB;Flexible 14KSOLIDGOLDhas\"WATERMAN\'S IDEAL CANADA\" writtenonit.In very goodcondition (see photos).Writeswitha fine to medium line with a large amount of flex depending on how much pressure is applied -seewritingsample. Nice wet writer.
All in all a Lovely classicWATERMAN\'S IDEAL NO 52 FOUNTAIN PEN WITH FLEXIBLE, SOLID 14K GOLD NIB, IN BLACK CHASED HARD RUBBER, IN VERY GOOD CONDITION!
Below is a bit about this classic pen;
Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen.Imprinted on every pen L. E. Waterman produced from the 1880s into the middle of the 20th century, these words identify one of the most popular and collectible brands in history. But one model stands out among its siblings as perhaps the most popular Waterman: TheIdeal Nº 52.
After devising a way to circumvent Walter Sheaffer’s lever-filler patent (by mounting the lever in a metal box instead of running its pivot pin through the body of the pen, U.S. Patent Nº1,197,360), Waterman began producing its own lever-filling pensc.1915.[1]At that time the new lever-filling version of the Ideal Nº 12 received the added identifier PSF, meaning “Pocket (screw cap) Self Filling.” Two years later, when the company regularized its ailingStandard Numbering System, Waterman’s Ideal Nº 12PSF became Waterman’s Ideal Nº 52. In the newly ordered system, the units digit (2) meant that the pen carried a Nº 2 nib (as before), and the tens digit (5) identified a lever filler.
The 52 was a long-lived member of Waterman’s stable; even into the 1930s, when the pen world was dropping hard rubber like a hot potato as makers switched to the more durable and colorful celluloid, the company stuck with hard rubber for some of its pens, continuing to churn out the venerable hard rubber Nº 52 alongside the celluloid Nº 32 (which was later renumbered simply Nº 3).
Any Color You Want, as Long As It’s Black — Almost
In the era of hard rubber pens, manufacturers were limited in the variety of colors they could apply to their pens; most were simply black, plain or chased, and were fitted with nickel-plated furniture.
WATERMAN\'S IDEAL NO 52 FOUNTAIN PEN FLEXIBLE SOLID 14K GOLD NIB IN BCHR VGC:
$127.00