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WATERMAN 94 FOUNTAIN PEN c1930s -- VERY FINE, VERY FLEXIBLE COPPERPLATE NIB
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WATERMAN 94 FOUNTAIN PEN c1930s -- VERY FINE, VERY FLEXIBLE COPPERPLATE NIB
Price: US $1009.99

Waterman 94 in brown and cream marble celluloid and gold filled trim, circa 1930s.

This model is well loved by collectors who also use their pens because of its comfortable size and shape. It\'s fairly wide, but not extremely long, and balances nicely with the cap posted. The #4 nib is large in comparison to the pen, and stretches out easily to reach the paper.

This one is in very nice condition, with nice glossy celluloid, excellent gold filled trim showing almost to wear, and a good clear barrel imprint. There\'s no model number on the end.

The nib is extraordinary. It\'s just the sortof flexible nib I like best -- it makes a very fine line with no pressure, and a very wide line with pressure. The variation is extreme.At its widest, it\'s probably a BB or BBB -- about 2mm. The hairlines are extremely fine, some of the finest you\'ll see in an iridium-tipped fountain pens. As hobbyists know, it\'s much harder to find a nib with nice fine hairlines than it is to fine a nib that\'s flexible per se -- most vintage flex nibs start out fine or medium with no pressure, and get wider. Very few start out with a hairline like this. In terms of softness, it\'s not a wet noodle. It takes a bit of pressure to get it to flex, but not a lot. See the writing samples. The squares on the Rhodia pad paper are 5mm wide. This nib\'s performance is comparable to a vintage steel dip nib.

Restored and working with a new sac installed. Length about5 inches.

ITEM 2003

The writing samples are made using the pen itself, dipped inParker Quink blackink.The paper is a Rhodia pad with 5mm squares.

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