Hard Rubber Watermans: A Family Portrait

Any way, I got a small bottle and am trying it out on some parts. For this little experiment I followed the directions included with the bottle. The cap got a soapy ammonia solution/water scrub (roughly 1:1*). I then let it dry for a day and applied the dye.

I’m not considering this an official test, and I do have a working HR pen that will get the PMBHRPASDJKALSFMVMDUHWRMEPOISDFJSDNFSDFKKPN9 treatment in earnest.

*I forget the dilution ratio for the ammonia solution you can buy at stores, but the 1:1 is (store-bought ammonia solution)/(water). Sometimes it can get confusing because people aren’t sure if you mean the actual content of ammonia or a percentage of ammonia solution.

Some messes just can’t help but be beautiful…

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

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Om nom nom

04 Saturday May 2013

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Red Ripple Waterman Collection

24 Wednesday Apr 2013

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Okay, to be fair the 52½V on the left, the 55, and the 56 are all what we now call the “woodgrain” pattern, and the 12S is the early mottled pattern.

Smallest Nib I’ve Ever Seen…

19 Friday Apr 2013

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Here’s a Salz Bros. Peter Pan nib (14k and flexible) next to a #6 TWSBI Micarta nib.

It’s an awesome pen!

Ripple, it’s a good thing…

19 Tuesday Mar 2013

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Water Resistance Test

16 Saturday Mar 2013

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Ambassador “52”

06 Wednesday Mar 2013

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Here’s one of my favorite Frankenpens of all time.

The Ambassador body, which I’ve not been able to find any info on, came in a box of parts pens. I thought it looked neat. The steel nib wasn’t salvageable, but the rest was in great condition, and a spare Waterman #2 left oblique nib fit perfectly. I did have to substantially deepen and expand the feed’s channels, but after the ebonite dust cleared I had myself a wonderful little pen that I dubbed the Ambassador 52. I consider it to be like a “sleeper” car; it looks cheap until you get in on that long Rhodia highway to stretch its ~~legs~~ tines.

The ink is Sailor Sei-Boku, one of my favorite blues.