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Hard Rubber Watermans: A Family Portrait

22 Saturday Feb 2014

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Here’s my collection of hard rubber and overlay Watermans.

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From left to right:

Red Ripple/”Woodgrain”: 56, 55, 55, 52, 52, 52½, 52V, 52½V, 52½V, 52½V, 52½V, 51V

Olive Ripple: 94

BluGreen Ripple: 52V, 52V

Cardinal: 52V, 52½V, 52½V

Overlays: 0552½V, 0552½V, 452½V, 452½V, 452½V, 442½V

Black HR: 0755 (kind of merged into the next), 55, 52, 52, 52, 52, 12, 14, 12, 12, 54V, 52V, 12V PSF, 52½V, 52½V, 0942½V

Waterman Absolute Brown

16 Sunday Feb 2014

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brown, brown ink, brown ink comparison, Diamine, Diamine Sepia, dip pen, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, havana brown, Ink Review, ink reviews, jet pens, jetpens, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's, Noodler's Flex, noodler's flex pen, noodlers ink, red ink, Sepia, Shading, sheen, waterman, waterman 52, waterman 52½V, waterman absolute brown, waterman brown, waterman havana brown, waterman ink

One of my favorite brown inks, this is fantastically well behaved, just the rest of Waterman’s inks.

Waterman Absolute Brown

Pensbury Manor Black Hard Rubber Pen Potion No. 9

26 Saturday Oct 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Pen Repair, Various Pen Stuff, Waterman

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52, ebonite restoration, faded ebonite, hard rubber pen potion, hard rubber pen potion number 9, hard rubber restoration, nine, number 9, oxidized hard rubber, pen potion, pen potion 9, pensbury, pensbury manor, potion #9, rubber restoration, waterman, waterman 52, waterman restoration, way too long name

Or PMBHRPPN9.

Or Eitherwaythatdamnistoodamnlong.

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.

Photo Oct 24, 2 14 19 AM

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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

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Uncategorized, Various Pen Stuff, Waterman

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Om nom nom

04 Saturday May 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Waterman

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overlay, silver overlay, sterling silver, vintage waterman, waterman 452 1/2 v, waterman 52, waterman fountain pen, wet noodle

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Red Ripple Waterman Collection

24 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Ink Comparison, Various Pen Stuff, Waterman, Writing Sample

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bchr, Black Swan, blue ink, Diamine, English Roses, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Network, fountain pen restoration, hard rubber, hard rubber waterman, Ink, Nib, Nibs, noodlers ink, Pens, red ripple, red ripple waterman, safety fountain pen, Shading, w55, w56, waterman, waterman 12, waterman 12s, waterman 52, waterman 52½V, Waterman 55, Waterman 56, waterman safety

Photo Apr 24, 10 59 28 PM

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.

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Smallest Nib I’ve Ever Seen…

19 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Pen Repair, Pen Review, Various Pen Stuff, Waterman, Writing Sample

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14k nib, black ink, copperplate, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, fountain pen restoration, Ink, Ink Review, Nib, Nibs, pen review, peter pan, peter pan pen, salz bros, salz brothers, small fountain pen, small pen, smallest fountain pen, spencerian, tiny fountain pen, tiny pen, waterman, waterman absolute black, waterman black, waterman ink

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

Photo Apr 18, 9 43 24 PM

It’s an awesome pen!

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Ripple, it’s a good thing…

19 Tuesday Mar 2013

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Water Resistance Test

16 Saturday Mar 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Diamine, Ink Comparison, Iroshizuku, J. Herbin, Noodler's, Rohrer & Klingner, Sailor, Waterman

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1670, Antietam, apricot, blue black, blue ink, Blue Nose Bear, China Blue, Diamine, epinard, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Network, Herbin, ink comparison, ink test, J. Herbin, j. herbin ink, ku-jake, Ku-jaku, mysterious blue, noodler's inks, orange ink, Pasternak, prussian blue, Purple Ink, r&k, red ink, rohrer & klingner, rohrer and klingner, rome is burning, Rouge Hematite, rouge hematite 1670, sailor, sailor ink, salix, sargasso sea, Vert Reseda, water resistance, water resistance test, waterman blue black, waterman ink, waterman mysterious blue, Wild Strawberry

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Ambassador “52”

06 Wednesday Mar 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Sailor, Various Pen Stuff, Video, Waterman, Writing Sample

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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.

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