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Waterman Vintage Pen 1884 Patent
Filed only several months after the eye dropper patent (No. 293.545), L. E. Waterman filed a patent for the Waterman fountain pen. Our gratitude again to James Hart for providing this patent ima...
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Waterman Eyedropper Vintage Pen Patent
From the US National Archives, a copy of the L. E. Waterman patent from 1884 for the eye dropper pen. How interesting to see the early start of Waterman on record! Thank you to James Hart for pr...
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Waterman Rippled Rubber Vintage Pens
Waterman produced some beautiful rippled ebonite (hard rubber) vintage fountain pens around 1920 to 1930. Red ripple is not particularly uncommon, but the red ripple with nickel trim is much more r...
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Actually, they only changed the names. I know quite a few people who were disappointed in Waterman changing the names of their classic inks. My favorite names were Florida Blue, Havana Brown, and S...
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Waterman Safety Pen - Vintage Pens
The Waterman eyedropper-fill safety pens were produced around 1905 to 1935. Safety pens have nibs that can be extended and retracted by turning a knob at the bottom of the pen's barrel. These vi...
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A Customer's Waterman 42 - Vintage Pens
Azizah, one of our customers, sent us these two pictures of her Waterman 42 Safety filler. She picked this 1930 vintage eyedropper in red ripple hard rubber out from our Catalog #74. Azizah loves m...
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Pelikan Lizard & Red - Vintage Pens
Pelikan has recently relaunched their 101N series in Lizard, Red Tortoise, and Brown Tortoiseshell. They look very similar to their vintage counterparts and feel quite similar in terms of the size ...
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Vintage Pens Esterbrook Travel Case
Continuing on the (now vintage pens!) Esterbrook trend! For the traveling sales person, Esterbrook had handy cases with slots for various Esterbrook pens (such as the lovely pastels), along with s...
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Esterbrook Renew-Points Storage - Vintage Pens
Now in the vintage pens category, Esterbrook's interchangeable nib system was so great because it offered users the ability to have just one or two pens, and a huge variety of nibs. There were doz...
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Esterbrook Point Selection Chart - Vintage Pens
Esterbrook was one of the largest fountain pen producers in the US, founded in 1858. They produced an inexpensive but remarkably high quality pen. Walter Sheaffer used to challenge his new salesme...
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