Scrawler (April 4th, 2015)
Teri Morris (Peyton Street Pens) has just listed this Lady Patricia for sale.
Ah yes, Gertrude A. Young. Born in the last few years of the 19th century, lived in New York as the wife of De Forest M. Young. Had one son and one daughter...
Murfie (April 22nd, 2015)
I have a Lady Patricia just like that one, only mine is made in the USA (imprint on the barrel, which I didn't even notice until I searched for any imprint, since the end cap is devoid of markings).
I took a look at the one on Teri's website. The nib feed on mine has a red stripe. I'd have taken another picture, but my camera's battery needs to recharge.
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I bought this pen for its lovely design on the barrel. It's in great working order, excellent condition, but I rarely use it, which should mean that I ought to sell it, but it's too pretty. I have its original nib (at least the nib that was on the pen when I bought it several years ago), but the nib that's on it now is (I believe) a semi-flex EF. Yeah, I should ink it up right now! Yeah, okay!
akapulko2020 (April 27th, 2015), Cob (April 26th, 2015), Murfie (April 25th, 2015)
The Lady Patricia has Akkerman Hopjesbruin in it now, and wow! Oh yeah, this nib! *Like.*
Should add that I really like the filling mechanism. Yes, it's a lever, and I generally do not like levers, but I like this one, cos it's a -- I don't know the name of it, but it's different. Also, I like that I can see the ink as the barrel is filling. Great little beautiful pen.
Murfie (April 25th, 2015)
This is one of my favorite topics. I collect Waterman from 1935 and earlier heavily, including Lady Patricias and also Persian pens and pencils.
Here is a shot showing several of the Lady Patricia colors:
On the far right is a very discolored (US) Lady Patricia in Persian. At the bottom of the photo is another pen in a variant of Persian that not infrequently appears on Canadian Lady Patricia pens.
Also in the bottom group is a Jet pen (celluloid) and a BHR example.
This shot is of a variety of Persian pens and pencils showing a wide variety of discoloration and deterioration. You can see the typical case where the pens discolor far worse than the pencils.
The pencil fifth from the left is the closest to the original color (per the catalogs, anyway) I have ever seen. I would love to have a 94 or a 52V in that state of preservation!
Best Regards, greg
Bogon07 (April 26th, 2015), Crazyorange (April 26th, 2015), ethernautrix (April 25th, 2015), Haefennasiel (April 29th, 2015), Jon Szanto (April 27th, 2015), Lady Onogaro (April 26th, 2015), Murfie (April 26th, 2015)
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Crazyorange (April 26th, 2015), Haefennasiel (April 29th, 2015), migo984 (April 26th, 2015), Murfie (April 26th, 2015)
Well of course it does have a lever, but it is not strictly speaking a lever-filler; it's actually a bulb filler, the difference being that instead of squeezing the bulb with one's fingers it is compressed by the lever mechanism! A subtle difference I agree but a difference all the same - and significant when one considers the Lady Patricia's ink capacity which is extraordinary for such a small pen.
Cob
ethernautrix (April 26th, 2015), Murfie (April 26th, 2015)
This is one of the pens I bought on impulse, strictly for the looks of it. I did like the filling mechanism, in large part because I could watch the ink filling the barrel. And, yes, the ink capacity! And now, the [I]nib[I]. This pen just jumped up to a beautiful user, rather than just a sweet-looking pen I wanted to keep just because.
Murfie (April 26th, 2015)
To clarify, most Lady Patricia pens have the traditional lever filler. There are three finishes with the Ink-Vue filler as shown by ethernautrix. (Top left three as shown in my picture in post 28.)
Regards, greg
Yes they are. Mine looks very much like the second pen from left in the bottom row (not counting pencils). It is a nice XF flex nib. I paid $8 for it in a flea market when I was dating my wife. So that would have been nearly 30 years ago. I used to think the discolouration was due to secretions from the hand, until I learned about outgassing from the sac. Even at this stage of discolouration, next time I resac it, I will put a silicone sac in.
Jon Szanto (April 27th, 2015)
Thank you very much.
Next time I'm in Poland, I'll be sure to bring them with.
greg
Reviving this thread. I just got my hands on a Lady Patricia similar to the one top one shown in the original post (Mist not Agate?). I will definitely need to have this sent out to be resacked/restored. I hope I didn't wind up with a dud. The lever is fascinating to me with it's 2-part mechanism vs. the one long lever. I have much to learn about vintage pens but it's starting to become a bit of an obsession!
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