Thought I'd share this little gem I recently aquired. A Ladies transparent red 100 Year Pen. This is a very clean example and the nib writes like a dream. My poor picture does not do it justice!
Thought I'd share this little gem I recently aquired. A Ladies transparent red 100 Year Pen. This is a very clean example and the nib writes like a dream. My poor picture does not do it justice!
amk (December 2nd, 2017), carlos.q (September 9th, 2017), Hawk (December 2nd, 2017), JFB (November 9th, 2017), Lady Onogaro (December 2nd, 2017), Marsilius (November 30th, 2017), pajaro (November 30th, 2017), Scrawler (September 9th, 2017), Seattleite (November 30th, 2017), StrongerLove (September 9th, 2017), stub (September 10th, 2017)
Great and hard to find pen!
These really are a delicate and short lived early member of the "Club 100". Note that triple cap band. Such detail. That transparent Red Lucite must have been pretty "keen" in its day.
How about a Blue ribbed Lady, dwarfed by a slightly later Oversized example?
Bob
amk (December 2nd, 2017), Hawk (December 2nd, 2017), Lady Onogaro (December 2nd, 2017), Marsilius (November 30th, 2017)
Here's a nice Ladies set.
AzJon (November 30th, 2017), Hawk (December 2nd, 2017), Lady Onogaro (December 2nd, 2017), Marsilius (November 30th, 2017)
The pics are enough too get one interested in hunting for one.
Marsilius (November 30th, 2017)
A very nice writer indeed:
Sold this a few weeks ago, it only lasted a couple hours on sale on my website.
AzJon (November 30th, 2017), Hawk (December 2nd, 2017), Lady Onogaro (December 2nd, 2017), Seattleite (December 5th, 2017)
amk (December 2nd, 2017), FredRydr (December 2nd, 2017), Lady Onogaro (December 2nd, 2017)
Fantastic photos guys....Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful photos. As well as the stunning transparency and bright colour, these pens offer another attraction if the two (very user grade) pens that I have are anything to go by; big fat juicy nibs. This pen is a real icon, not as well known as the Parker 51 and perhaps, okay, not as technologically challenging, but for me one of the all time greats, so I'm really glad to see such love for it here on FPG.
I didn't know the first ones were lucite. Why on earth did Waterman change to celluloid - cost?
Seattleite (December 5th, 2017)
amk (December 3rd, 2017), Marsilius (December 2nd, 2017), Seattleite (December 5th, 2017)
Here is one of my 100 year pens.
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We have met the enemy and he is us.
-Pogo
Lady Onogaro (December 2nd, 2017), Marsilius (December 2nd, 2017), Seattleite (December 5th, 2017)
Here is my other one.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
-Pogo
Lady Onogaro (December 2nd, 2017), Marsilius (December 2nd, 2017), Seattleite (December 5th, 2017)
Mine are pretty humble specimens, but both have very nice nibs.
I have a 100 Year Pen, and almost the same thing that could no longer be called that: my Emblem Pen.
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Fortibus es in ero
amk (December 3rd, 2017), Hawk (December 2nd, 2017), penwash (December 3rd, 2017), Seattleite (December 5th, 2017)
I am really enjoying all of the photos.
The first year pens have an almost cult-like following.
Bob
I think that is the best pen picture I've seen all year. It looks good enough to eat... :-)
Brought a smile to my face, anyway.
Marsilius (December 6th, 2017), Seattleite (December 6th, 2017)
No sac, just the pressure bar and a sunny morning. One feature that enhances the play of light in these pens is that there is no inner cap, just a machined step. This lets you see the nib when the pen is capped. As cool as this is, within a few years, the Hundred Year had a metal slip cap, just like that pen.
Bob
Marsilius (December 6th, 2017)
Perhaps I should explain my comment about your wonderful photo (the best of all times, maybe . . . your photo, not my comment). I saw the gummy bears and imagined them getting ready to eat the pen. The first thing that entered my mind was Edward Gorey's poem "The Insect God":
"And then it was that Millicent Frastley
Was sacrificed to The Insect God."
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Probably says something about me, yikes.
What a gorgeous pen and playful photo.
Last edited by Marsilius; December 6th, 2017 at 04:38 PM.
Fortibus es in ero
Seattleite (December 6th, 2017)
Thank you for the compliment.
So.... Are they praying or.... preying?
BTW, I really like your sketches. A lot can be communicated with a few well placed lines!
Back to work Bob!
Marsilius (December 6th, 2017)
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