What is your latest pen acquisition?

[Sailor Kenshin]

My latest aquisition is three Wearevers and one mystery combo from eBay.

The pens are in better condition than I expected, which makes them less suitable for the nib and section donor status I was toying with for them. Two are cartridge pens and I managed to get a Sheaffer cart to work with each of those two. Between the four pens they have three different kinds of nibs. The last two need sacs, so they are not working yet.

Does anyone know anything about the size sacs Wearevers take? The first time I got fired up to re-sac things I got a set of the different sizes, used them as best I could, and probably put some less than optimal sizes on some of my pens because they were there and it was something. I have a sense that this time a lot of them are going to need pretty much the same size sac, and tht there will then be another bunch that need slightly smaller sacs all together, along with the two HUGE sacs I need and a few tiny ones - this happens when you love small pens...

We just re-sacced a yard sale Wearever with a #16. Seemed to work.

[Schaumburg_Swan]

Hi,

I like those small eyedroppers a lot, so an other one is just ordered:
A Swan 1500 manifold, it should have a hard xf nib. No flex this time.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Knappe-Fuell...-/373810606320

[FredRydr]

...Does anyone know anything about the size sacs Wearevers take?...

Since there are different sizes (like asking what size a Sheaffer takes), I've followed the advice to install the largest size sac that drops into the barrel under its own weight without hanging up on the pressure bar.

[scrivelry]

My latest aquisition is three Wearevers and one mystery combo from eBay.

The pens are in better condition than I expected, which makes them less suitable for the nib and section donor status I was toying with for them. Two are cartridge pens and I managed to get a Sheaffer cart to work with each of those two. Between the four pens they have three different kinds of nibs. The last two need sacs, so they are not working yet.

Does anyone know anything about the size sacs Wearevers take? The first time I got fired up to re-sac things I got a set of the different sizes, used them as best I could, and probably put some less than optimal sizes on some of my pens because they were there and it was something. I have a sense that this time a lot of them are going to need pretty much the same size sac, and tht there will then be another bunch that need slightly smaller sacs all together, along with the two HUGE sacs I need and a few tiny ones - this happens when you love small pens...

We just re-sacced a yard sale Wearever with a #16. Seemed to work.

Was that one of the ones you got in that great deal? I think 16 is also the size for Esterbrooks, and I have a few of those unsacc-ed, I can compare nipple sizes, now that I think of it. Thank you!!!

All told, I can probably put my hands on half a dozen or more of those later Wearevers with the solid color plastic bodies and the metal caps right this minute. A few always seem to come along for the ride if I get any other vintage pens. They mostly look like they have been ridden hard and stabled wet by time they get to me, but they have an incredible history of showing up with their nibs and feeds.

I have to assume the people who liberate other nibs don't find them worth the time, but they do work ok.

[scrivelry]

...Does anyone know anything about the size sacs Wearevers take?...

Since there are different sizes (like asking what size a Sheaffer takes), I've followed the advice to install the largest size sac that drops into the barrel under its own weight without hanging up on the pressure bar.

Thank you! I had not heard that particular advice, but it makes sense.

[FredRydr]

Thank you! I had not heard that particular advice, but it makes sense.

It's a better measure than an old factory spec, because pressure bars in very old pens are, for various reasons, no longer as flat against the inside surface of the barrel as they were when coming out of the factory.

[Kampo]

Here's my latest purchase, a very special one at that. This is an Oversize Vacumatic I got from old reliable ebay. It's my first Vacumatic Oversize. The last Vacumatic I got was an emerald Senior Maxima between 5 or 6 years ago with a star clip. The owner described the nib as the smoothest fine nib you'll ever get (well, he probably didn't describe it with that much hyperbole). I can tell you that it does simply glide through paper. It's magical to write with.

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[Schaumburg_Swan]

Here's my latest purchase, a very special one at that. This is an Oversize Vacumatic I got from old reliable ebay. It's my first Vacumatic Oversize. The last Vacumatic I got was an emerald Senior Maxima between 5 or 6 years ago with a star clip. The owner described the nib as the smoothest fine nib you'll ever get (well, he probably didn't describe it with that much hyperbole). I can tell you that it does simply glide through paper. It's magical to write with.

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Fantastic! And a very beautiful pen, gratulations

Jens

[markiv]

A Waterman's demo signagraph pen. Looking for cap puller in order to mend the cracked cap

[Radonactionservices]

A Waterman's demo signagraph pen. Looking for cap puller in order to mend the cracked cap

That is a very interesting pen! How does it fill? I am super curious about unique filling systems.

Thanks for sharing!


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[Jon Szanto]

That is a very interesting pen! How does it fill? I am super curious about unique filling systems.

I'll let Markiv or anyone else correct me, but I believe this system is very much like the 1st version of the Waterman Ink-Vue pen, which is a version of a bulb-filler, albeit more complex. Essentially, that lever squeezes a latex sac, expelling air out that thin breather tube in the barrel. Releasing pulls ink up, but since the opening of the tube is at the back end, you can repeatedly do this without expelling ink until the ink level reaches the end of the filling tube, almost filling the entire barrel. Very tricky to work on in the restoration. If you'd like to see that process, here's an example from Richard Binder's site.

[markiv]

Jon, I couldnt have done it better! Thanks.

While on the topic of learning here is a nice reference for Signagraph - https://gopens.com/the-waterman-signagraph/

[christof]

This is a nice and rare demonstrator Vik, congrats!

My newest is a beautiful but a bit strange Soennecken from the 1950's.



No markings, no model number. I am still trying to find out what it is....

C.

[KBeezie]

This is a nice and rare demonstrator Vik, congrats!

My newest is a beautiful but a bit strange Soennecken from the 1950's.



No markings, no model number. I am still trying to find out what it is....

C.

I don't know what it is exactly either than the brand, but I love the markings/pattern.

[FredRydr]

...My newest is a beautiful but a bit strange Soennecken from the 1950's....

Christof,

Your Soennecken has one of my favorite celluloid patterns. I love the three-dimensional effect when the pen is rolled in hand under a light.

[KBeezie]

...My newest is a beautiful but a bit strange Soennecken from the 1950's....

Christof,

Your Soennecken has one of my favorite celluloid patterns. I love the three-dimensional effect when the pen is rolled in hand under a light.

Similar to Sheaffer's Rose Glow when it has plenty of silver slivers on it?

[Jon Szanto]

Similar to Sheaffer's Rose Gold when it has plenty of silver slivers on it?

I’m guessing it was autocorrect at work - you mean “rose glow”.

[FredRydr]

...My newest is a beautiful but a bit strange Soennecken from the 1950's....

Christof,

Your Soennecken has one of my favorite celluloid patterns. I love the three-dimensional effect when the pen is rolled in hand under a light.

Similar to Sheaffer's Rose Gold when it has plenty of silver slivers on it?

Not at all. Roseglow is pretty much a two-dimensional striated celluloid like Sheaffer's other colors (carmine, emerald, golden-brown, silver-grey). The celluloid in Christof's pen has a depth of clarity, with a repetition of opaque square bits floating in a pattern that changes perspective as you roll and tilt the pen. I'd love to see a polished rod of the original stuff.

[christof]

...My newest is a beautiful but a bit strange Soennecken from the 1950's....

Christof,

Your Soennecken has one of my favorite celluloid patterns. I love the three-dimensional effect when the pen is rolled in hand under a light.

Yes, I know what you mean Fred. It's simply amazing!

[FredRydr]

P.S. My guess is a Soennecken 222. There are different sizes.


This photo appears to be of the same pen as that in Christof's prior post.


(Both courtesy of a DuckDuckGo image search.)