I use this pen, a Waterman #32, as my regular letter writing pen.
These were the cheapest pen Waterman produced in the 1930-1940 period, aimed at students. They can give semiflex if pushed. Millions were made and sold and they are not exactly expensive. I was looking for another one to use with a different colour of ink. I saw one on ebay and bid about $16, which is pretty much in the middle of what they sell for. When it arrived, I was really surprised that it was not a plain black #32, but this:
The photo does not do it justice. It is a black, green, red and silver agate Canadian #3 with a superflex nib that goes from fine to about 4B with no effort. Just the natural pressure changes as you write is enough to make it go. In fact, my hands are not sensitive enough and I wrote with it as if it were a 32 and could not produce a fine line. This is a pen for an expert calligrapher. It arrived in ready to use condition.
It goes to show that gambling on a bad out of focus picture with a poor description can sometimes pay off.
Here they are side by side so you can see how I was mistaken.
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