Thank God for ballpoint pens... When I was learning to write, the nuns insisted on cartridge/fountain pens. I'd come home from school with blue ink all over my hands and my clothes. We finally got a new Reverend Mother when I was in fifth grade who abolished them, right around the time the Bic pens were gaining popularity.
The color coding system looks as confusing as the old terrorist threat alert. Let's see, a letter of this type calls for the yellow. No, purple. Dammit, where's a pencil? They're pretty to look at, though.
drafting pens continue the color coding for pen nib widths, to match all the pieces when it's pulled apart for cleaning! There are fountain pen clubs for folks who cherish the feel and flow of good ink to fine paper via a well crafted nib. I'm unsure if the pen fancier/enthusiast magazine is still published.
Makes sense. Colors would probably be easier to identify than numbers. My son who is into art has a set of pencils of various softnesses, but they all look the same except for the number printed on the side.
It's hard to make out the date, but this seems to be from 1928, a year after the Waterman No. 7 was introduced. If that's indeed the case, the price of the pen alone (not any of the desk sets) equates to $100 in today's money.
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There are fountain pen clubs for folks who cherish the feel and flow of good ink to fine paper via a well crafted nib. I'm unsure if the pen fancier/enthusiast magazine is still published.
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FUN FACT! our local hospital - now florida hospital waterman, previously waterman memorial - was started by this guy. :)
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