C1925 WATERMAN #52 CARDINAL RED HARD RUBBER FOUNTAIN PEN & PENCIL SET RESTORED

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For your consideration, we are offering for sale this Restored Circa 1925 Waterman #52 Cardinal Red Hard Rubber Fountain Pen & Pencil Set. This fountain pen has been thoroughly taken apart, cleaned, put back together, and now is in wonderful writing condition.

Ultrasonically cleaned the NIB, feed, and section. Hand cleaned the inside of the barrel and cap with mineral oil - the inside of the cap is very clean. I have cleaned, buffed, and polished the outside of the cap and barrel. Replaced the old rubber sac with a new sac. Hand polished the 18K Gold Filled Cap Banding, Gold Filled Waterman Clip-Cap Clip, Gold Filled Lever Box Assembly along with the Waterman 14K #2 NIB.

This fountain pen is made from hard rubber in the Cardinal Red color. The cap, just above the top of the clip is a small hairline measures 3.8MM in length (see image 8) The lever displays the "IDEAL" imprint on the lever which is easily seen with the naked eye but there is some wear on the arm. There are a couple tooth marks at the end of the barrel - nothing atrocious but are there and point it out for clarity sake. The Waterman Ideal Clip-Cap Clip displays display minor wear. The gold-filled cap banding is excellent with just some wear on the top edge of the banding. The pencil trim displays no wear anywhere. All 18K Gold Filled trim has been polished to shine brightly.

This Waterman 52 barrel has a great imprint at the center of the barrel that reads, "WATERMAN'S REG U.S. IDEAL GLOBE PAT. OFF. FOUNTAIN PEN". The butt end of the fountain pen has a crisp number "52" imprint. The threads on the cap and barrel are excellent with the cap always securing tightly to the barrel. There are no monograms or personalizations to either the cap or barrel. This Waterman #52 Fountain pen measures 5 3/8" in length capped and 6 5/8" posted. The Waterman #52 Pencil measures 5 1/4" in length. 

The lever and box assembly has been cleaned and oiled. I have tested the lever filling systems with water and works flawlessly and as it was originally intended to.

This Waterman has a great #2 WATERMAN IDEAL Manifold Nib that is a pleasure to write with. The iridium tipping is in excellent condition with the point measuring .68mm when measured with digital calipers - a medium nib point. When writing the sample in the listing images, the NIB writes with a fine to medium stroke/line variation. The fine line measures roughly .54mm with light pressure on the horizontal strokes and the medium strokes measure at .64mm with medium pressure when measured with digital calipers. There is no flex in this nib and will write with a fine/medium line consistently. The writing sample provided was done with the actual pen in the images that are listed for sale. The writing sample was used by dipping the NIB in Montblanc Blue Ink.

This antique Waterman #52 Cardinal Red Hard Rubber Fountain Pen is not an easy example to find. I would consider the condition of this fountain pen to grade in Fine to Very Fine condition and the Pencil in Excellent Condition. This Waterman #52 Cardinal Fountain Pen is in ready to write condition or add it to your writing arsenal collection.

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