Friday, October 3, 2014

I Can't Get Over These

I don’t know why weird Waterman Patricians always get to me. Towards the end of the run, in the late 1930s, the company was mixing and matching all sorts of parts, and whenever I see a combination of parts that look like they shouldn’t be together, they usually end up finding a home at my place, "the land of misfit Patricians." Take this one:



It may not look too out of the ordinary at first. Here it is posed next to a "normal" Patrician:


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I believe they did somewhat venture into the third tier market in pens during that time. They offered a Waterman 56 with a #2 nib at a cheaper price, the Waterman 52X.
Like other third tier companies which offered big pens with small nibs.
If it was done with pens it is reasonable to believe that pencils were also made to compete in this market.

Jon Veley said...

Thanks, Mr. Anonymous ---

In the meantime, I've received an email from a Waterman aficionado who says the clip (and he wasn't clear whether he meant the one on the Patrician or the cheapie at the end) was the clip used on the Canadian version of the Skywriter. I've invited evidence to confirm that and will update when I receive it.