WATERMAN PENSWaterman is a luxury pen manufacturer based in France. They specialize in a selection of high-quality pens, with a particular focus on fountain pens. Legend has it that in 1884's Lewis Edson Waterman invented a new fountain pen technology after losing a big sale with a client due to a leaky fountain pen. A few years later Waterman Pens received the gold medal of Excellence at the “Exposition Universelle” in Paris. This famed level of design and manufacturing continues to the current day. |
Waterman CF circa 1959's.
The Waterman CF, first introduced in 1954's,
was the first successful mass-market cartridge filling fountain pen.
While there have been prior attempts
at cartridge pens (most notably Eagle's turn of the
century brass cartridges
and Waterman's earlier glass cartridges) this was the first
commercially successful attempt.
These particular examples are all US - made, which dates
them to 1954-1957's, although the CF itself would remain in production
for much longer in France.
The cartridge concept became very popular among penmakers,
and within a decade most penmakers
had switched over to cartridges for most of their fountain pens.
Cartridges are now the dominant filling mechanism in fountain pens.
Unfortunately, cartridges for the CF are no longer being produced.
Current CF owners must use a syringe
to refill existing used cartridges from a bottle.
Made in France
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