FPB had a chat about non-red Ripple pens recently, in discussion about Waterman-made pens of that sort released essentially as what had become a sub-brand of Waterman, Aikin-Lambert, a once-independent pen maker which had been purchased earlier by Waterman. One hypothesis for the Aikin Ripple pens was that Waterman, having completed the run of those pens, blew out non-red Ripple rodstock by fitting them with lower tier trim and nib (band-less, notched cap-lip, chrome instead of gold trim, smaller nib and feed) and offering them at lower price point via the Aikin name.
This thread shows the 94 and 52-V non-red Ripple pens along with Aikin variants, and some possible parts mixes.
http://www.fountainp...en-olive-ripple
At the Washington DC Pen Show last year I bought the pen shown below. It is an Olive Ripple Waterman. Not with me this week, but I believe it is the size of the 94. However, while the well known Waterman 94 has a gold-tone cap-lip/band and has gold-tone lever, this pen is bandless (but not notched by cap lip like the Aikin and other cheaper-trim Waterman pens) and has chrome-tone trim.
It had a huge chunk cracked in the cap, but it was well repaired. I knew about this when I bought the pen. I rarely buy seriously flawed pens, but given the rarity of this thing, the well done repair, and fair price, I took the plunge.
In this case, by "undocumented", i do not mean merely uncatalogued. Rather, this one I believe has not been cited in hobby literature in any manner. I'd be happy to hear otherwise. So, take a look at the pen. It has Waterman barrel imprints and Waterman lever. It's cap does not match the typical 94 or 52-V style. Nib is smaller than that found in the 94.
I believe I showed this briefly to David Nishimura at the DC Show.
Anyone care to speculate? If so, please do. I will offer a bit more info later in the thread, assuming there is any interest.
david