Finally figured out how to add a PDF file. SO, attached is a pdf of a table I created that contain c/f model numbers and pen characteristics. Most of this info is from chalk marks and some from old ads.
Do NOT hesitate to tell me if something in here is incorrect! And please add more info. Send me corrections, additions, etc and I will add update the table.
Kevin
Here are the column titles with some explanations
Model - Model Number
Barrel Color
Barrel Section Color Combo - Barrel Color followed by section color on individual pens that I have or have seen.
Nib - 14k, SS = unmarked stainless (or something like it), some SS have either number 42 or 43 stamped on them, and ads list "merido metal" which I assume is the same as what I am calling SS
Shoulders - these are the metal inlays on the section, some folks call them inlays, others call them wings. The original patent contains the following: "...the member 26, can be inserted in the mold and the section molded to to. At if forward end member 26 includes a yoke 27 and extending rearwardly are wings 28 united at the ends by a band 29". So according to the patent the inlay is called a member. I thing shoulders or wings are a bit more pc for today than the word "member".
Cap - gold or g/f both refer to gold-filled (g/f?, some of the g/f and chrome caps have vertical lines
Clip - gold means g/f
- smooth top means the top of the clip is smooth
= globe top means the top of the clip has a globe-like imprint
- some C/C pens have a closed-clip (no opening like the C/Fs) with a "Waterman USA" imprint on the clip
- some C/C pens have a closed-clip with no imprint and plastic 'jewel' at the top.
- the variations of these pen in circulation is large and there are few with chalk marks and no ads that I am aware of...
As a biologist I would like to eventually develop an Identification Key for C/F.
Kevin