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[Procyon]

Yesterday, I received a Waterman 14 in fine silver in the mail.  I now have five of the fine silver eye dropper filled Waterman's, so I thought I would show my mini-collection off.  

 

 

 

The new pen is the second pen from the right - a 14 with clip.  The three pens on the left are 12's, the right two are 14's. The thickness of the overlay varies quite a bit. The overlay on the 12 with clip (pen in the middle) is thin almost like foil - in fact a small section appears to be missing on the barrel. None of the overlay patterns are the same, although they are all what is generally called "art nouveau", I suppose. The pen on the very left has an interesting nib:

 

 

 

Several of these were acquired on eBay with the seller apparently not recognizing they were fine silver instead of sterling. I probably got a bit of a price break because of that.

Edited by Procyon, 23 March 2014 - 05:15 PM.

[BrianMcQueen]

Those are really nice pens!  Are the clips fine silver as well, or are they sterling?

[Procyon]

The clip on the middle pen is marked sterling, the other one isn't marked, but I am pretty sure it is also sterling.

[Jim B]

I forget,  fine silver is more or less silver than sterling? 

[Procyon]

Fine silver is almost pure silver.  The marking on the Waterman pens says "FINE 999/1000 SILVER".  It usually doesn't wear well because it is so soft compared to sterling, which is 92.5% silver.

[Jim B]

Thanks, I thought it was more but didn't remember how much.