Waterman Fountain Pens
If smooth, effortless writing or signing is something that appeals to you, then a Waterman fountain pen may be just for you. Waterman is actually one of the longest running brands of writing instruments.
When an enterprising American, Lewis Waterman, obtained the patent for the first practical fountain pen back in 1884, little did he realize until later on that he would be instrumental in bringing about innovations that other well-positioned contenders in the pen arena would emulate.
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 Waterman Citation Fountain Pen Black Working Price: $99.99 Time Left: 40m 
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 Waterman Le Man 100 Opera Fountain Pen Price: $375.00 Time Left: 1h 46m
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 Waterman Letalon Sterling Silver Fountain Pen Price: $350.00 Time Left: 5h 43m
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 Wholesaler Priced Silver Fountain Pen Waterman Cartridg Price: $156.80 Time Left: 5h 52m
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Frustrated with many of the writing instruments of his time, Waterman started to make, model and produce his own fountain pens in his brother’s small shop. He thought of the principle of capillarity wherein a steady amount of air can induce a steady flow of ink. He called his first pen “the Regular” and put on a wood trim and accents. He received the patent for this creation in 1884, the birth of the first Waterman fountain pen.
Because it was new and because of the infamy that Waterman had, he sold his creations only from the back of a local cigar shop. Because he didn’t have the men or the machinery yet, he produced them by hand, and each maintained the same quality that he himself wanted in a good pen. The pens came with a five-year warranty on the mechanism and when he had the money, advertised in trendy magazines. Since then, the orders started to come in.
Two years before he died Lewis Waterman finally was able to open a factory of his own which was located in Montreal. By this time the company was already sporting a huge variety of designs. Waterman died in 1901 and left the company to his nephew Frank Waterman who expanded the business abroad and boosted their sales to 350,000 pens per annum.
In fact, it became so popular that the Treaty of Versailles was signed with the use of a Waterman pen made of solid gold. This is definitely a long way since Lewis Waterman broke a groundbreaking contract because his pen wouldn’t write.
