WA726 Waterman's No. W5. (Soft Fine)

WA726 Waterman's No. W5. (Soft Fine)

Date: c1950

Size: Capped - 127mm; posted - 155mm.

This is a very attractive glossy jet green striated celluloid example of a post-war English No. W5.  It is in very good condition - the only damage I can see on this pen is a tiny bit of plating wear to the edges of the pocket clip and a tiny ding on the nib.  The cap has a gold filled top stud.  Both the Waterman's pocket clip and the cap bands - one very wide band flanked top and bottom by a narrow band - are also gold filled.  The barrel imprint is still crisp and clear and very easily read.  Opposite, the long and slender box-construction filling lever with the spade-shaped terminal is also gold filled.  The nib is a shiny Waterman's No. W-5 in 14 carat gold and in a fine point.  Both barrel and cap are lovely and glossy with no noticeable scratches or any other damage. 

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib writes very smoothly with a very good wet line.  It produces a good, consistent fine width line.  This is a soft nib, and it will provide for a tiny bit of line width variation as you write. 

The W5 was the top model in the series, and I see very few of them these days.