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The Desk: A donor pen for Waterman Lady Patrician

Waterman Lady Patrician (top) with donor section and feed from Waterman W2 (below)

      The Waterman Lady Patrician I found in a local antique shop with a badly damaged section and feed. I liked the look of the pen plus the nib had incredible flex. I bought the pen without hesitation and figured I would eventually come across replacement parts. A few ebay searches and forum research led me to believe it would take a while. 

      The Lady was produced between 1930-1938 a period when the Waterman Pen Co. was transitioning into using plastics as a material. The good thing (for me) was that the section design for the Lady Patrician was the same as the W2 produced during the 40's. I currently had just the pen in my collection, to donate the parts I needed. Even when I compared the feed for the W2 to the Lady they were identical through my trained eye. 
     The colour on the original Lady Patrician section was faded but the donor section matched the trim on the cap and tried in nicely. The original flexible nib was applied to the donor section and feed. I heat set the feed to the nib using a quick boiling water bath. Once removed after about 5 min., I applied pressure to the feed and nib forcing them together.  A new #16 size sac was fitted on the pen, then it was put back together. Writes like a dream.

Gord A

A student of Architecture that is very particular when choosing a tool.

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