This Waterman's Ideal Junior, or simply Waterman Junior was made in Canada in the 1930s. Due to export restrictions from America at the time, Waterman used the Canadian factories to produce and export pens to the European market, mainly U.K.
Fully restored and tested, the pen features a nickel plate. 'box lever' filling system, ball end clip and cap band. The box lever system was superior to the 'standard' lever arrangement in that it provided a solid anchor for the lever and didn't cause distortion of the barrel around the lever slot, as seen in many vintage lever filling pens.
The colour of the pen is an unusual and most striking marbled copper. The surface is unfaded, bright and vibrant, and the imprints are clear and sharp.
A chunky 12.2 cm. capped, the pen grows to an impressive 15.2 cm. when posted for use, it is an elegant and well balanced pen.
The Ideal nib was more expensive than the standard Waterman nib. It has a little flexibility and the horizontal strokes are thinner than the vertical ones, in the manner of a stub profile. This combines to allow line thickness variation to be produced with very little effort, adding character to the work.
The Waterman Junior is a high quality vintage pen with a sound pedigree and is very collectable. The unusual colour, and versatile nib are unusual features which elevate this pen a little above the norm.