THIS IS A LARGE BEAUTIFUL WATERMAN 56 LEVER FILL FOUNTAIN PEN IN BLACK CHASED HARD RUBBER.  PEN IS VERY CLEAN WITH NO MARKS, DINGS OR BRASSING.  BOLD CHASEING ON CAP WITH BARREL A LITTLE WEAKER.  GREAT OVERALL HARD RUBBER COLOR OF ABOUT 93%.   EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION FOR THIS LARGE WATERMAN.  ORIGINAL CLIPLESS CAP HAS A WONDERFUL SLIP ON WATERMAN FACTORY CLIP.   PEN HAS IMPRINTS EVERYWHERE - CAP, BARREL BOTTOM, BARREL SIDE, CLIP - ALL BOLD AND STRONG.   FULLY RESTORED WITH VERY FLEXIBLE MEDIUM POINT #6 WATERMAN NIB IS SMOOTH AS SILK ON PAPER.  IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A LARGE WATERMAN WITH A GREAT NIB TO WRITE WITH, THIS IS IT!

**A NOTE ABOUT WRITING SAMPLES:  WRITING SAMPLES ARE PURELY SUBJECTIVE.  THEY ONLY SHOW THE "ABILITY" OF A NIB.  HOW A NIB "FEELS" OR "WRITES" IN MY HAND HAS NO BEARING ON HOW IT MAY PERFORM IN YOURS.  IT ALSO WILL NOT TELL YOU THE "FEED CAPACITY" OF A PEN - TO WHAT EXTENT THE FEED MAY BE ABLE TO SUPPLY ENOUGH INK TO THE NIB FOR CALLIGRAPHY STYLE WRITING.  NIBS IN VINTAGE PENS HAVE BEEN WORN TO YEARS OF WRITING FROM POSSIBLY MANY DIFFERENT OWNERS.  WE STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT ALL NIBS BE "SET" TO YOUR HAND FOR WRITING.  THE USE OF 1500 FINISHING PAPER AND THEN PROGRESSIVE 3K TO 8K BLOCKS WILL SET THE NIBS SMOOTHLY TO YOUR HAND.

*  PLEASE NOTE:  WE HAVE DESCRIBED THIS VINTAGE PENS CONDITION BASED ON OUR 45 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A FULL TIME VINTAGE PEN RETAILER.  IF DESCRIBED AS "NEW" OR "LIKE NEW" IT WAS FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:  PEN APPEARS AS NEW WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF INK IN NIB OR FEED AND NO SIGNIFICANT WEAR OUTSIDE OF NORMAL BOX FRICTION FROM BEING IN A BOX FOR OVER 60+ YEARS.  PEN MAY HAVE ORIGINAL TAGS OR IMPRINTS.  WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE PEN HAS NEVER BEEN INKED AS WE ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS.  PLEASE OBSERVE ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

We are the FOUNTAIN PEN RECYCLER, fountainpenrecycler a full time walk-in vintage and new pen store in Minneapolis, MN where we have been in business for the past 38 years.  We offer vintage as well as new pens, pencils and ballpoints and normally  stock in excess of over 1500 pens.  We sell ink, pen cases and all sorts of ephemera for the pen collector and the pen user.  We have been an ebay seller for over 26 years now and also sell under the seller id "MNGATOR"