Pelikan M850

[daenghafez]

It's Sunday afternoon and I was fiddling with my M800 tortoise and thought of frankening it with a different cap.

 

Here goes how it looks like..

 

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/photo1_zpse491b1a8.jpg

 

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/photo2_zps8a94e0ee.jpg

 

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/photo3_zps695d9191.jpg

 

And now with its original junior sibling - unfranken M450 tortoise pen..

 

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/photo4_zps92c20d2e.jpg

 

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/photo5_zps387ed523.jpg

 

Enjoy the photos and have a good weekend!

 

Regards

Daeng

 

 

 

 

[Tombstone]

Thanks for posting - especially the last picture wih the "original".

 

Because when I saw the first pictures I thought "hmmm, looks good, but something's missing... what the hell ist missing..."

 

At the end I saw it - it's the golden knob for the piston.

 

In any case based on the brown color of the body the difference in reality might not be that big...

[Pennata Penna]

Looks alright. Actually, the normal M450 in black and green striated have normal filler knobs, as well as M1050 etc.

 

Daeng, my old style 'M650' is on it's way; Franken M600 old style and M450 cap. I had similar thoughts as the above. Fun times :-) I will post it here if you don't mind.

 

Tony

[JulioPB]

Hi Daeng:

 

I like it this way, it does it matter to me if it is a Frankenpen,

 

Best,

 

Julio

 

 

 

 

 

[daenghafez]

Looks alright. Actually, the normal M450 in black and green striated have normal filler knobs, as well as M1050 etc.

 

Daeng, my old style 'M650' is on it's way; Franken M600 old style and M450 cap. I had similar thoughts as the above. Fun times :-) I will post it here if you don't mind.

 

Tony

Hi Tony

 

I'll be much happier if you can share with us your latest addition. Congrats on your latest finding. Regards.

[daenghafez]

Thanks for all,your comments, guys..

[Pennata Penna]

I'll be much happier if you can share with us your latest addition. Congrats on your latest finding. Regards.

Thanks. Here they are:

 

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/8945560447_44832136a6_z.jpg

[daenghafez]

Thanks. Here they are:http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/8945560447_44832136a6_z.jpg

Thanks for sharing, Tony. The photo shot with the trio combination looks great! Congrats on your latest addition of M450 vermeil cap..

 

By the way, is that brown tortoise the M400 recent special edition ie. which has the double ring cap?

[Pennata Penna]

By the way, is that brown tortoise the M400 recent special edition ie. which has the double ring cap?

No mine is just the old M400, not the M415. No ring on the filler knob as you can see, nor on the section. Monotone old style 14C. Engraved cap top logo.

 

Tony

[daenghafez]

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/kewlfly/photo_zpsdb069e52.jpg

 

Three silver / vermeil cap of M430, M450 - black & M450 - tortoise.

 

Did one or all caps match to the tortoise? To be frank, all pens are being franken.

[Pennata Penna]

Three silver / vermeil cap of M430, M450 - black & M450 - tortoise.

Daeng, If it is not too much hassle, could you please tell me how many chicks on the cap top logo of each cap? Especially on the 450 black and the tortoise... Because I'm trying to date my pen, sold as M450 which should have only one chick, but it has two on the logo..

 

Tony

 

PS: I don't wanna hijack the thread, PM if you prefer.

[daenghafez]

Hi Tony

 

If you are referring to the correct version of M450 vermeil tortoise (with gold knob), mine has one chick while for the M450 vermeil black, the logo has two chicks.

 

I understand for M450 vermeil tortoise, it was not an issue to have one or two chicks as it was around that year, if I am not mistaken in 2003, the pelikan mum gobbled one chick. So Pelikan might have issued two logos for M450 vermeil tortoise at that time. Same applies to M400 white tortoise, where some buyer might get two or one chick logo.

 

However, for the M450 vermeil black, the logo should have 2 chicks. This souverän range of vermeil black was introduced for M350, M450, M650, M850 and M1050. Again if I am not mistaken this range was introduced in the year 1998/1999.

 

P/s Pelikan guru, please correct me if I am wrong.

[georges zaslavsky]

congrats on the pen

[da vinci]

Thanks for sharing the info. The M450 is really something special.