Pelikan Binde?

[cellardoor04]

Here are two more I've finished-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This gorgeous gal is mine! I'm affectionately calling it my Gryffindor pen

 

It'll arrive just in time to raise my spirits after a harrowing school term, and working with Shawn to get it done was a real pleasure! I've already got another pen in mind to send to him Can't recommend him highly enough!

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Thanks.

[eyesa]

This gorgeous gal is mine! I'm affectionately calling it my Gryffindor pen

 

It'll arrive just in time to raise my spirits after a harrowing school term, and working with Shawn to get it done was a real pleasure! I've already got another pen in mind to send to him Can't recommend him highly enough!

Ach! Killer finish! What a beautiful bird! Like the given name too! Enjoy...

[Christopher Godfrey]

I know that this thread seems to be all about Shawn's wonderful work; but I have just seen something on eBay that is slightly suspect (to me, at any rate) and since the thread <is> about bindes, here goes (as a warning)...

 

There is someone selling a vintage 100 right now in the valuable blue finish (which is lovely and yes, I do covet it). He describes it as possible NOS and the EF engraving on the piston filler cap is pristine; but the blue binde is cracked and opening up in two places! Be warned! (He doesn't mention <that> in the description...)

Edited December 15, 2016 by Christopher Godfrey

[bbycrts]

 

I can put bindes on all of the modern Pelikan line if you want it done to one of your pens. I won't touch the vintage models - the barrel is too thin by the threads.

Are you willing to try an M300?

 

The M805 you did for me is the only pen I use any more. It has really ruined me for all other pens. I sometimes sit in class just staring at the different colors in the barrel.

[BillH]

Christopher Godfrey....Not finding it, do you have a link?

Edited December 15, 2016 by BillH

[bbycrts]

I am not taking anymore 200, 400, or 600 size pens. Only the 800 and 1000 sizes with the threaded piston units.

Thanks

Oops! I asked too soon!

[watch_art]

I'd be interested in seeing the 100 on ebay as well. Sometimes the old bindes would crack and break apart. Sometimes the modern ones do that!

 

Other people have put bindes on vintage 100s but I won't mess with them. I can't afford to replace a broken pen!

[watch_art]

Found it -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-PELIKAN-100-BLUE-MARBLE-14K-GOLD-FINE-NIB-FOUNTAIN-PEN-/122242423905?hash=item1c76375c61:g:vL0AAOSw1DtXIAMF

 

I would actually take that one and replace the binde. THat would be easy enough to do since saving the original binde wouldn't be a priority.

[BillH]

Thank you Shawn. For some reason I just went right on by that one earlier.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you get two splits like that? I can imagine a seam giving up but two cracks like that on what appears to be a pretty nice and gently used pen... can you or anyone else teach this rookie what is happening there? Thanks...

[watch_art]

Oh I have no clue. It could be the pen was exposed to lots of different temperatures, soaked, mistreated over the years that only show up in the binde. Maybe forceful posting... really don't know. Sometimes the bindes just fail. Have you ever seen what the modern ones look like when they start to split?

[BillH]

Oh I have no clue. It could be the pen was exposed to lots of different temperatures, soaked, mistreated over the years that only show up in the binde. Maybe forceful posting... really don't know. Sometimes the bindes just fail. Have you ever seen what the modern ones look like when they start to split?

 

 

I remember seeing a pic of a binde that had started to split from the center, like a too small shirt with a popped button. I imagine you've seen plenty of different damaged bindes.

 

And I didn't think about temperature extremes in storage, which sounds very possible to me. Thanks for the insight, I appreciate it.

[watch_art]

Here's the last small size binde I'll ever do. With photos of the damaged piston knob. X(

 

I can take them apart without breaking them, but even then it's risky to take them apart b/c the little grippy ridges on the piston unit break apart a little every time the pen is taken apart. So if you don't break it, you still break it. Once is okay, more than that is asking for trouble. You can shellac or loc-tite the part in if you have to.

 

 

 

 

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[Freddy]

Attractive pen with your customary flawless engineering.

 

My untrained eye tells me 'tis a hybrid m620 series Chicago / New york.

 

{thumbsupthingie}

 

Fred

[watch_art]

Yeah I guess it looks similar to that. It's just a chunk of dark gray/black cebloplast that I had layin around. Actually my last little bit of it. He wanted something dark and conservative, that wouldn't catch his eye. This just happened to be it.

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The latest - an M1000 with blue lizard.

I wish I had more blue lizard thick enough for more M1000 pens, but this is it.

 

 

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Blue M800 with gray lizard celluloid.

 

 

[DrCodfish]

​Hey, that's my pen! But here is a little back story:

 

​I had the blue binde on my M805 replaced by Chris Burton some years ago. If you scroll back through this thread you can see pictures of it in post #18. I really liked it and would have been happy to have it forever. However the material cracked, I guess that material is susceptible to water damage, I never got it wet but the humidity is always high here in Western WA.

 

So, what to do? I contacted Shawn and he indicated that he could indeed replace the damaged binde. I originally wanted it done in blue lizard but upon reflection I elected to go with the gray lizard. Glad I did, this is a great looking pen, even nicer 'in the flesh'.

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I am happy with how this turned out. That's a Pendleton BLS nib by the way, making this a top drawer writer.

 

From this:

 

P3200074 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

 

 

to this:

 

P1000272 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

 

P1000277 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

 

A close up of the material:

 

P1000278 by Doctor Codfish, on Flickr

Edited January 30, 2018 by DrCodfish

[Runnin_Ute]

Real nice DrC! I actually like that gray lizard on the new binde better than the one you had before. Both look terrific with the blue section, cap and knob. Good choice sir!