What's Your Most Recent Addition To The Flock? 2016

[Aysedasi]

A good day.

 

Such a good day.

 

I finished work for leave for 2 weeks today and come home to this..... A Cadmium Yellow Sheaffer Imperial FP and BP set. I had a broad-nibbed Cadmium Yellow FP a few years ago that IIRC I bought from Ron Zorn. I sold it and have regretted it ever since. Thanks to FP member falika, I now have another and the matching ballpen. This one is medium nibbed and writes beautifully, with a lovely hint of feedback. Currently sporting Noodlers Walnut.

 

I'm a very happy bunny this evening......

[mehandiratta]

A good day.

 

Such a good day.

 

I finished work for leave for 2 weeks today and come home to this..... A Cadmium Yellow Sheaffer Imperial FP and BP set. I had a broad-nibbed Cadmium Yellow FP a few years ago that IIRC I bought from Ron Zorn. I sold it and have regretted it ever since. Thanks to FP member falika, I now have another and the matching ballpen. This one is medium nibbed and writes beautifully, with a lovely hint of feedback. Currently sporting Noodlers Walnut.

 

I'm a very happy bunny this evening......

Really beautiful

[a m a r g o]

The Flock turns into a regiment or group of Sheaffers!

Edited September 23, 2016 by coppilcus

[mitto]

The Flock turns into a regiment or group of Sheaffers!

 

Sheaffer herd owerpowering Pelikan's flock. Lol.

[saskia_madding]

I just bought myself an m605 in blue stripe. I'm still waiting for it to arrive, but I'm super excited! I also snagged a white m205 that I sent off for a blue lizard binde from Shawn Newton.

 

These are the first two Pelikans I've bought in a loooooooooong time, and I am thrilled. I can't wait!

[cellardoor04]

I also snagged a white m205 that I sent off for a blue lizard binde from Shawn Newton.

 

 

The white is gonna go so well with the blue lizard binde! Congrats!

[mitto]

This are the latest additions to my collection:

 

1- Pelokan M100 Solid gold

 

http://s5.postimg.org/mhzgmoycn/Pelikan100a.jpg

 

2- Pelikan M750

 

http://s5.postimg.org/mits5e09z/Pelikan750.jpg

 

3- Pelikan M760

 

http://s5.postimg.org/v2d6358mf/Pelikan760.jpg

 

Congrats cousin. Beautiful pens. How are you?

[northstar]

Thank you cousin, I am all well, thank you, how have you been? will you come for ziyarat this year ?

[da vinci]

I just bought myself an m605 in blue stripe. I'm still waiting for it to arrive, but I'm super excited! I also snagged a white m205 that I sent off for a blue lizard binde from Shawn Newton.

 

These are the first two Pelikans I've bought in a loooooooooong time, and I am thrilled. I can't wait!

The m205 sounds quite a colour combo. Please do post pics

[Tojusi]

Pelikan Achievements of Civilization series pen: Evolution of Script. Medium nib.

 

Very nice!

[Bo Bo Olson]

A near mint 100/150 the size of a 140, I'd have to measure to be sure which it is. The nib had a bit of old ink on it and the owner of the bookstore antique shop insisted in cleaning the nib....with a piece of paper. Even as I said no....so I don't know if it was then he wiped off the gold plate or it had been wiped off by someone else. It is other than that close to unused. 20 Euro.

He did give a full pen of some antique black Pelikan ink....I really don't need antique Pelikan 4001, blue or black ink...and am not into old Uhu ink either. I have enough problem with the 50 inks I have.

 

Grumble, grumble, The nib is marked M and writes F-EF.

That on crappy Alvery Zweckform 100g paper. It feathers a touch. My antique laser printer is on it's last days and won't eat that paper....and I found the other lighter Avery Zweckform papers to be lousy too. Don't waste money on it.

It is a paper normally out side of this case that will make a pen a half a width wider.....

On M&K 90g paper it writes to a nice F. That to my Mark One European calibrated eyes.

 

Well, you know how it is all sorts of folks that started out with narrower than marked Japanese pens always complain Pelikan is fatter than marked .....well, with modern, they could be right, but not with vintage and semi-vintage.

So I thought I'd complain about a nib too skinny. It's very odd nobody ever complains about that.

 

 

I only have one vintage pen that I have in my mind as fatter than marked....and in my mind is fuzzy and I've not discovered what paper or a spread sheet is for.... don't remember which pen that was.

I do have two vintage pens that are narrower than marked. This one is the second. ....If others can be so upset a nib is a tad wide for European...FAT for their Mark Two Japanese Calibrated eyes, I can justifiably complain about a nib narrower than marked.

 

Ended up with a small old gooseneck shoe inkwell from Gutenburg (now filled with ESSR)...the only info I can find on it is that it is still an English company for printers ink. The larger one's cap didn't fit so I didn't get that.

A classic 1900-40 English silver plated hawser style ink well.....and my wife bought one for her self, in I didn't want it. That is shaped like a 1900-20's shoe out of plain stamped metal....that she polished just enough to take the 'dirt' off leaving a good patina. In I've already cluttered up her living room with some 12 of my inkwells....I am happy she is happy. She also spotted that English inkwell for me too................some times I'm blind.

 

A couple of glass inkwell inserts and a slew of nice dip pen nibs, some at the Hunt 99-100-101 level; some the level under...Weak Kneed Wet Noodle. ...................... Now, I'll have to start using my brand new oblique nib holders.....no more excuses.

 

All in all counting the pen, close to 90 Euros.

[mana]

Just got my first "True Grey" Pelikan 100N. It has a whopping BB+ nib. I am in love! It is my second 100N with a BB/BBB nib, really lovely albeit not that useful as daily writers... oh but who cares. http://fpgeeks.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.png Paper grid is 7mm for reference.


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[saskia_madding]

WOW!!! Those are lovely.

[PAKMAN]

Picked up an M1000 green stripe in medium nib at the Dallas Pen show

[alfredop]

Pelikan M200 Caffè Cream

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Alfredo

[christof]

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nice collection. Are these all after war pens?

you have a narrow collecting focus. that's a good thing.

c.

Edited September 27, 2016 by christof

[mana]

nice collection. Are these all after war pens?

you have a narrow collecting focus. that's a good thing.

c.

Yup, all post WWII. Currently going after the odd ducks and more rare ones (such as the grey one I recently got) while also improving the general quality level of the collection (such as NOS/mint versions of the pens I already have). Pretty much covered the gamut nib wise aside from the oblique nibs (only have the weird left foot EF N-nib). And no CN nibs either.

Of those pens displayed all are pretty much flawless (intact trims, no scratches other than micro ones, crystal clear ink windows etc.) aside from one green and the 101N which have cloudy ink windows and the black 100N Export which has cracks in the ink window (does not leak though).

 

Not looking to replace the 101N as it is otherwise pretty much like new, trims and all, but the others... yes. And then some, as in "...more, more, more..."

 

The pens that get booted out from that particular select flock by more flawless ones end up as spares or user grade pens (currently have two in rotation).

 

I just love those pens, as users, collectables and for their inherent qualities (user serviceability etc). They are well designed, engineered and manufactured pens and as a designer myself I do appreciate that.

 

I do also have multiples of a number of other pens such as the Parker 51 Aerometrics, first gen black rOtring 600s etc. And a whole bunch of other ones, mostly vintage or semi-vintage ones that I intend to keep (Parker Sonnets, Pelikan 140, rOtring Art Pens, Montblanc 344G etc.). And a box full of pens that I do not intend to keep but sell once I get to it (Pelikans: 400 green striped, 400 Tortoise, 400NN, 500, M200/R200 Blue marbled etc., few Parker 51 Vacumatics, other pre war intages such as Watermans etc.).

 

But yes, the main (and pretty much sole) focus of my collecting is now the post WWII Pelikan 100/101N.

[BillH]

Very nice collection... gives me ideas how to proceed on my own, thanks for showing.

[Technomancer]

I have a new and growing flock. It started with a vintage 140, then a vintage 400, now I have just got on eBay an either M400 Souveran or a M600 Souveran in red striated (the seller doesn't know and at the price I got either would be a steal). Can't wait for it to arrive.

 

Edited September 29, 2016 by Technomancer

[Christopher Godfrey]

Although my main interest in ornithological matters is pre-war Pelikans, I recently acquired a beautiful brown tortoise 101LE (thanks Daoud!), which is mostly gorgeous <green>, because of a long-ago review on The Pelikan's Perch -- so I reckon that that makes Sargetalon guilty of...subversion? Subliminal persuasion? Something along those lines. <Thanks>, Joshua! ;^))

 

I already have a red tortoise LE, so lord knows when I shall ever afford a vintage lizard...

Edited September 29, 2016 by Christopher Godfrey