What's Your Most Recent Addition To The Flock In 2017?

[BillH]

Just stunning! I agree, all I can repeat is

 

You've set a mighty high bar for the rest of us.

 

But, Thank You!!

[Mew]

Just added M805 Ocean Swirl to the previous order of M1000.

[Matlock]

M101N Bright Red and now looking forward to the M200 Brown Swirl.

[DnzUlc]

Pelikan 140 dark green, cleaned it just now with great effort, i can't imagine how many years it had that horrible blue ink sitting inside.

[temptar]

I picked up a P20 at a flea market yesterday. It appears to have a steel nib and it takes cartridges. I can't put an age on it, and it was a gamble pretty much. It is one of two pens I pulled out of a box that said 1 item 3 euros, 2 items 5 euros. The other pen has a made in England steel nib and no brand markings. It looks like it was painted plastic to look like a pretty Japanese pen. Given a fiver for both pens I don't think I did badly.

 

I don't see much about the P20 online but I am assuming that it was a 1980s pen aimed at the not terribly rich market. It seems to write okay.

 

Prior to that, I also picked up an M205 Aquamarine that I accidentally happened across in a shop in Germany. I could not leave it behind. M nib and I love it. It joins a collection which now seems to include it, an amethyst M205, an M400, a M100 (I think), two Pelikan Jazz and I think there's a Pelikano somewhere in the collection too. I'm eying one other pen but in truth, I have a lot of writing instruments now between this, my collection of Caran d'Ache Ballpoints, my Lamy Safaris and assorted other bits and pieces. I'm fortunate in that I do write daily and I don't have the emotional strength to start selling what I have. Plus, there were two other pens acquired in a different lot yesterday. I need to stop.

 

But the Pelikans are pretty pens to write with.

[hh1990]

I picked these up at the Ohio Pen Show.

 

 

[chromantic]

Bought another black/burgundy M150 today, F nib.

[inkstainedruth]

I too, picked up a Pelikan from Rick Propas at the Ohio show, a 100n from the early 1940's as I understand. Poor phone photo:

 

 

 

 

I was drooling over one at his table at OPS this year (I think it was one of the early 101s, and it was the blue binde). Just gorgeous. Then I saw the price tag....

This is my problem. Champagne tastes on a beer budget.... Now I'm sorry I went to the talk he and Janet Wright did on collecting Pelikans....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[jkingrph]

I just preordered the M200 brown swirl and matching ballpoint.

[biancitwo]

I went to the Ohio Pen Show looking for two ~Pels. The last 10 pens I had gotten were Pelikans. I got the two pens I sought. Then I stopped by Rick Propas’ table to say hello. We had done business several times before. Some might call that stop a mistake. I do not. I bought a gorgeous tortoise 400NN with an oblique semi-flex medium nib that writes like a dream. This lovely unplanned pickup outshines the other two purchases. I should have known.

[debraji]

Got an m605 White Ghost.

[mana]

Waiting for... wait for it... another post WWII 100N, this time grey binde (?) one with the fluted clip and cap band. First one of those so "Nice!" and all in all for a not so bad a price (not exactly a sumgai but in the two figure ballpark with S&H) so I am happy even if it turns out to have issues.

 

Will be interesting, overall condition is ok'ish. Biggest issues seem to be the clip which is brassed, also, the whole pen also looks kind of matted/tired/dull so it is in need of a proper cleanup & polish. The nib (F or M) looked good but no idea about the feed.

 

Ink window was black so I have no idea on the clarity or if there are cracks. Also, no idea if the piston works or if the seal is intact. Anyway, I've had pretty good luck with buys like this so keeping fingers crossed till next week when I receive it.

[daenghafez]

A rare R200 snake gray version. This pen complements the R200 snake black.

[DrCodfish]

A rare R200 snake gray version. This pen complements the R200 snake black.

 

WOW! That is a rare find, vey nice.

[ca49reber]

My M605 White arrived today. Rinsed out & drying. It will be the next pen to be inked.

[temptar]

Two new M205s - white and taube. The white has a F nib and the taube an M although unusually, the differences don't feel substantial between them. Pretty though.

[DnzUlc]

A rare R200 snake gray version. This pen complements the R200 snake black.

 

Didn't even know the gray one exists, just wow

[Mew]

M800 brown Tortoise number 2.

[LanceSaintPaul]

Waiting on a plain-jane 140 with a F nib from Rick Propas.

 

I'm sure it will be special, but not exotic (as per some of the most recent above...).

[oldrifleman]

Waiting on a Post War BB IBIS (First Vintage Pelikan).