Adding To The Flock

[mana]

23 hours ago, stoen said:

Hi, 

it’s been a while since my last visit to the thread.

Here’s a little brown pen I’ve found in rather poor condition (warped cap, shattered binde, “shaved” captop, broken feed, rotten piston). It took me months of minute work and patience to restore it (especially the celluloid parts) to full form and function - all parts are original…

Some times one has to wait for weeks until the celluloid “settles”.

Hope you’ll like it.

That looks amazing!

[inkstainedruth]

On 10/1/2024 at 5:30 PM, stoen said:

Hi, 

it’s been a while since my last visit to the thread.

Here’s a little brown pen I’ve found in rather poor condition (warped cap, shattered binde, “shaved” captop, broken feed, rotten piston). It took me months of minute work and patience to restore it (especially the celluloid parts) to full form and function - all parts are original…

Some times one has to wait for weeks until the celluloid “settles”.

Hope you’ll like it.

OOOOH!  Pretty!  How does it write, now that you've gotten it restored?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[stoen]

8 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

How does it write, now that you've gotten it restored?

Thanks for your compliment and question. Nib is unmarked - it looks and behaves much like ST, thin, springy, remarkable difference in line width pressure control. Effortless writing. I’ve “upgraded” the pen with a post-WWII “four-fin” feed with elaborate compensation chambers. Not that I wouldn’t put an original pre-war three-fin feed, I’ve tried it and just happend to prefer the four-fin feed with this particular pen - it 

makes the pen somewhat “drier”, which is good with ST nibs, at least to me.

[lamarax]

On 10/2/2024 at 12:30 AM, stoen said:

Hi, 

it’s been a while since my last visit to the thread.

Here’s a little brown pen I’ve found in rather poor condition (warped cap, shattered binde, “shaved” captop, broken feed, rotten piston). It took me months of minute work and patience to restore it (especially the celluloid parts) to full form and function - all parts are original…

Some times one has to wait for weeks until the celluloid “settles”.

Hope you’ll like it.

 

Yeah, I think a thread detailing the process in Repair Q&A is in order!

[stoen]

7 hours ago, lamarax said:

I think a thread detailing the process in Repair Q&A is in order

Definitely so. Methods, tools and materials are well known, described in detail and properly shared within this forum. To me it is a true strength of FPN.

I’ve contributed a few posts already.

 

 

[Merrick]

I have been looking to add an upper tier Pelikan m series to my collection. I prefer softer nibs so I was looking at the m1000 until I read about the softer 14c nibs on the old production m800s.

 

Using this article as a guide: https://thepelikansperch.com/2020/11/15/pelikan-m800-history-explored/ I have searched for a good condition 1987-1990 m800 and today I finally found one! It's a 14c nib with the medallion on the bottom of the piston knob and the medallion on the top finial, and W. Germany on the cap band. The logo on the top finial appears to be the thicker logo used only for the 1987/1988 runs of m800.

 

To top it all off, it comes with all the original packaging and according to the seller, a fountain pen dealer, it appears to never have been inked! I am beyond thrilled to have what appears to be a NOS first production run m800.

 

 

It's not in hand yet but here are some pictures from the listing where you can see the top logo, 14c nib, and more: 

https://ptpimg.me/kpwti6.jpg

https://ptpimg.me/41t042.jpg

https://ptpimg.me/64aau4.jpg

https://ptpimg.me/wm8t2m.jpg

https://ptpimg.me/5489kh.jpg

 

[yubaprof]

1 hour ago, Merrick said:

I have been looking to add an upper tier Pelikan m series to my collection. I prefer softer nibs so I was looking at the m1000 until I read about the softer 14c nibs on the old production m800s.

 

Using this article as a guide: https://thepelikansperch.com/2020/11/15/pelikan-m800-history-explored/ I have searched for a good condition 1987-1990 m800 and today I finally found one! It's a 14c nib with the medallion on the bottom of the piston knob and the medallion on the top finial, and W. Germany on the cap band. The logo on the top finial appears to be the thicker logo used only for the 1987/1988 runs of m800.

 

To top it all off, it comes with all the original packaging and according to the seller, a fountain pen dealer, it appears to never have been inked! I am beyond thrilled to have what appears to be a NOS first production run m800.

 

 

It's not in hand yet but here are some pictures from the listing where you can see the top logo, 14c nib, and more: 

https://ptpimg.me/kpwti6.jpg

https://ptpimg.me/41t042.jpg

https://ptpimg.me/64aau4.jpg

https://ptpimg.me/wm8t2m.jpg

https://ptpimg.me/5489kh.jpg

 

A very nice find on your part. I think you will enjoy the 800 over a 1000. I have one 1000 and three 800s. The 800s are frequently used, but the 1000 hardly ever gets out of the pen case. 

[Merrick]

14 hours ago, yubaprof said:

A very nice find on your part. I think you will enjoy the 800 over a 1000. I have one 1000 and three 800s. The 800s are frequently used, but the 1000 hardly ever gets out of the pen case. 

Thanks! I do like larger pens in general, my favorite pen is a King of Pen, but I know the M1000 is not just bigger but also heavier and I don’t usually love very heavy pens (hoping the M800 is just the right balance). 
 

I also must have a Pelikan bug right now because I also ordered a post-97 black M600 with a painted two chick cap and a two chick nib and a spare M250 14c nib to play with and compare against the M600 nib AND an EF nib for my 400NN which came with an OM that was so scratchy as to be almost unusable. I had it ground to a stub by Thomas Ang and it still has a slight oblique tilt to it and it’s a much better writer now but because it’s nearly a stub it puts down such a thick line that I don’t get much benefit from the flexibility of the nib, so the EF nib will be perfect for showing off that sweet sweet line variation.