Adding To The Flock

[dnic]

My true "Herzstück", first year Pelikan (from 1929).

 

[christof]

just beautiful - well done Dominic!

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[jaytaylor]

My true "Herzstück", first year Pelikan (from 1929).

 

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Oh my....that has seriously peaked my 'want'. Very nice indeed and thanks for sharing.

[dnic]

Really hard to find. The nib is a little bit bent, maybe - 90 years ago - someone was writing with hard pressure or the pen fall down to the floor and that's why the pen is today in good condition ;-) Piece of luck.

[mana]

Great buy, was bidding on that same pen myself...

[amk]

Oh wow, that is not just a Herzstueck but what in France we call a coup de coeur!

[sargetalon]

That's a stunner Dominic. Great find. Congrats!

[rosmarinaus]

I just got a couple of vintage 400's, one a 400 with an oblique nib, the other a 400NN with a KF nib. Both took some cleaning. I haven't inked the oblique yet (I've never used one and I'm left-handed), but the KF is a beautiful writer.

[Twister292]

M1005 Stresemann ordered

[Runnin_Ute]

This week two Pelikan's arrived. The new Special Edition M200 Gold Marbled with a lovely B nib on Thursday and a 400 NN with an EF on Friday that I got for a very good price on ebay. I wasn't expecting the NN for another week.

 

I had to soak it for a bit in a 10:1 distilled water to ammonia mix. First pen I have had to do that with in a while. The nib was stuck and the piston stiff. Gave it a good flush first with tap water and then filled it with the ammonia mix and soaked it up to the section for an hour or so to loosen up the threads. Once I was able to get the nib unscrewed, I used a bit of silicone grease on the end of a toothpick to get the piston back to normal. Filled it with Blackstone Green Cashmere this morning.

[Twister292]

Just received my M1005 Stresemann with an M nib. I think Pelikan's 1000 series M nibs should be called a 3M nib...it writes extremely wet and smooth. Lovely bounce from the nib too.

[Tom Kellie]

Just received my M1005 Stresemann with an M nib. I think Pelikan's 1000 series M nibs should be called a 3M nib...it writes extremely wet and smooth. Lovely bounce from the nib too.

 

~ Twister292:

 

Congratulations!

Thank you for the description.

I'm glad to know that there's a bounce to the nib.

May it be an especially treasured writer for you.

Tom K.

[sansenri]

I've been lagging behind with adding to the flock... I got distracted by other pens (I ashamedly admit...)

At last I added the Lizard to the other M101N...

Not such a great photo (from the seller) but I had no time to take a better one, just got it today!

Edited November 20, 2019 by sansenri

[Calabria]

Nice pen.

[Mew]

A few:

M1000 Black with 3B nib

M800 Brown tortoise with 3B nib

A M805 3B nib unit

M1005 Stresemann with F nib.

[Twister292]

~ Twister292:

 

 

Congratulations!

Thank you for the description.

I'm glad to know that there's a bounce to the nib.

May it be an especially treasured writer for you.

Tom K.

Thank you so much!

 

I've sent the nib for swap to F, the M nib had a baby bottom

[chromantic]

My Brown- and Gold-marbled arrived this morning. Ooh, shiny!

 

As lovely as they both are, I think the edge actually goes to the Brown.

[Calabria]

My Brown- and Gold-marbled arrived this morning. Ooh, shiny!

 

As lovely as they both are, I think the edge actually goes to the Brown.

Pictures would be great!

[Tom Kellie]

My Brown- and Gold-marbled arrived this morning. Ooh, shiny!

 

As lovely as they both are, I think the edge actually goes to the Brown.

 

~ chromantic:

 

Congratulations!

I hope that both nibs write well for you.

What a nice way to end 2019.

Tom K.

[chromantic]

Sorry for the poor picture (cell phone at work) but best of the three I took. The gold is actually pretty awesome, I think my first impression was the brown looked a little more imposing due to the dark cap and blind cap.

 

Both are wonderfully smooth, more than making up for my disappointing experience with the Cafe Creme.