Adding To The Flock

[Christopher Godfrey]

...and also @Barutti: nuostabu!  Sauniai padirbeta, drauge.  (The rest of you will just have to guess...)

[inkstainedruth]

Or do what I did -- copy and paste into Google Translate....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[brokenclay]

Arrived today, a 400NN tortoise with an oblique broad nib:

 

 

I admit, it's going to take some practice to write with this nib.

[OCArt]

Ah, you've gone to the broad side!   I think you'll love it but will learn to write larger

4 hours ago, brokenclay said:

Arrived today, a 400NN tortoise with an oblique broad nib

 

 

[Barutti]

On 5/5/2021 at 2:46 AM, Christopher Godfrey said:

...and also @Barutti: nuostabu!  Sauniai padirbeta, drauge.  (The rest of you will just have to guess...)

Ačiū, mano drauge. Nothing could be hidden in these modern ages, even the language which common for less then 0,4% population😃 

[vdiantonio]

Wow! Great pen!

[MilanKov]

Today I have received an M205 EF replacement nib that I have ordered for my M101N and I am genuinely impressed by the new nib. Slightly springy, smooth and the line width is just right. Now question is what should I do with the pens original "F" nib??? Well, M101N original F nib puts down a line thicker than my vintage BB nibbed A. Faber So I have been thinking that I could have it reground to stub nib or architect nib...

[stoen]

Hello!

 

To put quite frankly, a Pelikan 100 may be a rather praised vintage pen, yet it isn’t a pen that uncommon. Many of us have at least one of them, so we know how it looks, feels and writes.

 

Yet, I somehow consider my new find possibly worth showing and sharing a shot: a beautifully preserved “third generation” pen (1931-33), with a rare deep green binde (sleeve), such as they used to put on the first few generation models, with bakelite and early celluloid barrels. This one is celluloid.

The only mismatch is a OM CN nib, from a wartime repair, possibly.

 

Hope you’ll like it.

🙂

[N1003U]

7 hours ago, stoen said:

Hello!

 

To put quite frankly, a Pelikan 100 may be a rather praised vintage pen, yet it isn’t a pen that uncommon. Many of us have at least one of them, so we know how it looks, feels and writes.

 

Yet, I somehow consider my new find possibly worth showing and sharing a shot: a beautifully preserved “third generation” pen (1931-33), with a rare deep green binde (sleeve), such as they used to put on the first few generation models, with bakelite and early celluloid barrels. This one is celluloid.

The only mismatch is a OM CN nib, from a wartime repair, possibly.

 

Hope you’ll like it.

🙂

 

A beautiful pen that has inspired a lot of future Pelikan models.

[stoen]

2 hours ago, N1003U said:

A beautiful pen that has inspired a lot of future Pelikan models.

Thanks for sharing your opinion. Some times I wish Pelikan could have re-introduced it into their regular production line, not only special “originals of their time” editions. This one is 90 years old, but to me it is timeless. I’ve never come across a pen  model so firm and elaborate, but unpretentious in its appearance and design, yet so versatile and reliable in its performance and writing pleasure.

🙂

[N1003U]

42 minutes ago, stoen said:

Thanks for sharing your opinion. Some times I wish Pelikan could have re-introduced it into their regular production line, not only special “originals of their time” editions. This one is 90 years old, but to me it is timeless. I’ve never come across a pen  model so firm and elaborate, but unpretentious in its appearance and design, yet so versatile and reliable in its performance and writing pleasure.

🙂

If Pelikan re-issued a throwback version of this pen, I would be all over it, possibly multiple times, as I know a couple of folks for whom such a pen would be a great gift...never mind just to have one for myself.

[tacitus]

Thank you for sharing your jade green @stoen.

I wonder why Pelikan chose to use marble green not jade green in the following generation.

Marble green suited the consumers' taste better?

 

I also hope Pelikan reintroduced it using its original material and design.

But, with modern good flow inks, it needs some modification? 

 

 

[Pingu]

I have added the new M205 marble petrol into the middle of my flock... 🙂

 

 

[DilettanteG]

3 hours ago, Pingu said:

I have added the new M205 marble petrol into the middle of my flock... 🙂

 

 

Nice! Is that an M800 Tortoise? If so, what year?

 

 

[N1003U]

5 hours ago, Pingu said:

I have added the new M205 marble petrol into the middle of my flock... 🙂

 

 

Nice flock. A pen for all seasons, plus a classic vintage black for any occasion.

[Pingu]

Thank you DilettanteG & N1003U 🙂

 

The M800 is the modern reissue; I got it in 2013 when it was released. It cost 300-something (discount off the retail price which I think was just over 400). I should have bought two at the time! 😬
 

The vintage Pelikan is actually the one I use most often, as the nib is incredible. I carry it around with me as it doesn’t attract attention (ie theft), most people think it’s an old worthless pen. The cap actually looks more brown than black depending on the lighting; I think it’s the ageing of the material which feels like rubber. I’m not sure what model it is, as it was a Christmas gift given me years ago from a friend who is a pen collector, but I think it might be a 100? I didn’t (still don’t!) know much about vintage Pelikan and thought ‘why is he giving me a really old pen with a discolored cap?’ and I am ashamed to say I put it away for a few years before trying it, and was blown away by the nib 😲

 

 

 

[stoen]

10 hours ago, tacitus said:

I wonder why Pelikan chose to use marble green not jade green in the following generation.

Marble green suited the consumers' taste better?

Good question, @tacitus. Thanks.

I’ve talked to some Pelikan experts, they say this isn’t really a classical “jade green”, yet it is a clearly different pattern from the later “marble” models. 

It is difficult to understand after 85 years and a world war, what could have been the reason for this pattern & texture design change. It could have been any of the following: the taste, mass production availability, visual identity, outsourcing, industrial product uniformity appeal, ideology, production costs, or all, but as far as I can trace, this change has occured gradually, between 1930 and 1935. (2nd - 4th generation). It is true that in the earlier period there was more variety in pattern and color choice than later, when everything was reduced to black, grey marble, green marble and tortoise.

As for the ink flow, I use modern Pelikan inks and they behave great!

Hope this comment can help...

[sirgilbert357]

On 6/3/2021 at 3:27 AM, Pingu said:

Thank you DilettanteG & N1003U 🙂

 

The M800 is the modern reissue; I got it in 2013 when it was released. It cost 300-something (discount off the retail price which I think was just over 400). I should have bought two at the time! 😬
 

The vintage Pelikan is actually the one I use most often, as the nib is incredible. I carry it around with me as it doesn’t attract attention (ie theft), most people think it’s an old worthless pen. The cap actually looks more brown than black depending on the lighting; I think it’s the ageing of the material which feels like rubber. I’m not sure what model it is, as it was a Christmas gift given me years ago from a friend who is a pen collector, but I think it might be a 100? I didn’t (still don’t!) know much about vintage Pelikan and thought ‘why is he giving me a really old pen with a discolored cap?’ and I am ashamed to say I put it away for a few years before trying it, and was blown away by the nib 😲

 

 

 

 

Man...it hurts to read that. The 2013 M800 tortoise is basically my favorite Pelikan and I'll never get to own one judging by the prices I see them for now. I can't believe if I had just gotten into pens a little sooner, I could have had one for so cheap. 

[N1003U]

27 minutes ago, sirgilbert357 said:

 

Man...it hurts to read that. The 2013 M800 tortoise is basically my favorite Pelikan and I'll never get to own one judging by the prices I see them for now. I can't believe if I had just gotten into pens a little sooner, I could have had one for so cheap. 

 

Don't give up hope. Some good deals on M800s do emerge now and then, especially on regular production models. Patience and persistence can bring dividends. I even had a member here contact me with an X800 set he was looking to sell, and we agreed on a very fair price (not cheap, but given condition quite reasonable, from my view)

[Pingu]

1 hour ago, sirgilbert357 said:

 

Man...it hurts to read that. The 2013 M800 tortoise is basically my favorite Pelikan and I'll never get to own one judging by the prices I see them for now. I can't believe if I had just gotten into pens a little sooner, I could have had one for so cheap. 

I still have the email of the purchase -  in May 2013.  I think I got the discount because I was a repeat customer - the M800 tortoise was my third Pelikan purchase after the M600-GOG and a standard M800 which was a gift for the friend who gave me the vintage 100. I did ask for the discount though, and got a positive response - if you don’t ask, you don’t get! 🙂

 

anyway good luck with your hunt, I think they do pop up occasionally, in fact I find it seems more rare to see the M600 GOG on the secondary market.