Adding To The Flock

[irrigger]

This was an impromtu Fathers Day and Birthday gift. The Pelikan M101N Grey-Blue with a broad nib.

[Misfit]

Congratulations @irrigger  

[N1003U]

On 7/14/2022 at 11:34 PM, irrigger said:

This was an impromtu Fathers Day and Birthday gift. The Pelikan M101N Grey-Blue with a broad nib.

Very nice. I have that very same pen, in the same nib width. I bought it as part of a bundling deal from a vendor at the Baltimore Pen Show. It gives me great pleasure and is used regularly.

 

My wish is that you enjoy your new pen as much as I enjoy mine.

[amberleadavis]

New to me nib.

 

 

M800 BB it has great variation.

[stoen]

Hello,

 

Here’s one I got recently:

 

a mint 1935 Pelikan 100, M nib, never or hardly ever inked-

 

 

[N1003U]

2 hours ago, stoen said:

Hello,

 

Here’s one I got recently:

 

a mint 1935 Pelikan 100, M nib, never or hardly ever inked-

 

 

Oh my, so very beautiful. Such a rare find in that condition.

 

Is the plan to put it into use?

[N1003U]

12 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

New to me nib.

 

 

M800 BB it has great variation.

That is a beautiful classic pen with a lovely nib. What ink are You using? I am currently on the hunt for a new dark green.

[stoen]

26 minutes ago, N1003U said:

 

Is the plan to put it into use?

Thanks for the compliment. Thanks for your question, @N1003U.

I’m somhow reluctant about putting such a preserved, unused pen into use. I’ll possibly keep it as such…

 

I’m using few other vintage pens already inked, all of them great writers, none such being made nowadays. 

One of my favorites is this “dark tortoise” 101N, with a rare ST nib.

 

 

🙂

[Carrau]

I’ve been looking for this pen for some time, M620 Berlin, which came with a BB nib, just like my M600 Green O’ Green had, and which I had modified to a stub. The Berlin is a much brighter green than the picture comparing the two pens suggests.

[Kalessin]

6 hours ago, Carrau said:

I’ve been looking for this pen for some time, M620 Berlin, which came with a BB nib, just like my M600 Green O’ Green had, and which I had modified to a stub. The Berlin is a much brighter green than the picture comparing the two pens suggests.

 

I bought a Berlin not long after they were released, and it's one of the best-looking of the Cities series.  Mine has a slightly regular BB, bought at the same time.  I liked it so much, I bought the matching ballpoint, even though ballpoint use for me was rare then (and nearly never now).

 

I'm sad that I didn't have money to buy more in the Cities series at the original prices.. Even though I'd love a Grand Place, Place de la Concorde, Madrid, and Shanghai, they've been too expensive to casually collect for a long time now.

 

[amberleadavis]

12 hours ago, N1003U said:

That is a beautiful classic pen with a lovely nib. What ink are You using? I am currently on the hunt for a new dark green.

 

 

[amberleadavis]

12 hours ago, stoen said:

 

One of my favorites is this “dark tortoise” 101N, with a rare ST nib.

 

 

🙂

 

OOOO show us the nib please.

[amberleadavis]

9 hours ago, Carrau said:

I’ve been looking for this pen for some time, M620 Berlin, which came with a BB nib, just like my M600 Green O’ Green had, and which I had modified to a stub. The Berlin is a much brighter green than the picture comparing the two pens suggests.

 

 

Oh wow wow wow, those are both stunning.

[amberleadavis]

2 hours ago, Kalessin said:

 

 

I'm sad that I didn't have money to buy more in the Cities series at the original prices.. Even though I'd love a Grand Place, Place de la Concorde, Madrid, and Shanghai, they've been too expensive to casually collect for a long time now.

 

 

Is Chicago the gray one?

[N1003U]

12 hours ago, stoen said:

Thanks for the compliment. Thanks for your question, @N1003U.

I’m somhow reluctant about putting such a preserved, unused pen into use. I’ll possibly keep it as such…

 

I’m using few other vintage pens already inked, all of them great writers, none such being made nowadays. 

One of my favorites is this “dark tortoise” 101N, with a rare ST nib.

 

 

🙂

 

Also a very lovely pen.

 

I understand the reluctance to use such a classic, vintage pen in such pristine condition. Do you know anything about the history of the pen? While it clearly has not seen a lot of use over the years, it would be interesting to know how such a lovely specimen has survived all these years unscathed.

[N1003U]

12 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

 

 

Thanks!

[stoen]

Green 1935 Pelikan 100:

5 hours ago, N1003U said:

While it clearly has not seen a lot of use over the years, it would be interesting to know how such a lovely specimen has survived all these years unscathed.

AFAIK, left laying indoors in a vault, and forgotten for decades.

🙂

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Dark tortoise 1937/38 Pelikan 101N:

5 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

OOOO show us the nib please.

I believe I’ve posted this already, since I’ve found the picture among my FPN attachments:

Please, pardon my not being a shorthand writer.

🙂

[Kalessin]

10 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

Is Chicago the gray one?

 

Yes.  The whole series can be found at https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Souveraen-Series/M600-Basis/index.html

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

I keep drooling over the M620 Piccadilly Circus (and to some extent the M620 Athens).  Then look at the prices....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Carrau]

I picked up this Green /Green Striped Pelikan 140C recently.  When purchased, it was advertised as a 400, which it resembled in the pictures, although the cap dome and piston knob didn’t fit for a 400 or 400NN.  Once I had it in hand and had a chance to inspect it more carefully, I found engraving on the barrel that confirmed it as a 140C.  Slightly smaller than my 400’s, the condition is mint, with beautiful color.