What's Up At Christof's

[christof]

Here I am again with the last and finale report of "Swiss Connections #IV"

 

For the ones of you who missed the parts #1-3 here are the links:

#I can be found HERE

#II can be found HERE

#III can be found HERE

 

The pen of this report is well known to the most of you. It's the Pelikan 300 made between 6/1953 and 11/1957.

This pen was made in green striped and black striped only. One say that the Pelikan 300 was sold in Switzerland only but there's no proof and no reason known why...

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The special thing about the Pelikan 300 is a combination of the design of the 140 and the size of the 400.

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Theoretically, it is possible to build a Pelikan 300 from parts of Pelikan 140 and 400. But original 300 are marked with imprints on both, capband and barrel as well.

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Perhaps Swiss people was known for conservative taste and that's why Pelikan decided to produce this model...? Would be interesting to know more about this story.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8181394149_d27756696c_c.jpg

 

...but let's see what's next!

Edited November 13, 2012 by christof

[christof]

Now, would you please write a book on time management, how do you do it all?

Greg

 

Greg, this is not a difficult questions and there's no book needed to answer. Just this: No Television.

...hope this helps

Thank You Christof

 

When I find the time, I will polish up my old Pelikans and try to make some good photographs.

Television, oh my mis-spent youth. These days I am addicted to the British crime series, such as "A Touch of Frost", "George Gently", and "Dalziel and Pascoe", and rarely watch non PBS programming.

Thanks to Subramaniyam, very much appreciated the work area photos.

This is an old photo of mine. The two pens to the right are BHR, Bohler and Hardtmuth.

Thanks for the inspiration.

Greg

 

http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz218/Valaccar/P1010238.jpg

 

You, your pens and your pictures are always welcome here! Thanks for showing your collection.

[stefanv]

Hmmm. Is the Pelikan 300 the one that is the "correct" match to the Pelikan 350 pencil? I have a 350 pencil, and consider it to be a "set" with my 140 fountain pen.

[christof]

Hmmm. Is the Pelikan 300 the one that is the "correct" match to the Pelikan 350 pencil? I have a 350 pencil, and consider it to be a "set" with my 140 fountain pen.

 

No doubt, the 350 pencil is matching to the 140. But as far as I know, there was no other pencil (except the 450), so the 350 is also the matching pencil to the 300, I'd say.

[Aborst]

Hello Christof/All,

 

Great pictures as always! This week I was lucky enough to be able to buy the green and black 300 for a bargain price.

These pens do turn up occasionally over here in the Netherlands. Now it could be that all these pens found their way to the Netherlands via Switzerland, but that hardly seems likely. So, like you, I find the story that these pens were specifically produced for the Swiss market at least somewhat questionable.

 

As you might know, Pelikan also produced pens for Gimborn that was located in the Netherlands.

I have 2 Gimborn pens that are exactly like the Pelikan 300 when it comes to size and model. One is burgundy red and one green. Both have a green ink window like you would find on the uni coloured 140's.

These pens have a nibs marked Gimborn and that name is on the end of the barrel too. The clip is not beak shaped, but reminds strongly of the Ibis clip.

[christof]

Wow! Great little collection Allard! I like the Gimborns much.

Thanks also for the infos which are much appreciated.

Somewhere I read that the Pelikan 300 were also sold in Scandinavian countrys. Can't remember where, unfortunately...

 

Edit: perhaps we should ask Victor (aka Tetris)...

Edited November 14, 2012 by christof

[ethernautrix]

This thread continues to delight my eyeballs!

[tenney]

Yes, this topic is always a delight...

[christof]

Thank you Lisa and Glenn. I am glad to see that you still are following...

 

Last night, I worked on one of the last pens of the huge lot (click HERE…) which has not been restored yet. It’s a Parker "51" in Nassau Green. Usually, I don’t like to restore vacumatic fillers. It’s a little bit to fiddly for my fingers. But this one was an easy task. Everything came apart easily. The old diaphragm came out in one piece and even the pellet came out easily. Btw, is it possible that there exist two variants of pellets, hard ones and soft ones? If so, this was a soft one.

 

Mostly, I am showing off here with my Pelikan collection. But I collect Parker pens as well, and the Parker “51“ is one of my all time favorites! I already had lots of single jewel aerometric and vacumatic pens. But I recently thought that I should have some Double Jewels as well in my collection. So here it is:

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8200178340_e9e83c7e46_c.jpg

 

The Black one with the window pane cap comes from FPN. (Still one of the best places to buy pens!) And the Gray one with sterling cap comes directly from my friend and FPN member Mauricio Aguilar.

 

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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8199009101_f9b5ed14e6_c.jpg

 

Nice trio, isn’t it? But let’s see what’s next….

Edited November 19, 2012 by christof

[Soot]

We're still following, Christof. I just don't have anything informative to add to the previous posts...

 

Usually, I am not so fond of the Parker 51-- but your pictures actually make them look somewhat decent, and not so plain.

[christof]

We're still following, Christof. I just don't have anything informative to add to the previous posts...

 

Usually, I am not so fond of the Parker 51-- but your pictures actually make them look somewhat decent, and not so plain.

 

Thank you Bob.

Well, the unpretentious(plain) and clean desing is one of the remarkable things about Parker "51". That's why I like it. I think that this desing was really spectacular and unique in 1941. All the major manufacturer followed this desing sooner or later. Just a few examples can be seen here:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7251/7495055702_b35a59a8a5_c.jpg

[Soot]

Now that you have all these "influenced" model posted, I realized one thing: I don't like my nibs hooded-- especially the fully hooded ones.

 

Of all of the pens above, I only like the partial hooded Aurora 88, Waterman CF, and both Lamys.

[christof]

Now that you have all these "influenced" model posted...

 

I am far away from having them "all". There are lots of, like Waterman's Taperite, Eversharp's fifth avenue, Montblanc 32/22/12, Pelikan P25, Pelikano etc...

 

btw, probably there have been economical reasons for hooded nibs also: small nib, less gold.

Edited November 20, 2012 by christof

[haywoody]

...

Somewhere I read that the Pelikan 300 were also sold in Scandinavian countrys. Can't remember where, unfortunately...

 

Edit: perhaps we should ask Victor (aka Tetris)...

 

It doesn't prove anything but I bought my black Pelikan 300 in Sweden. I have heard several times that they were made "for the export market," but never that they were limited to certain countries or regions.

 

By the way, I love this thread and have taken too long to say it! Keep the posts coming; they are much appreciated.

 

/Woody

[pavoni]

Another grateful follower of Christof's superb thread here Essential reading/viewing

 

Pavoni.

[peterpen53]

Once (a looooooooong time ago) I owned a Parker 61 in that lovely green colour, with a gold plated cap. One of the casualties of my then ignorance of the history and value of some fountain pen models.

Like Soot I'm not that much of a fan of hooded nibs, but that makes this thread none the less interesting.

 

 

Cheers,

Peter

[Dumbo]

Theoretically, it is possible to build a Pelikan 300 from parts of Pelikan 140 and 400. But original 300 are marked with imprints on both, capband and barrel as well.

 

This for example?

 

 

Edited November 26, 2012 by Dumbo

[christof]

This for example?

 

well....this is a question you better should ask the seller.

[christof]

Okay, now that the "swiss connection" series has finished, I was looking for a new topic to post here. I don't get new pens every week, so I decided to show you periodically some of my "current rotation pens".

First one is a Waterman's 52 in Cardinal Red. Usually I prefer black pens but RHR is something I can’t withstand. Unfortunately I do not have that much pens in this material.

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8229730302_d765c6eeff_c.jpg

 

This Waterman’s I'’ve got from my Friend and FPN member Mauricio Aguilar. Originally it was fitted with an accountant nib. But I‘ve changed this and now, the pen has got a very juicy and flexible artist nib.

Recently I’ve done some drawings for the kids with this pen. So here it is, the first pen out of the batch of currently used pens.

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8228663447_db30eee653_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8228662891_d15bd88280_c.jpg

 

This is a work of art, and I don't mean the funny sketches!

 

PS: Be fast and have a look at my current pen sale.

Edited November 30, 2012 by christof

[dcpritch]

Great pen, Christof! I have a few pens from Mauricio, and he is such a great person to deal with. Are you going to show us some other red/orange pens?