Family Photos Of Your Flock - Please Add Yours!

[christof]

On 5/6/2023 at 5:03 PM, stoen said:

What are the #1 & #2 from the left hand side?

A green/green and a green/black?

 

Is there an “official” name for the #3 as compared to #8, usually named “light tortoise”?

 

Second from the right hand side? A white gold replated 140, like the one previously discussed in the “Dating Pelikan Fountain Pen” thread?

 

Thanks.

 

#1 Pelikan 400 Green/Green

#2 Pelikan 400 Black/Green (most common variant)

 

There is no official name known. Not for the Light Tortoise nor the half-Light Tortoise.

 

The Pelikan 140 is an official Black-Chrome variant (1957-65)

see here: https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Revised-Piston-Fillers/140-Basis/index.html

 

  

On 5/6/2023 at 12:27 PM, carola said:

Beautiful pens, beautiful pictures.

 Thank you Carola!

 

  

On 5/6/2023 at 9:54 PM, MsRedpen said:

@christof your posts are always a treat! Beautiful.

 

Thank you!

 

here is another family photo:

 

 

 

[kazoolaw]

A quick search of this topic showed no photos of the P1.

Did I miss it, or does that model get no love?

[stoen]

21 hours ago, christof said:

The Pelikan 140 is an official Black-Chrome variant (1957-65)

see here: https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Revised-Piston-Fillers/140-Basis/index.html

I know the site, thanks. Quite a remarkable find, @christof! I’ve only heard “urban legends” of it, but have never seen one live. Congratulations!

[christof]

On 5/8/2023 at 3:10 PM, kazoolaw said:

A quick search of this topic showed no photos of the P1.

Did I miss it, or does that model get no love?

 

The P1 is a nice pen, but I don't have a familiy of p1 to take a picture. So this picture is the closest to a fymily photo I have:

 

 

It shows the similaritys in design between a 500NN a P1

[kazoolaw]

thanks

[Penguincollector]

Here’s my little flock (with the Jazz Elegance, a good writer-  I think is a Pelikan in name only, but as it’s emblazoned with the brand, I included it):

[inkstainedruth]

Is the white one with the metal section the Jazz Elegance?  That's a really attractive looking pen, and a model I was not familiar with.

I'm guessing that the one next to it is an M400 (?) -- that was the one I wanted the most when I started "bird hunting", but took me a while to get (and then I ended opting for the M405 in the Blue Black -- because even though it cost more, there was just something about how the rhodium plated nib and trim looked on it...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Penguincollector]

15 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Is the white one with the metal section the Jazz Elegance?  That's a really attractive looking pen, and a model I was not familiar with.

I'm guessing that the one next to it is an M400 (?) -- that was the one I wanted the most when I started "bird hunting", but took me a while to get (and then I ended opting for the M405 in the Blue Black -- because even though it cost more, there was just something about how the rhodium plated nib and trim looked on it...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Yes, that’s the Jazz Elegance. It has feedback similar to a steel Sailor nib.  It comes in black as well. I love the rhodium trim, at  some point  I would like a M605 Stresemann, but I have a thing for blue pens with gold trim. 

[wspohn]

My favourites are my CP6 sterling versions.

 

 

 

 

I prefer the M1000 nib.

[OCArt]

@wspohn beautiful pens. I didn't kn ow about this model but did find a good webpage from the Pelikans Perch here.  (linked for the benefit of other curious minded folks.)

[mana]

Now with the addition of the Black-Striped 400, I finally have copies of each of the base models for the 400 (Green-Striped, Black-Striped, and Tortoise). Now, to hunt after the more rare ones...

 

From left to right:

Pelikan 400 Black-Striped
- B
- Later production model as identified by the nib and also the clip (earlier are more wide).

 

Pelikan 400 Green-Striped
- F
- EDC pen

 

Pelikan 400 Green-Striped
- EF, lovely tarnish on the nib

 

Pelikan 400 Tortoise
- M
- Mint pen with the nib width sticker

 

Pelikan 400 Tortoise
- BB, earlier gen “Script” nib, also nicely tarnished
- This nib is absolutely mint, still retains the sharp, cursive italic corners and edges, and a ton of tipping

 

Pelikan 400 Tortoise
- BB, earlier gen “Script” nib
- EDC pen

[quaestor]

An M800-centric collection (L to R):

 

R800 blue stripe, but with an Ohto ceramic red refill that fits perfectly

M800 green stripe, Richard Binder XF nib

M800 red stripe, sadly opaque due to a ChartPak repair/exchange

M800 burnt orange, a favorite despite no ink window

M800 brown stripe

M800 renaissance brown, perhaps the real tortoise M800! Has better cap-body color match than some.

M640 Sahara, sad that the M640 wonders series lacks the Pelikan beak clip but lovely binde

M805 dark blue, acquired after obsessing 20 years

M805 black
M805 demonstrator, a steal since the auction ended during the SuperBowl
M910 yellow toledo
M910 red toledo
M800 blue stripe, not a favorite but proud of my humble restoration of a semi-disaster eBay find (& it has a PF-badged nib)

Also: P205 cartridge-filler black and R215 classic rings, above the trays, plus 2 spare nibs because I felt the OCD need to 'correct' 2 two-tone M805/M910 nibs with post-2015 monotone M805 nibs. Two different-logo typewriter ribbon cases that hold copper book darts & Midori book indexes (indices). The pens range, as best I can tell, from ~1998 (blue stripe M800) to 2023 (black M805). The trays, incidentally, had their Pelikan logos blacked out with Sharpies at some pen shop, but rubbing alcohol did the trick. Long term plan is to demote the R800 from place of honor in the trays & find another silver-furniture pen for 6-6 balance & maybe seek an OM nib.

[eerestis]

Inspired by Pelikan Hub, I'll post an updated family picture. A couple of new pens during the past two years or so, more than two are gone because I wanted to focus the collection more.

 

1st set: Pelikan 100 (M), Pelikan 100N (EF), Pelikan 500 black (F), Pelikan 500 tortoise (KF), Pelikan 400 black-striped (B), Pelikan 400 grey (B), Pelikan 400 tortoise (BB), Pelikan 400 green (KM), Pelikan Knickebein, Pelikan M800 Stresemann (F).

2nd set: Pelikan 500N (OB), Pelikan 400N black-striped (OB), Pelikan 400NN black-striped (KM), Pelikan 400NN tortoise (KM), Pelikan 400NN green (F), Pelikan 140 burgundy (B), Pelikan 140 forest green (B), Pelikan 140 green (OM).

 

[mana]

26 minutes ago, eerestis said:

Inspired by Pelikan Hub, I'll post an updated family picture. A couple of new pens during the past two years or so, more than two are gone because I wanted to focus the collection more.

 

1st set: Pelikan 100 (M), Pelikan 100N (EF), Pelikan 500 black (F), Pelikan 500 tortoise (KF), Pelikan 400 black-striped (B), Pelikan 400 grey (B), Pelikan 400 tortoise (BB), Pelikan 400 green (KM), Pelikan Knickebein, Pelikan M800 Stresemann (F).

2nd set: Pelikan 500N (OB), Pelikan 400N black-striped (OB), Pelikan 400NN black-striped (KM), Pelikan 400NN tortoise (KM), Pelikan 400NN green (F), Pelikan 140 burgundy (B), Pelikan 140 forest green (B), Pelikan 140 green (OM).

 

Really nice! That Knickebein was cool

[inkstainedruth]

There was a new guy this year at the Pittsburgh Hub, and he brought his stash along -- including a family heirloom Pelikan that had belonged to his great uncle, and an M620 Piccadilly Circus (which of course I was just drooling over, but can't afford).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[tacitus]

This is my list of vintage Pelikan fountain pens. Almost all of my fountain pens have been posted on Dating Pelikan Fountain Pens.

 

I list them here to commemorate the recent completion of my vintage Pelican fountain pen post.

 

 

Pelikan fountain pen (ca.1929) 
Pelikan fountain pen (ca.1930)
Pelikan 101 (ca.1935)
Pelikan 110 (ca.1933)
Pelikan 111 (ca.1933)
Pelikan T111 Toledo (ca.1933)
Pelikan 112 (ca.1933)
Pelikan Magnum (ca.1935)
Rappen (ca.1932)
IBIS (ca.1936)
AUCH-Pelikan 200 (ca.1934)

Pelikan 100 cutaway demonstrator (ca.1933)

 

Pelikan 100 (ca.1931)
Pelikan 100 (ca.1933)
Pelikan 100 (ca.1935)
Pelikan 100 (ca.1937)
Pelikan 100 (ca.1938) 
Pelikan 100 (ca.1940) 
Pelikan 100 (ca.1942)

 

Pelikan 100N (ca.1937)
Pelikan 101N (ca.1937)
Pelikan 100N Toledo (ca.1938)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1938)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1939) 
Pelikan 100N (ca.1940)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1942)
Pelikan 101N (ca.1949)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1950)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1954)
AUCH-Pelikan 200 (ca.1937)
Pelikan 100Nf (ca.1950)

 

Pelikan 500
Pelikan 400 (ca.1950) 
Pelikan 400N (ca.1956)
Pelikan 520N (ca.1956)
Pelikan 400NN
Pelikan 520NN
Pelikan 300
Pelikan 140
Pelikan 120
Pelikan 400NN (Merz & Krell)
Pelikan 120 (Merz & Krell)

 

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[DnzUlc]

Dat 100s and 100Ns, damn😍

[mana]

On 10/1/2023 at 5:24 AM, tacitus said:

This is my list of vintage Pelikan fountain pens. Almost all of my fountain pens have been posted on Dating Pelikan Fountain Pens.

 

I list them here to commemorate the recent completion of my vintage Pelican fountain pen post.

 

 

Pelikan fountain pen (ca.1929) 
Pelikan fountain pen (ca.1930)
Pelikan 101 (ca.1935)
Pelikan 110 (ca.1933)
Pelikan 111 (ca.1933)
Pelikan T111 Toledo (ca.1933)
Pelikan 112 (ca.1933)
Pelikan Magnum (ca.1935)
Rappen (ca.1932)
IBIS (ca.1936)
AUCH-Pelikan 200 (ca.1934)

Pelikan 100 cutaway demonstrator (ca.1933)

 

Pelikan 100 (ca.1931)
Pelikan 100 (ca.1933)
Pelikan 100 (ca.1935)
Pelikan 100 (ca.1937)
Pelikan 100 (ca.1938) 
Pelikan 100 (ca.1940) 
Pelikan 100 (ca.1942)

 

Pelikan 100N (ca.1937)
Pelikan 101N (ca.1937)
Pelikan 100N Toledo (ca.1938)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1938)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1939) 
Pelikan 100N (ca.1940)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1942)
Pelikan 101N (ca.1949)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1950)
Pelikan 100N (ca.1954)
AUCH-Pelikan 200 (ca.1937)
Pelikan 100Nf (ca.1950)

 

Pelikan 500
Pelikan 400 (ca.1950) 
Pelikan 400N (ca.1956)
Pelikan 520N (ca.1956)
Pelikan 400NN
Pelikan 520NN
Pelikan 300
Pelikan 140
Pelikan 120
Pelikan 400NN (Merz & Krell)
Pelikan 120 (Merz & Krell)

 

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What a fantastic collection!

[tacitus]

Thank you @DnzUlc, @mana for your comments😄.

 

When Pelikan was making the 100 and 100N, their specifications were changed every year or every two years. It is understood that Pelikan was trying to provide good fountain pens, even during the difficult times of the war and the postwar period. As a result, many versions of the 100 and 100N were produced. There are also many versions of the 400. But I gave up collecting them all😝.

[carola]

If I could pick only one of your pens, tacitus, I would go for the 100N Toledo. This is the one pen I would REALLY like to own and probably never will.

Chapeau to your collection.