stresemann Pelikan Stresemann options

[Bo Bo Olson]

6 hours ago, MidSouthern-Dad said:

I tend not to post my cap, ever since I scratched up the body of a Montblanc Ramses with the very first attempt to post the cap on the soft gold plated (over sterling silver) body.  Since that traumatic experience, I have resisted posting, but in the case of those small Pelikan pens, I do think posting helps.  

Posting helps very much so, with the 'smaller pens like the medium-large 600...or standard sized 200/400. It gives them the great balance posting gave them.

 

A good wax prevents posting mars.

Though most of my pens are old used ones...vintage..there was seldom a mar in the 120 I have.

The couple with a mar, a bit of semi-Chrome and a touch of wax did the trick.

 

Sadly, that gold plated pen had to have been waxed on arrival.

[carola]

16 hours ago, Lam1 said:

 

I think there may be some confusion going on, here, since the Stresemann models have no metal inserts.

Maybe you are thinking of the M815 Metal Stripes?

 

 

I was going to say the same... which metal inserts? The grey stripes are just resin, like all the stripes in every colour variant.

 

And yes, the M815 Metal Striped is a rather heavy pen for exactly the reason that it consists of quite a lot of metal, but there is no M1005 (or M1015 in this case) variant of this model. 🤔

[Lam1]

16 minutes ago, carola said:

 

I was going to say the same... which metal inserts? The grey stripes are just resin, like all the stripes in every colour variant.

 

And yes, the M815 Metal Striped is a rather heavy pen for exactly the reason that it consists of quite a lot of metal, but there is no M1005 (or M1015 in this case) variant of this model. 🤔

 

And if there ever was a M1015 Metal Stripes, I would jump at it!

Just saying, in case Pelikan is listening! 😀

[chromantic]

Overall, from 600s down, Pelikans are light as a feather in the hand (though you can feel a slight difference between a 2xx/4xx and a 6xx) and write like a dream.

 

My M405 Stresemann, in particular? Much darker than photos of it would have you believe. It is a very serious pen, molto serioso. It is not a pen for mere businessmen who can make do with the traditional green (or possibly blue, if they're daring), it is a pen for undertakers, where gravitas is the byword. Truly beautiful.

[Bo Bo Olson]

34 minutes ago, chromantic said:

it is a pen for undertakers, where gravitas is the byword.

COL...chuckle out loud.

[inkstainedruth]

4 hours ago, chromantic said:

My M405 Stresemann, in particular? Much darker than photos of it would have you believe. It is a very serious pen, molto serioso.

Yeah, I was actually a little disappointed in the color of the binde on my M405 Stresemann -- the promo photos show it as a lighter grey than it really is.  ESPECIALLY since it's the most I ever paid for a pen (including repairs --even after saving money by buying it on eBay from Rolf Thiel at Missing Pens).  

OTOH, it still is a great writer (I got it with a B nib) -- even if it isn't quite the color I expected (I could say the same thing about the Sailor 1911S Loch Ness Monster, which all the promo photos made look grey-blue, NOT teal blue... sigh...).    

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth