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I am not sure how to upload the photo, so I hope this link works...

Can anyone help me identify this pen please?

Inked: Sailor King Pro Gear, Sailor Nagasawa Proske, Sailor 1911 Standard, Parker Sonnet Chiselled Carbon, Parker 51, Pilot Custom Heritage 92, Platinum Preppy

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# Gold cap crown

# Single cap band

# Brown tortoise barrel (I'm not sure)

 

 

Earlier models of Souverän or #400 #500 ..........perhaps

 

Measurements of your pen will be very helpful.

And more photos of your pen.....

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Yes, thats what I am thinking too, M400 tortoise shell. But I have never seen a box like that, the nib is 14ct and is not two tone, and single cap on barrel I think is before 1997. But the box doesn't look pre 1997 so I can't figure it out.

Inked: Sailor King Pro Gear, Sailor Nagasawa Proske, Sailor 1911 Standard, Parker Sonnet Chiselled Carbon, Parker 51, Pilot Custom Heritage 92, Platinum Preppy

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It's tough to tell from that photo. Measurements and a few better pictures would be helpful for definitive identification. It looks like a Pre-'97 tortoiseshell brown M400 (hard to see barrel color for sure). That would have an etched cap top with gold crown, single cap band, no trim rings on the barrel, and a monotone 14K nib. That packaging was used in the 90's I believe but am not sure what the exact dates were. If the box is original to the pen, the bottom should have pen details printed on it.

 

Pre-'97 M400 tortoiseshell brown

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This is a tortoise M400 with a GV400 Gift Box with "1897" antique ink bottle. This was my first M400 which I got in 1988.

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Hello:

Yes, I think It is a M400 tortoise Old Style pre-1997. The box is a commemorative edition of 100th anniversary with a reproduction of a ink bottle from 1897. The pen is current model of that years, not limited or special edition. I have the green stripped one like that.

The nib must be monotone, semiflex, very nice writer.

Regards.

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Thanks for your help, I decided to take a gamble and bought it for $140. If I will not like it I will sell it on. Will feedback when I get it.

Inked: Sailor King Pro Gear, Sailor Nagasawa Proske, Sailor 1911 Standard, Parker Sonnet Chiselled Carbon, Parker 51, Pilot Custom Heritage 92, Platinum Preppy

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