Help - Is The Piston In The M800 Tortoisebrown Plastic?

[Lam1]

Hi,

 

I just received a M800 Tortoisebrown that I bought from a seller well know in this forum and I had a big surprise: I was about to ink it when I saw that the piston is plastic. Now I thought that ALL M800s had metal piston - certainly the one that I got last week from Massdrop has a metal one. Sorry if I'm missing something, but I am fairly new to Pelikans (despite already having a bunch of them...).

 

Anybody else has a similar issue? Is this legit? Any advice is appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Luiz

Edited March 23, 2015 by Lam1

[hari317]

It is metallic but with a black coating (PVD)

[Lam1]

It is metallic but with a black coating (PVD)

Thanks, that's is a relief. I had no idea of this - Is this coating unique to the Tortoisebrown?

[sargetalon]

The M800 has a brass piston assembly. If you Google the M800 clear demonstrator, you will see what the components should look like. There will still be black pieces so the color should not throw you off. There is a significant feel in terms of weight so if you're M800 didn't have a brass piston assembly, you should know it fairly straight away. I also have not heard tell of anyone faking an M800 to date, especially not one as complex as a brown tortoise so I think that your pen is probably legitimate. Enjoy it.

[dneal]

Thanks, that's is a relief. I had no idea of this - Is this coating unique to the Tortoisebrown?

 

It seems so. If you dig through old threads you'll find comments that Pelikan did it because they didn't like the way the brass looked through the translucent barrel.

[DrCodfish]

While the M800 tortoise is a fine pen and expensive in it's own right, there is a reason shady charactes don't counterfit one dollar bills. And that's why you occasionally hear of counterfit MB's, not because they are so wonderful but because they are so expensive.

 

Enjoy your pen, it is wonderful and beautiful!

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[Lam1]

The M800 has a brass piston assembly. If you Google the M800 clear demonstrator, you will see what the components should look like. There will still be black pieces so the color should not throw you off. There is a significant feel in terms of weight so if you're M800 didn't have a brass piston assembly, you should know it fairly straight away. I also have not heard tell of anyone faking an M800 to date, especially not one as complex as a brown tortoise so I think that your pen is probably legitimate. Enjoy it.

Thanks sargetalon. You are right, the weight doesn't seem off when compared with my other m800. It seems that it was just ignorance from my part, as I never heard that the piston in this one was coated.

 

By the way, "The Pelikan Perch" is amazing, there are lots of great information there. Congrats.

[Lam1]

It seems so. If you dig through old threads you'll find comments that Pelikan did it because they didn't like the way the brass looked through the translucent barrel.

Thanks dneal, I guess I didn't do my homework and that is why I had no idea of this. I can see why Pelikan would choose a black piston for this barrel, it makes sense.

[Lam1]

While the M800 tortoise is a fine pen and expensive in it's own right, there is a reason shady charactes don't counterfit one dollar bills. And that's why you occasionally hear of counterfit MB's, not because they are so wonderful but because they are so expensive.

 

Enjoy your pen, it is wonderful and beautiful!

.

Thanks DrCodfish.

Yep, this one is expensive and beautiful. I am usually a bargain shopper, but this is the one pen I made an exception because I absolutely "needed" it .