I must say, this is gorgeous

Very! This is the first new Pelikan I've been interested in (not that I can affort it, though) in a long time.

Best, greg

ahh... I dunno, of course it looks nice (to me as well) but when I buy a Toledo it'll be the traditional green (M900). Not because it's traditional but because I feel that the colour of silver or gold matches better with green than with yellow. Silver or gold fits even better with blue. The next Pelikan I'll buy is the 320. Yes, that is a different yellow than yours.

Mike

Oh, I like that! If someone had described it to me, I'd probably have thought 'Yellow and silver? Yuck!' but it looks nice. I still like the red one best, but this one is almost as nice.

Looking good, however I think I like the red one better.
The shaft section looks great, but the silver clip with the yellow doesn't look that good to me.

If it should be yellow, I still would prefer the Kirin

http://www.pw-akkerman.nl/merken/Pelikan/K...kirin_alles.htm

When I first saw this style, I had the opposite opinion. After having thought it over, every time someone posts these pictures, I finally figured out why I have a negative opinion.

(1) Since Pelikan didn't continue the over lay to the cap, I perceive it as unbalanced.

(2) The overlay looks like something run out of a press & die. IOW, mass produced, common, cheap.

(3) I almost always find things in Sterling look cheap and tawdry to start with. It takes a lot of work by the jeweler/artist to get Sterling art objects over my threshold.

As always YMMV

I agree! It looks great to me, in my opinion silver goes much better than gold with yellow resin!

I'm a huge fan of Toledo 910's and the 900.