101N Short Cap Top

[Soot]

Fabulous! Congrats on the repair~~ It looks so good now!!

[Pennata Penna]

Very pretty indeed. Thank you pmn for sharing your lovely birds. Fantastic.

 

Piscov, you're a champ mate.. should you got bored with the grey one ;-)

 

Abraços.

 

Tony Rex

[fernobre]

Soooo beautifull!

[Daniele]

Beautifull pen!

Edited October 11, 2013 by Daniele

[Barutti]

I accidently found this thread when seeking the infromation about my new acquisition Pelikan 101 N short cap tortoise with Emege imprint on cap. The pen comes from Portugal, where is "origin" of Emeges Pelikans but I was surprised when noticed that sleeve and barrel are made from one piece, like "Milano" Pelikans.

My Magnum, which also beers imprint "Emege" has ..I don't know how to say it in English..step between barrel and sleeve. Could it be that 101N Emege was produced in Italy fabric? May be someone can share more information about these pens produced for Portugal distributor?

Thank you in advance,

Giedrius

[piscov]

Hello Giedrius,

 

The vast majority of Emege 101N tortoise Short cap found in Portugal have that one piece barrel you mention

No parts were ever produced in Portugal, apart from sections. The distributor ( Monteiro & Guimarães) imported parts and assembled the pens in their warehouse in Porto.

So the barrel with one piece are most likely to come from Italy as you suppose.

 

The Emege markings were done also in Porto by Monteiro & Guimarães. Only the Pelikan Magnum with the engravings around the top cap were done by Pelikan in Germany. All other that are found either on the barrel or along the cap tube were done locally. It was probably a way to ensure they only repaired pens sold by them.

 

 

 

 

Best regards

[Barutti]

Thank you, Piscov for fast and comprehensive explanation. It fills a gap in my knowledges of vintage Pelikans.

[Bo Bo Olson]

It is good to know there is much more to the 100/100n's than what is normal to read.

Mine is a run of the mill (I assume German) marbled green, with a generic clip.

 

Those were some real pretty Pelikans.

It was good to bring that post back up....pretty deserves to be looked at occasionally, in pretty is not past.

Edited April 19, 2019 by Bo Bo Olson

[DrCodfish]

I dont know how it is done but I would nominate this thread for inclusion in those permament threads shown at the top of the page. Very interesting information and somewhat arcane information about an unusual pen, a beautifully executed challenging repair and of course fabulous pictures.

 

As Bo Bo has noted, pretty deserves to be looked at occasionally.

Edited April 19, 2019 by DrCodfish

[Barutti]

+1

Agree.

[christof]

Six years later, I own a similar pen:

 

Pelikan 101N Tortoise Short Cap Top von -C.M.Z-

 

my 101N does not have an "emege" imprint, but is otherwise identical. the most interesting difference to other Pelikan is the "not threaded" nib unit I think.

 

C.

Edited April 21, 2019 by christof

[piscov]

The "not threaded nib" unit is very common in those 101N and on the Magnum found in Portugal.

 

I found dozens of 101N Tortoiseshell and Magnum over the years with those sections to consider them to be simple repairs. I believe those parts were machined here in Portugal and used when Monteiro & Guimarães assembled the pens locally. Those non threaded sections are in my opinion and to my current knowledge the only parts made here.

 

For tax reasons Monteiro & Guimarães would import pen parts from Pelikan and assemble them here as the import tax was lower when compared to importing complete pens.

Edited April 21, 2019 by piscov

[Barutti]

Happy new year for all!

 

I returning to this old thread as finish repair works with my Pelikan 101 N Emege short cap version. And for your consideration 3 pels from my collection- in the middle Portugal origin 101N short cap top version with "Emege" imprint, on the top - Pelikan 101 N short cap top and in the bottom- Pelikan Magnum "Emege" dedicated to Portugal market too. Once again, big thanks to fellow member "piscov" for his information and facts about these beautiful pelikans.

 

 

 

Giedrius

Edited January 1, 2020 by Barutti

[piscov]

Beautiful pens! What a great new year's post.

Thank you!!

[mana]

Lovely! 😍