New Pelikan M805 Demonstrator 2015

[Matlock]

i had heard this was coming... but the version with markings is a surprise! i have the older 800 with markings so i guess i have to get this one too, no? and i have the m1005 demo so maybe it would be cool to have a plain 805 demo too, right? and then it has also been reported that there is an orange 800 or 805 on the release calendar for 2015 - which is my favorite color - so i gotta do that one too for sure.

 

i am starting to think that pelikan may be taking advantage of weak people like me

 

If weak people like us didn't exist Pelikan would go out of business, so just think of yourself as a charity

[360]

 

If weak people like us didn't exist Pelikan would go out of business, so just think of yourself as a charity

 

yeah, the M800 is securing the future for all the disadvantaged german pen factory workers... i feel much better now.

[sannidh]

i had heard this was coming... but the version with markings is a surprise! i have the older 800 with markings so i guess i have to get this one too, no? and i have the m1005 demo so maybe it would be cool to have a plain 805 demo too, right? and then it has also been reported that there is an orange 800 or 805 on the release calendar for 2015 - which is my favorite color - so i gotta do that one too for sure.

 

i am starting to think that pelikan may be taking advantage of weak people like me

And weak people like you, have a bad influence on reasonable people like us .

Two enchanting reviews and there go my savings for pens like these..

[womyn]

Interesting, but in a pen of that price range I prefer a "finished" model, not a demonstrator!

Explicit consent!

It will cost a lot of money - for cheap looking plastic? Never!

In my childhood, there were transparent Bic Ballpoints (20 cent).

I don't want this look back in the form of fountain pens, paying 500 $ or more

[MarkTrain]

I will have to agree with the above, that I not that interested in the M800/M1000 demos. I like better the semi-transparent M600/M800 models, the "color o' color" versions and some of the older M620 cities versions.

I grew up with the colored/transparent Sheaffer school pens. As such, I like the transparent/colored M200's. These transparent M200's make good EDC and I like to switch nibs. I.e, I have one with a OM CN nib that I got from missing-pen. Unfortunately, these are hard to find and only the newer and a lot more expensive cognac is available.

 

Mark

[oregano]

I love the look of this demonstrator with rhodium trim and hope they bring it out in the M605 or M405 version.

 

But I agree--I find it hard to pay top dollar for a demo--haven't even been able to bring myself to get the cute M200/M205 versions

when they can be had with a gold nib for the same price from Pilot or Platinum...

[360]

Explicit consent!

It will cost a lot of money - for cheap looking plastic? Never!

In my childhood, there were transparent Bic Ballpoints (20 cent).

I don't want this look back in the form of fountain pens, paying 500 $ or more

 

but it is special german cheap looking plastic... btw i paid $1k for my m800 demo w/ markings last year and reckoned it was a good deal - they are very hard to find now so there must be more wackos out there besides me. fwiw from a wacko, i am definitely buying both new versions - i love them.

[Frank C]

but it is special german cheap looking plastic... btw i paid $1k for my m800 demo w/ markings last year and reckoned it was a good deal - they are very hard to find now so there must be more wackos out there besides me. fwiw from a wacko, i am definitely buying both new versions - i love them.

 

Yes, you are a wacko. You are in good company here.When I tell people that I have $2K worth of pens in my shirt pocket at any given time, they know that I am crazy. My transparent M1005 looks amazing when filled with the proper ink.

[canibanoglu]

Ha, glad to hear that I'm not the only one who gets stared at when people find out that I have about $2-3k on my person in the form of pens. I actually have become the laughing stock in my company because of my infatuation with pens.

[Niagara Falls]

I prefer the original ones which show the real inner life of the M800 series. The M805 demo as well as the M1005 are "optimized" ones.

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[womyn]

I prefer the original ones which show the real inner life of...

Demonstrator-Fans: When you have a date with a pretty woman/man, would you really prefer to see her/his "inner life", the entrails, instead of a stylish outfit?

It's not my affair to judge your liking - but I'm astonished, not only because of the cost for a demonstrator, quite often a lot higher (why?) than for the same pen in labour-intensive, stylish outfit

[Moruk]

Time to start saving for another Pelikan or two. I still haven't received my Stresemann.

 

Yes. February has come and gone-- and no Stersemann.

[Opus105]

Interesting, but in a pen of that price range I prefer a "finished" model, not a demonstrator!

That is always the issue with Demos. Either you like the clear plastic or you don't. No middle ground. FYI - I am with you on this one.

[esteroids]

Novelli's email ad lists this at $437. I would think this would help lower the market price for the old ones.

 

Demonstrator-Fans: When you have a date with a pretty woman/man, would you really prefer to see her/his "inner life", the entrails, instead of a stylish outfit?

 

I have a weak spot for demonstrators, and prefer the analogy to be transparent clothing rather than transparent skin.

[Frank C]

Ha, glad to hear that I'm not the only one who gets stared at when people find out that I have about $2-3k on my person in the form of pens. I actually have become the laughing stock in my company because of my infatuation with pens.

 

Of course, not too many people find out how much my pens cost. I write all day long and I discovered years ago that a good pen makes the task of writing more pleasurable. My writing also tends to be more legible when written with a fountain pen as well. It is always fun to have a demonstrator in the pocket with the others so that I can show anyone who asks how a fountain pen works. (I'm trying to get back on topic!) So I'll probably end up buying one of each of the new Pelikan M805s. I haven't used my Green Pelikan Demonstrators from the 90s. The first one I bought because I thought it was attractive, the second one because it was 25% off, and the third because it was 33% off. I don't see those discounts coming on these pens, though.