Pelikan 800 In Burgundy?

[ThomasB]

As of late, I find myself going to my Pelikan drawer more often for the next pen up...In scanning the drawer, my eyes were drawn to my 250 in Burgundy (or is it Maroon???)...Although a nice pen, I do prefer the size of the 800 for my hand...So, did Pelikan ever make an 800 in Burgundy?

[joss]

According to Dominic Rothemel's Pelikan website there was a Pelikan Souverän M800 in burgundy:

 

www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Souveraen-Series/M800-Basis/index.html

[chromantic]

Here's a burgundy with black cap up on ebay (seller says maroon)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/232208375302?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

Probably a 400? But fancy curlicues around the breather hole rather than the four wavy angled lines.

Edited January 18, 2017 by chromantic

[jungkind]

They did, as prototypes. I have a Burgundy and a Grey one that I got from a well known Pelikan Guru and I was told that they were Prototypes, that were manufactured for the yearly selection process, but did not make it.

[zaddick]

Here is an M1000. A Pelikan not made by Pelikan, using Sheaffers acrylic.It was made by Paul Rossi about 13 or 14 years ago I think.

 

[mitto]

Beautiful pen, zaddick. Regardless of who made it.

[sargetalon]

They did, as prototypes. I have a Burgundy and a Grey one that I got from a well known Pelikan Guru and I was told that they were Prototypes, that were manufactured for the yearly selection process, but did not make it.

 

 

Awesome that you have those. Yes, I have only heard of them as prototypes. Wouldn't mind seeing something like that come to a wide release though.

[dnic]

The history of a specific m800 burgundy I know, it was offered near Hanover. Perhaps from the environment of Pelikan (employees, etc.).
Whether it was really an export model or a prototype I can not say with certainty, but I did not overestimate the pen and therefore he is classified on my website as export model.
In the Pelikan archive, however, he is in the box of the prototypes.

https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Surroundings/Archive/index.html

 

Dominic

Edited January 19, 2017 by dnic

[david6]

Mmmmmm Pelikan M800 in Burgundy - lovely thought

[Calabria]

The history of a specific m800 burgundy I know, it was offered near Hanover. Perhaps from the environment of Pelikan (employees, etc.).

Whether it was really an export model or a prototype I can not say with certainty, but I did not overestimate the pen and therefore he is classified on my website as export model.

In the Pelikan archive, however, he is in the box of the prototypes.

 

https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Surroundings/Archive/index.html

 

Dominic

Thanks for sharing the picture of the prototypes! Interesting to see the pens with the wood binde! I hope they bring back yellow in some form (not Toledo)!

[josera]

Here's a burgundy with black cap up on ebay (seller says maroon)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/232208375302?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

Probably a 400? But fancy curlicues around the breather hole rather than the four wavy angled lines.

I think it's also an 200/400 too

[jungkind]

Thanks for sharing the prototype tray Dominik. I see there the dark blue 910 Toledo I bought from the same source. I do not see two M800, one dark blue (Blue Seas) transparent and one light blue (Ikarus) transparent which were offered to me at the same time, but I declined . I wonder if there are more prototype trays as I understand the ones that were sold were duplicates as prototypes were always manufactured in a small number, not one only.

[josera]

Here is my "Frankenstein": Body of a Pelikan M250 and the cap of a M400:

 

[dnic]

Hi jungkind,

 

I know there are more prototypes out there. Some other prototypes you can find here: https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Souveraen-Series/M800-Basis/index.html

Maybe you can find them in the Archive, too. There are so many trays with pens. We haven't seen them all.