Pelikan M400 Brown. Scratches From Capping

[friedrichwild]

I have recently (two months ago) purchased a pelikan m400 brown tortoiseshell. I really love this pen and it is one of my favourites. So, i try to keep it in great condition. I treat it like a baby. But it has created some light scratches from capping and this drives me crazy. I know that some of you would not mind but i do not like it. I never twist it too much.

 

Is there any safe way in order to get rid of them? Is this a common issue with pelikans?

 

Here is a picture, In real life it is not so pronounced though, but under proper lighting it is disturbing.

Edited November 21, 2017 by friedrichwild

[pchand2]

I think it is common for all pelikans. All my 3 M800s and 2 M400s has these scratches from capping. On Renaissance brown it is less, but may be because i cannot see it well due to the marbling. It does not bother me though.

[siamackz]

Only way to get rid of it is polish using some or the other kind of abrasive. But youll need to keep doing it. So I wouldnt...

[friedrichwild]

which is the least aggressive abrasive that i could use on pelikan body?

[hari317]

Some of my Pelikans do that and some don't. So IME this varies from piece to piece.

[Chrissy]

You could try a dot of plastic polish to polish that part of the barrel.

 

Or maybe a Sunshine cloth would polish it.

[friedrichwild]

You could try a dot of plastic polish to polish that part of the barrel.

 

Or maybe a Sunshine cloth would polish it.

thank you. are you sure that a dot of plastic polish wont harm this material. I will do it completely with my own responsibility. No doupt about that. I am just asking how sure you are that it is not going to harm it. Is this tortoiseshell body just resin?

 

thanks!

[Chrissy]

thank you. are you sure that a dot of plastic polish wont harm this material. I will do it completely with my own responsibility. No doupt about that. I am just asking how sure you are that it is not going to harm it. Is this tortoiseshell body just resin?

 

thanks!

 

Well all I can say is that I use it on my Montblancs. The barrel on your Pelikan is trimmed with a plastic/resin binde.

 

It all depends on whether you want the mark on there or you don't. Polishing it off with some form of very mildly abrasive plastic polish or a Sunshine cloth might achieve the latter. I wouldn't ever use anything more abrasive than plastic polish.

[siamackz]

But youll need to keep doing it which means repeatedly taking material off... I would think twice

[torstar]

Your workhorses will get dinged up over time.

 

I talk to a local jeweler when I want things buffed out or hidden.