Pelikan Majesty M7000 170 Years Anniversary

[OngL]

There are three model of Majesty line: M7000, M7000 (Anniversary) and M7005. I own the last one and is quite happy with it. One amazing characteristic of the build is the platinum plated silver, so it has not tarnish at all for years now. On the other hand, there was an older post describing plating loss on the M7000 version: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/260207-on-majestys-qualityI’m interested to get M7000 anniversary edition which is seems to be all vermeil. Anyone has more info if that version is also resistant to tarnishing equally as the other two model or otherwise?

Edited November 25, 2017 by OngL

[Bo Bo Olson]

I actually think the gunmetal patina or some of it on a sterling silver pen better than folks thinking it's chrome, but I may well be a minority.

Out side of that, I think that is the first time I've seen that pen.

[GutSchrift]

These were really interesting pens. I'm a bit sad Pelikan stopped making them. I did read about those plate loss problems, but never heard about it with the all-vermeil version. I think that's because it was a bit rarer and fewer people were talking about them.

[sargetalon]

In general, Pelikans silver pens have a separate plating that helps it resist tarnishing. As you pointed out, this plating can fail leaving a bit of an unsightly mess. The M7000 Anniversary is gold plated silver. While I cant speak to that model specifically, I have other Pelikan pens with gold plated silver that have shown some tarnish over time though this is usually easily polished. Still, you'd have to be careful not to damage the gold plating. I have no direct comparison to say if it is more or less tarnish resistant but it should have some intrinsic resistance. Hope that helps.

Edited December 1, 2017 by sargetalon