Jump to content

Pelikan "revival" Series


markdt

Recommended Posts

I've found a used Pelikan M400 which has written "Revival". I've looked for on the internet but I've not found any information. Can you help me identifying this pen? I've photos if you need.

Thanks

fpn_1519293552__6d92ba23-642c-47e3-a4b6-

fpn_1519293618__69c1421b-c180-4a24-a19e-

fpn_1519293656__78e2f0b2-d08a-4d46-8300-

fpn_1519293688__88d50653-76d4-4165-89b3-

Edited by markdt
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 19
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • markdt

    6

  • Bo Bo Olson

    3

  • DrCodfish

    2

  • oregano

    2

Top Posters In This Topic

I think these might have been from the early 90's. I have a 400 tortoise with the same kind of nib. It's lovely to write with and has a bit of spring to the nib.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The M400, pre-98, with out the modern gold ring at the piston cap have very nice springy regular flex nibs.

I rate them as good as the steel 200's :D :P ............I also have a gold nibbed 381 and a steel and gold nibbed Celebry................all the nibs are =.............all good.

The W.Germany 400/200/800 have slightly more springy regular flex nibs Germany '90-97 ones..

 

That is the first 'revival' pen I've 'seen', and didn't know they existed. Defiantly 'odd' a red tortoise.

Sigh cubed :wallbash: ....yet another Pelikan I 'need'.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That is the first 'revival' pen I've 'seen', and didn't know they existed. Defiantly 'odd' a red tortoise.

Sigh cubed :wallbash: ....yet another Pelikan I 'need'.

 

Yup. Me too.

My wallet. My poor poor wallet....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I wonder if Sargetalon knows anything about this model.... perhaps he will come along soon.

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

Link to comment
Share on other sites

A very attractive pen and judging from the photos it appears to be NOS or at least in vaery lightly used condition.

 

With all the hoopla over recent new releases this pen reinforces my preference for vintage or'rare' examples of the brand.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I dont know a ton about the Revival designation. Ive only seen it on pens from the 90s such as M400s and M800s. Pens dont look any different than standard issue to me. Ive only seen the designation used in the Italian market therefore have always assumed it was just some marketing specific to that region.

PELIKAN - Too many birds in the flock to count. My pen chest has proven to be a most fertile breeding ground.

fpn_1508261203__fpn_logo_300x150.jpg

THE PELIKAN'S PERCH - A growing reference site for all things Pelikan

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Thanks for all your reply!

The pen was manufactured for the Italian market. From what you have said it belongs to the '90s?

The conditions are really good (NOS), in your opinion how much is it worth?

Edited by markdt
Link to comment
Share on other sites

You would be stupid to sell such a fine bird......I have a US size 19 1/2...54 in Euro size boot I can lend you to kick your self the rest of your life with.

 

You know that scrawny little midget that kept losing his precious ring???? It was only a ring, not a rare Pelikan.

For the price of a heavy Saturday night out and following hangover.....you'd sell your Precious? :angry: :doh:

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

You would be stupid to sell such a fine bird......I have a US size 19 1/2...54 in Euro size boot I can lend you to kick your self the rest of your life with.

 

You know that scrawny little midget that kept losing his precious ring???? It was only a ring, not a rare Pelikan.

For the price of a heavy Saturday night out and following hangover.....you'd sell your Precious? :angry: :doh:

 

:D :D :D ​ Interesting metaphor!!

The reason I was asking about the price is just because of curiosity since there are not information about this particular model!

For sure I'm not going to sell it

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It's around the time when they re-introduced the brown tortoise, so it makes sense it would be called 'Revival' on advertising.

 

When it happened? In the '90s?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

When it happened? In the '90s?

 

They started making the Souveran again in 1980. That model (in brown) was produced from 1984-1997: https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Souveraen-Series/M400-Basis/index.html

 

Joshua (Sargetalon) has a good article on the various brown tortoise editions: https://thepelikansperch.com/2014/09/07/a-treatise-on-the-modern-tortoise-1980-2014/

Link to comment
Share on other sites

What attracts me to the pen is the color. The photo's suggest that it has a reddish cast, is that correct? Pelikan tortoise comes in many different shades from greenish to very dark brown. This red tone is very nice.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I don't know what it is worth in the States.................much is very much overpriced there.

I could see from what I see as a red tortoise*** going for E140 or so. Much more in the states....where common Pelikans that go for E90-100-120 on German Ebay...if you don't use the 'Buy Now Idiot' button, go for close to on either side of $200 in the States.

 

My tortoises ...the early '50's ones two...a 500 and a '54 400 are lighter tortoise than my '90-97 W.Germany one.

There is also a couple '50-65 era rare sea-green...tortoise ones (similar to that 600 white capped tortoise)....like an mirage of an oases in the desert.....something for me to :puddle: over from a far distance.

 

I'm going to assume, Sargetalon, had some sort of red flash or something, in I'd never seen a red tortoise, much less the many he shows.

Edited by Bo Bo Olson

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

I figured that I would cap this thread off with the definitive answer as delivered to me by Pelikan Italy. Read about it at https://wp.me/p4XMw3-1BG.

PELIKAN - Too many birds in the flock to count. My pen chest has proven to be a most fertile breeding ground.

fpn_1508261203__fpn_logo_300x150.jpg

THE PELIKAN'S PERCH - A growing reference site for all things Pelikan

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I figured that I would cap this thread off with the definitive answer as delivered to me by Pelikan Italy. Read about it at https://wp.me/p4XMw3-1BG.

 

 

Thank you for your very detailed and precise article. Now all the doubts are clarified.

 

I've sent you a PM.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I figured that I would cap this thread off with the definitive answer as delivered to me by Pelikan Italy. Read about it at https://wp.me/p4XMw3-1BG.

Interesting! I picked up one of the brown tortoise ones in Rome. Good to know the exact history. Thank you.

"If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live."

– Lin Yu-T'ang

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33494
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26624
    5. jar
      jar
      26101
  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o
  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More
  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...