Need Help To Identify Pelikan Model

[kbkwok]

Hi:

I am a new member of the forum, need help from you to identify the Pelikan Pen that I owned, the length of the Pen is 140mm, with 18C-750 M marked on the nib, please help

 

 

[jar]

Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.

[PAKMAN]

Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!! Might want to ask over in the Pelikan sub forum again welcome!

[northstar]

Hello and welcome to FPN.

[OCArt]

140mm long suggests it's a M800. A lovely pen.

[kbkwok]

Thank you for all your suggestion, nice to know what model it is, thank you

[mitto]

Greetings and welcome to FPN.

[ThomasB]

Hello and welcome from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Enjoy your time here

[Wahl]

[kbkwok]

Hi:

Thank you for all the kind greeting

[Chrissy]

Hello and welcome to FPN. ​

[Henricum_Tropen]

Hello and welcome to FPN, from Cape Town, South Africa.

[JD-Be]

Welcome kbkwok! Here is my Pelikan, I think a 250 from end 80ties, so about 30 years old.

14K goldnib and OM (for me as lefthander)

[kbkwok]

Hi:

Thank you for all your information

[Sasha Royale]

Welcome !

 

Is your Pelikan a piston filler ? I suspect that the "M" means piston filler. Please give us an idea of its age !

Pure gold is 24K & 18K is 75% pure. The "750" means 75.0% . This is a typical European designation.

The 5½ inch length , and the visual relation to fingers (It is not a skinny pen.), would imply a cap diameter of ½ inch.

This model falls between my specimen of M600 and specimen of M1000. I will guess model M800, which is missing

from my collection.

 

The most gorgeous, voluptuous woman, I have ever met in my life , is also my closest friend of thirty years. (Cruel

joke of the Fates. Nasty, old witches of lore that they are. ) She has my Souveràn M800. Her letters never acknowledge

my inquiries on the matter.

[Chrissy]

For identification of your pen, it would be better to ask in the Pelikan forum where you will find members who know about Pelikan models.

[carola]

Having the same model lying right in front of me, I can assure you, you own a Pelikan M805 Black with an 18K two-coloured gold nib.

 

The M on the nib means "medium", referring to the line width it produces. This M has nothing to do with piston filler or not, but the pen is a piston filler allright.

The whole bunch of the Souverän series carries another M in its name (as well as the Classic series) - my guess is, to distinguish them from the vintage 400 series.

The M800 and the M805 are both 140cm long and the only difference between the two models ist the trim: gold trim for the M800, silver cloured trim for the M805.

The M805 exists since 2002 and is still being produced. To be able to date it somewhat more exactly I would need a clear picture of the top of the cap. Does the Pelikan have one chick or two in his nest? If there are two chicks, the pen has to be from 2002/2003, as in 2003 they changed the logo to one chick. If there is only one chick in the nest, your pen dates from 2003 - 2010, because in 2010 the logo changed again to a silver coloured metal cap with etching.

 

That should be about it.

[Walberto]

If the trim on the cap and barrel are silver then it is a Souveran 805 and the M on the nib does refer to the broadness, in this case a medium nib. A beautiful pen, I have a Souveran 605, 405 and 400 and always love writing with them. It makes work less of a chore!!