M800 Stone Garden

[BillH]

Just received an email from LcDC announcing the new Pelikan M800 Stone Garden, available mid-October. First impression, it wasn't what I had imagined but it is still a lovely pen. Second impression, I'm a little leery of Pelikan's studio photos so not sure of the colors... orange and blue? orange and black? What do YOU think? Will you be grabbing this one?

 

 

edited to add Pelikan advertising photo

Edited September 17, 2018 by BillH

[BillH]

Fritz Schimpf's post out in the Mall says it is "blue resin". Well now, that's different.

[2feetplanted]

Makes me recall some of the Conway-Stewart colors...sadly, just before they folded.

[encremental]

Sensational, particularly the dark blue resin. This could be my favourite Pelikan for a very long while...

 

John

[daenghafez]

The colour scheme looks like my Sheaffer Balance SE Aspen. (Sorry for the gloomy photos. The Aspen colours are actually warm). Not thrilled with the Stone Garden. May consider if it comes in blue resin as indicated above.

[johntdavis]

It's lovely, and as noted above, looks quite similar to the Sheaffer Balance II Aspen.

 

I'm definitely interested in this one. I always loved the Balance II Aspen, but I was wary of the pen spontaneously combusting, as the fancier Balance IIs tended to do.

 

I've lost track of how many SEs Pelikan has put out this year.

[PAKMAN]

Looks nice. Like the blue cap, section and blind cap. Will have to see in person to see if design goes all the way around. Too many cases lately where the rich colors on new Pelikans are only visible in one view of the pen and on the rest of the body they are too muted to see.

[sirgilbert357]

That picture looks VERY strange. The pen is slightly out of focus and appears to have been photoshopped into the backdrop. Hmmm...

[Eric2018]

That picture looks VERY strange. The pen is slightly out of focus and appears to have been photoshopped into the backdrop. Hmmm...

 

 

I don't think it is an official advertisement, the quality of the layout is so low.

You are right, out focused and bad PS technique.

[whichwatch]

From the early pictures, I think it is going to be a "must have" for me.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Couldn't afford the Conway Stewart, won't this one either. Some real pretty 800's lately.

[BillH]

 

 

I don't think it is an official advertisement, the quality of the layout is so low.

You are right, out focused and bad PS technique.

 

 

Probably because I used a screen grab from a vendor's email . sargetalon has a higher res version on his blog now if you want to check further...

[sirgilbert357]

Looks nice. Like the blue cap, section and blind cap. Will have to see in person to see if design goes all the way around. Too many cases lately where the rich colors on new Pelikans are only visible in one view of the pen and on the rest of the body they are too muted to see.

 

 

I concur. The way this pen is made seems to mimic the way they made the Renaissance Brown though...if that's the case, the colors should be throughout the whole pen.

[encremental]

I see The Writing Desk are listing it for £534.

 

That is quite a leap for an M800 SE, isn't it? About £150 up on the Ocean Swirl and Renaissance Brown. Making dark blue resin must be more expensive than anyone thought ...

 

John

[oregano]

I think it looks stunning. I can see how some people would think the combination is a bit busy though. Reminds me of my favorite CS material as well, Autumn Flake, and the Omas Saffron blue. The M800 is prob too big for me, but may have to seriously consider it as my first M800.

[Mulrich]

Here's a higher res picture from The Pelikan Perch:

 

https://thepelikansperch.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/m800-stone-garden-1.jpg

 

I didn't notice the resin being blue, but that would be a nice addition to the pen. Like most recent Pelikan releases, I'll probably wait to see real world photos before buying, but will probably buy regardless.

[sirgilbert357]

I wish they could find a way to take pictures of pens without the huge bars of "glare" running the length of the pen...really visually distracting when you're trying to look intently at the pattern on the binde. I get that they want it to appear glossy smooth and pristine, but geez...

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

I wish they could find a way to take pictures of pens without the huge bars of "glare" running the length of the pen...really visually distracting when you're trying to look intently at the pattern on the binde. I get that they want it to appear glossy smooth and pristine, but geez...

Voiced my thoughts exactly.

[sansenri]

it looks really nice with the blue resin, for a change.

The problem with these images is that very probably they are computerized, so it may not be the real pen, but possibly 3D rendering, and we have to wait an see until ordinary photos come out.

[Karmachanic]

It is the nature of shiny objects to reflect light. It'll reflect light on your desk as well. Photos without light, on the other hand, would make it even harder to see.

 

The lighting gives the pen a three dimensional quality, no? Can you hear it calling you? "Buy me, buy me." It's working!

Edited September 17, 2018 by Karmachanic