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Yesterday, thanks to a gift of my wife, I haave completed a mini-collection of the pens in the M7xx series.

 

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The M7xx pens are on the left (M700, M710, M730, M750, M760), whereas on the right there are similar pens in the M4xx series (M420, M425, M430, M450). I know that the M710 have been proposed also in black and red, but I prefer to not track all the colors and stay on one example for each model number (yes I know that in this way it is simpler :D).

 

Here another photo showing also the nib.

 

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Alfredo

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:puddle: What nice a collection!

My favourites are the green-tortoise M450 and the all golden M760. :notworthy1:

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Always a pleasure to see mini-collections, and this is a particularly fine one.

 

Congratulations, Alfredo.

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They are beautiful! So similar among them in essence, and so different in how they look.

 

One should learn to be a happy man with nine pens like that, and look for nothing more ...

 

Congratulations!

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The Toledo I knew about, the other 700's slipped under my radar. Congratulations.

When were they pens made?

That would help give me an :eureka: of what nib flex they might have.

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Congratulations on completing the set. They look incredible.

 

That m420 is on my grail list... so hard to find. I've talked to a few (reputable) pen dealers who don't believe it exists.

 

Lovely pens. And thank you for posting hi-res images: it really allows us to get up close and take a good look.

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Some of my favorites in there. Great flock. Congrats!

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One should learn to be a happy man with nine pens like that, and look for nothing more ...

 

This is so true, I think that with this last pen, I will be OK for a lot of time. From now on I will focus on paper, ink and writing.

 

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The Toledo I knew about, the other 700's slipped under my radar. Congratulations.

When were they pens made?

That would help give me an :eureka: of what nib flex they might have.

Bo, all the history is here:

 

https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Souveraen-Series/M700-Basis/index.html

 

The yellow Toledo is from 2010,the others come from the '90.

 

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Lovely collection. Thank you for sharing.

 

But I am confused about the differences between the 730 and 420 models. From the photos, there are three differences:

* the 730 has an all-metal cap, whereas the 420 has a black finial

* The piston knob on the 730 is striped, whereas the 420 has rings also

* the nibs are slightly different, with the 730 having more gold and less rhodium plating than the 420 model.

 

Is that right?

 

Based on your photos, it looks like I have a 730 with a 420 nib (I bought it nearly 5 years ago as part of a set in a case, together with a ballpoint): your side-by-side photos have been very useful for me, as well as being highly aesthetically pelasing in their own right.

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Lovely collection. Thank you for sharing.

 

But I am confused about the differences between the 730 and 420 models. From the photos, there are three differences:

* the 730 has an all-metal cap, whereas the 420 has a black finial

* The piston knob on the 730 is striped, whereas the 420 has rings also

* the nibs are slightly different, with the 730 having more gold and less rhodium plating than the 420 model.

 

Is that right?

 

Based on your photos, it looks like I have a 730 with a 420 nib (I bought it nearly 5 years ago as part of a set in a case, together with a ballpoint): your side-by-side photos have been very useful for me, as well as being highly aesthetically pelasing in their own right.

 

 

The caps have a slightly different engraving as well but you otherwise nailed it. You can read more about the comparison between the two and see close up macro shots of the two at https://wp.me/p4XMw3-2ge

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The caps have a slightly different engraving as well but you otherwise nailed it. You can read more about the comparison between the two and see close up macro shots of the two at https://wp.me/p4XMw3-2ge

Great job in showing all the differences, there are some that I have not noted with the pens in the hands :D

 

Alfredo

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The caps have a slightly different engraving as well but you otherwise nailed it. You can read more about the comparison between the two and see close up macro shots of the two at https://wp.me/p4XMw3-2ge

 

 

Thanks for this; a valuable addition to knowledge. Of the two (M420 nd M730), I actually prefer the M730, as I find the stripes more elegant (less busy). Having said that, I think I am now officially on the look-out the M425 model - that barrel is lovely, and the single-tone nib works very well.

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Very nice! Congrats!

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Great job in showing all the differences, there are some that I have not noted with the pens in the hands :D

 

Alfredo

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

Thanks for this; a valuable addition to knowledge. Of the two (M420 nd M730), I actually prefer the M730, as I find the stripes more elegant (less busy). Having said that, I think I am now officially on the look-out the M425 model - that barrel is lovely, and the single-tone nib works very well.

 

 

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