M800 Tortoise

[Sigismund]

So the 800 tortoise is my grail pen. Before I pass on to a better place, I hope to see these in production - if only in a limited run. I've got a 415 and it just doesn't quite cut it. I've got a few decades or more left to go so I've begun lobbying for this pen.

 

In exasperation yesterday, I finally emailed Pelikan suggesting they need to put this pen into production. I received an email response today stating that they do not give advance notice of product launches unless release is imminent. The email closed with this tantalizing bit: "We are aware of the great interest in the 800 tortoise brown and will

definitely consider it, so stay tuned."

 

I would eat beans and rice and drink cheap beer for a few months to purchase an 800 tortoise, if such a pen avails itself in the near future.

 

Ah, I miss my childhood pet tortoise that appeared out of the citrus orchards and hibernated all winter, eating grape leaves in slow motion.

[Gojira]

To be honest, I wouldn't mind a proper M600 tortoise as well. With the cap, section and piston in proper brown please. Perhaps the recently-launched White Honey Tortoise is just an appetiser for more to come?

[mori45]

Well I hate to cause undo excitement, but they already exist. When they become available, they run in the $2,000-2,500 range. If you're serious about buying one, contact Rick Propas at thepenguinpen.com.

[drifting]

Well I hate to cause undo excitement, but they already exist. When they become available, they run in the $2,000-2,500 range. If you're serious about buying one, contact Rick Propas at thepenguinpen.com.

 

+1.

 

And there are some fantastic photos on the forum somewhere from a member who did just that. I can't recall who at the moment, though...

 

A new production run would definitely be cool, though. I'm still in shock that the long lacking black M605 has recently materialized! Hurray!

 

Ryan.

[Sigismund]

Ah, yeah but $2500 is 500 six packs of Ranier silos or 679 six packs of Hamm's when I'm lucky enough to get it... a little out of my price range and a little over priced for a pen that is only distinguished by its color. Fortunately, I'm patient as my dear tortoise was, except for when she was hungry.

[DreamInk]

Ask, and you shall receive! Straight from nibs.com!

 

"And coming this fall from Pelikan will be the new Special Edition M800 Brown Tortoiseshell, a follow-up to the popular M400 Brown Tortoise from a few years back."

 

Wow!! Super excited about this! Here's the link to where it's stated at nibs.com

[Sigismund]

Hooray! That's what I wanted to read. Now to start saving up.

[amble63]

:clap1: :clap1: :clap1: Definitely want one of those. I may even pay retail!

[inBOIL]

It'll likely have the new ugly gold logo, tho....

 

They should just plop some old-style M800 discs in there. But they won't. Unless we boycott. Which we won't.

 

 

Pity.

[penmanila]

I had the privilege of seeing and holding one of these, from a friend who got it from rick propas. Gorgeous pen. I have the 415 as well. Still, you wonder why tortoise can be so seductive that you'd basically pay $2,000 more for the color over another M800 pen

[watch_art]

where does the tortoise come from? Is it mixed resins or from some other source?

[hippity_zippity]

"And coming this fall from Pelikan will be the new Special Edition M800 Brown Tortoiseshell, a follow-up to the popular M400 Brown Tortoise from a few years back."

 

HORRAY! I desperately hope that this comes to fruition (not that I have any reason to doubt Mr. Mottishaw). I hope that they also produce BP & RB models for those of us who want a complete set!

 

I would be very interested to hear how the handful of collectors who already have the original M800 tortoise feel about this news. I imagine that Pelikan stands to make a nice chunk of $$ since this is likely to be a popular model, but they may be alienating the hardcore collectors who have already paid top dollar for the original.

 

Also, does anyone else find it a bit surprising that they will release an M800 version before an M600 version, given the strategy they took with the white tortoise (M400 followed by M600)? I'll take an M800 over an M600 every day of the week, but I think they would probably sell more pens in the long run by bringing out an M600 first.

 

It'll likely have the new ugly gold logo, tho....

 

They should just plop some old-style M800 discs in there. But they won't. Unless we boycott. Which we won't.

 

Amen. I really wish someone would come up with an aftermarket solution to this.

[drifting]

Anyone care to speculate on a price point for the new M800? The new M605s seem to be in the $275 to $325 USD range, depending on the model, but wasn't the cream M300 around a steep £325 GBP?

 

R.

 

ETA: I see the Blue o' Blue M800 listed at $595 USD on the Pelikan web site. Think this is a likely price point, or do you think there will be an even greater premium?

Edited March 22, 2012 by drifting

[Rick Propas]

As someone who has bought and sold more than a dozen of the original tortoise M800's I welcome the news as both an indicator of the company's vitality and it's commitment to the community. Assuming that this is more than rumor (there have been similar stories before) I will be first in line to get as many as possible for myself and others.

[pelicanachic]

I think I need to sell my own before it comes out

[encremental]

At last - Brown 'O Brown!

 

This may in some slight measure make up for the fact that my previously swanky & exclusive Lamy 2000LE is about to become mainstream. If I had only had my wits about me in time, I could have sold the Lamy to finance the M800 ...

 

John

[GutSchrift]

Can't wait! Now I just have to start counting all the pennies. I'm sure it won't be inexpensive!

[Sigismund]

where does the tortoise come from? Is it mixed resins or from some other source?

 

They use real shells from deceased tortoises - no kidding! :roflmho:

 

Well they use ground up insects for red coloring in cherries.

 

The bit about the 800 is right under the M101N, in the same paragraph.

[reprieve]

An M800 Tortoise would be an absolute dream. I am keeping my fingers crossed!

[chiuqq]

http://www.pelikanpens.co.uk/acatalog/Pelikan_Forthcoming_Products.html

 

Will be reproduced in around September?