ac12 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 M300 in red/black or blue/black stripes...if they will ever make it. San Francisco Pen Show - August 28-30, 2020 - Redwood City, Californiawww.SFPenShow.com Link to post Share on other sites
chromantic Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 M300 in red/black or blue/black stripes...if they will ever make it. +1 Though my first choice would be brown/black, then maybe a 305 Anthracite. It's hard work to tell which is Old Harry when everybody's got boots on. Link to post Share on other sites
BillH Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 +1 Though my first choice would be brown/black, then maybe a 305 Anthracite. An M300 Tortoise would be a hoot! I'd buy two, just because. Ditto the M305 Stresemann. Probably never use either of them but they would round out a collection nicely. I know, I'm sick. I'm also not alone. Speaking of wishes... Is the "rumor" about a 6xx sized pen this year still out there or has that been dismissed? "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." -Pablo Picasso Link to post Share on other sites
FPFan Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 OH MY! An M300 Tortoise would be wonderful! It gets my vote in a heartbeat! I'd also like to see a zippered pen case for multiple M3XX's to carry/store all the various models. I currently have all available except the M350. I haven't been able to locate one of them! The available 3 pen case houses my STOP-LIGHT set. Ruby, "yellow"/orange, Green. They are so cute! And actually fit my small hands perfectly! Fair winds and following seas. Link to post Share on other sites
Calabria Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Thanks for the heads up and recommendation of the Marine Blue, Calabria! Unfortunately I don't have any pen funds at the moment, since I just got an Aurora Optima in blue, but while I am on a blue roll, I may get the M605 pen in a few months. I too have noticed prices going up, even on the secondhand market. Just as an example, I was able to find the Ruby Red and Green o'Green for $300 a few years ago from at a pen show and from a seller here, respectively; on ebay, they are now offered for $500. the 605 Marine is still to be had at an acceptable price. But I'm really fascinated by the fact that Pelikan is fetching these prices on the secondary market. I agree, they seem higher than even last year, and I'm surprised that MB seems a deal by comparison. What is the logic here? Aurora is a beautiful pen. Congratulations! "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 post Share on other sites
zhryj Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 I prefer 1931 gold. It is wonderful and amazing! Link to post Share on other sites
alfredop Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) After having patiently sourced a M750, a M760, a M430 and finally a M700, I'm a bit sate of Pelikans, so as at this point I do not know what to add next Alfredo Edited May 13, 2017 by alfredop Link to post Share on other sites
daenghafez Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 After having patiently sourced a M750, a M760, a M430 and finally a M700, I'm a bit sate of Pelikans, so as at this point I do not know what to add next AlfredoHow about M730 & M710? This will complete your collection of M7xx. Link to post Share on other sites
alfredop Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 How about M730 & M710? This will complete your collection of M7xx. Your suggestion is quite logic, M710 is not much difficult to find, but I have to wait for the right occasion, M730 is much more difficult and I already have a M420 and a M430.We will see. Alfredo Link to post Share on other sites
BillH Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Speaking with a friend about nibs and the subject of factory oblique and italic Pelikan nibs came up, especially in the M600 and M800 range. Being a relative newbie, I do not have a memory of those nibs in those pens being available new (disco'd before my time), and I do not have one in those sizes. One of the most fun pens in the flock is a vintage 400 Black Striated OBBB... So. I'm thinking that my current "which-one-next" might need to be a large size pen with an IB or OB/OBB nib. My question is roughly when these nibs were available and in which ranges? Old style? New style? Note, I'm not chasing "flex". A good italic or oblique gives me all the line variation I desire. Anyone have any info to pass along? Thanks "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." -Pablo Picasso Link to post Share on other sites
inkstainedruth Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I don't know about on modern Pelikans. I have a 1950s era 400 with an OB nib and a 1980s era m100 (I think) with a 1.0 mm italic nib. The 2nd Café Crème came with an IM nib on it -- but I bought it used, and don't know for sure if it was original to the pen or not. I will add that it was a firehose -- even with relatively dry iron gall ink, and even by Pellikan standards of wetness; I had to get the nib tweaked to cut the flow a bit, and I also then bought a M200 B nib for the pen.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 post Share on other sites
ca49reber Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I had an empty slot in the M40x spot so have ordered the M405 Stresemann. It should be here next week. I also don't have a M1000 but the M800's are on the edge of being too large for me to use so I will probably never get one. Link to post Share on other sites
Calabria Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I had an empty slot in the M40x spot so have ordered the M405 Stresemann. It should be here next week. I also don't have a M1000 but the M800's are on the edge of being too large for me to use so I will probably never get one. I just got the M200 Café Créme from Japan and added a M400 EF nib from GB to it. It writes like a dream. I've recently been attached to bigger pens, but now I'm eyeing the M405 Stresemann. I MAY hold off until the anticipated M6xx SE release later this year. "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 post Share on other sites
biancitwo Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 i've got the souverän range covered, but i'd love to get a m900 toledoI don't have the souverän range covered (not likely to ever get the m300, or m1000 sizes). But, I agree on the m900 Toledo. If I could have only one more Pelikan, this would be it. Of course, no one could stop me from another Pelikan. Link to post Share on other sites
Diderot Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Have two M800s - green and red. Keep thinking of an M1000 in green. Link to post Share on other sites
pajaro Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 M205 Highlighter. "Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time." --Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960. Link to post Share on other sites
MHBru Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 There are so so many... 205 Aquamarine.... 900 Toledo.... Blue Planet.... my list is endless.. my budget is not. Link to post Share on other sites
pajaro Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 If your budget is not large, then go little by little. Pretty soon you will have a lot of them. "Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time." --Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960. Link to post Share on other sites
BillH Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 eBay this morning was more interesting than it has been in awhile... there is even a Gaudi on offer My grail pen. ...too bad... I just can't make it work in my budget right now. On the other hand, this shows I still have control, right? "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." -Pablo Picasso Link to post Share on other sites
invisuu Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 eBay this morning was more interesting than it has been in awhile... there is even a Gaudi on offer My grail pen. ...too bad... I just can't make it work in my budget right now. On the other hand, this shows I still have control, right? Y-yes...sure. Link to post Share on other sites
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