Adding To The Flock

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@DilettanteGAlways interested in the history of 3B and O3B.

[Carrau]

On 4/14/2024 at 1:59 PM, DilettanteG said:

I think you're right about picking up the Special Editions when they come out and are easily available. 

Don’t look now, but there’s a new Pelikan M1000 in Renaissance Brown!

[DilettanteG]

5 hours ago, Carrau said:

Don’t look now, but there’s a new Pelikan M1000 in Renaissance Brown!

😀 You're all enablers!

 

Nothing succeeds like excess, but obviously  I do already have the M800 Renaissance brown (and admittedly love it.) I have been eyeballing the M1005 Streseman pretty covetously. Basically, I want all the Pelikan colors!

[carola]

56 minutes ago, DilettanteG said:

😀 You're all enablers!

 

Nothing succeeds like excess, but obviously  I do already have the M800 Renaissance brown (and admittedly love it.) I have been eyeballing the M1005 Streseman pretty covetously. Basically, I want all the Pelikan colors!

 

In my opinion, the Stresemann is one of the most beautiful versions of the striped Pelikans. When it was issued, I immediately got the M805 and I haven't regretted it for a second. Who would have thought that I would love a grey pen that much, but it simply is gorgeous.

[Carrau]

54 minutes ago, DilettanteG said:

😀 You're all enablers!

 

Nothing succeeds like excess, but obviously  I do already have the M800 Renaissance brown (and admittedly love it.) I have been eyeballing the M1005 Streseman pretty covetously. Basically, I want all the Pelikan colors!

While I’m not chasing “all the Pelikan colors,”  I do love beautiful  brown pens.  As of yet I haven’t seen anything in the M1xxx range that highly appeals to me, so this pen is a consideration.  The appearance of the M1xxx Renaissance Brown, however,  makes me wonder if an M1xxx in brown tortoise might be in the future, as I do chase those slow-pokes.  I’m sure we are many on the horns of this buying dilemma.

[Carrau]

2 hours ago, carola said:

 

In my opinion, the Stresemann is one of the most beautiful versions of the striped Pelikans. When it was issued, I immediately got the M805 and I haven't regretted it for a second. Who would have thought that I would love a grey pen that much, but it simply is gorgeous.

Yes, indeed-a most elegant/refined looking pen.

[Mercian]

1 hour ago, Carrau said:

makes me wonder if an M1xxx in brown tortoise might be in the future

That would be a Thing of Beauty 😊
But I would only buy one if it came with the barrel being translucent between its gorgeous brown-grey-orange-white cellulose acetate stripes!
A bottle-fill-only pen that offers no way to tell how much ink is left in it is not one that I would pay ‘premium’ prices for!

 

Have I ever mentioned that I’m a curmudgeonly and grumpy old git…?

Or that I don’t like change; especially not when it makes things different? 😉

[inkstainedruth]

2 hours ago, Carrau said:

Yes, indeed-a most elegant/refined looking pen.

I was ecstatic when they came out with the M405 Stresemann.  Because not only was it more affordable, but it's a better size for my hand.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Carrau]

1 hour ago, Mercian said:

That would be a Thing of Beauty 😊
But I would only buy one if it came with the barrel being translucent between its gorgeous brown-grey-orange-white cellulose acetate stripes!
 

Of course, Pelikan may just be using up old materials to squeeze every drop out of supply inventory.

[mana]

Updated pics of recent purchases… Pelikan modern & vintage, and Kralik inkwell & stamp box set.

 

Went a bit overboard with online deals popping up 😅

 

That M205 Olivine (70€) is my second modern Pelikan, really like the look of it.

 

The 400NN is growing on me as a writer. The nib took a bit of getting used to (still does) but I am finding the right way of writing with it and I like the results.

 

Finally, a Kralik inkwell & stamp box set, early 20th century. I am a sucker for Art Nouveau and Jugendstil, those complement the Kralik inkwells already in my possession well… can already see a winter/christmas themed desk setup with those.

 

Oh! I also have a Tiffany Studios inkwell from the same era on its way here… 😅 Will post pics of my inkwell collection as it finds its way home.