New LE Pelikan

[wefer]

Just saw announcement on Instagram, something Japanese. Can't wait. Anyone has any ideas what could it be? M800, M1000, something else?

[inkstainedruth]

Sorry, not a clue.  But of course I fear that if it's a larger pen, like an M800 or M1000, I wouldn't be able to use it (and almost certainly couldn't afford it...).  

And I say that as the person whose two most expensive pens are the M405 Stresemann, followed closely behind by the M405 Blue Black.  And the only reasons I could afford them at ALL was because it was the one time in my life that I had a big discretionary budget for whatever I wanted -- and because I also saved some money by getting them on eBay from Rolf Thiel at Missing Pens (he didn't have to charge me VAT, and I didn't have to pay the US distributor markup; and back then, eBay didn't automatically collect sales taxes the way they do now...).  

I could have gotten a regular M400 in the Blue Black (that was my favorite color from the beginning) for a little less money than the M405 -- but there was just SOMETHING about that rhodium plated nib and rhodium plated trim that just made me go, "OOOOOOOH!" when I saw the photo of it on his eBay store at the time. 

Of course, an hour after hitting the "buy" button on those two pens?  I got a phone call from PayPal, going, "Did you know...."  And after verifying with them that it WAS a legit purchase, I got off the phone, looked at my husband, and said, "OMG -- I really DID just spend THAT much money on ONLY TWO PENS!"  Up till that point, the most expensive pen I'd ever bought -- also an M400 size, but an older one from the 1990s -- was the M400 Brown Tortoise -- and that was for a very special occasion (and it was still less expensive than any of the ones I'd seen in Blue/Black at the time I'd gotten it, and my husband was STILL freaking over how much that pen cost.  Until, of course, I got the M405 Stresemann, AND the M405 Blue Black...   

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Cyrille81]

Maybe a new Raden as there are lot of lines on the teaser of Pelikan?

[wefer]

I did't like the black one released recently since they cover gold nib with black paint. Defies the point in my opinion. But if the new one would be nice I am happy to reroute the funds from the MB piggybank into this one.

[boilermaker1975]

9 hours ago, wefer said:

I did't like the black one released recently since they cover gold nib with black paint. Defies the point in my opinion. But if the new one would be nice I am happy to reroute the funds from the MB piggybank into this one.

 

I have that all black one. I do like it but I think it would look awesome all black except with a gold nib.