Pelikan M10000 (sic)

[Inkanthropist]

I thought that the good people of FPN are the only ones in the world who might appreciate hearing about the bizarre dream that I had last night. I was in a pen shop, and I asked if they had any Pelikans in stock. 'Yes, sir', I was told. 'We have the brand new Pelikan M10000'. This monstrous object was hauled up from underneath the counter, and it was the size of a very large aerosol can. 'Some people just thought that the M1000 was too small', I was told. It came with three choices of nib: 'BBBBB', 'BBBBBB', and 'BBBBBBB'. Even better, it also came with a special harness that strapped around your neck and held the pen upright in the writing position. 'Can I try it out?', I asked. 'Yes, but please use two hands', came the reply.

Neil

[Kees]

LOL!

 

You must be very deep into fountain pens, indeed (though I must admit I have difficulty believing that you haven’t made it up... It’s simply too hilarious to be true!).

[Slush99]

Probably my type of pen. :ph34r:

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

How was it? Smooth? Wet? How about the Sweet spot? How did you fill it? Pour a few bottles of ink into a fish tank and fill it from there?

 

Dillon

[peterc]

But I thought they were all like that?

[FrankB]

Great dream. The pen sounds like a harpoon.

 

On a moderately serious note, are you looking for a larger pen? Danitrio is making some affordable raw ebonite pens in nice large sizes - the "Takumi" is the size of a MontyB 149; the "Densho" is longer than a 149; and the "Mikado" just might come as close to fulfilling your dream of an M10000 as you might come in the real world. Kevin, aka "winedoc" posted this information on Pentrace a few days ago - if I am permitted to make that reference here.

 

I got a "Densho" raw ebonite with a Dani "stub" nib that I am delighted with. The stub writes like a M italic. It has a lovely big barrel with a Mae West-style bulge in the middle that is a hair longer and wider than an M1000. I have only seen pictures of the "Mikado" size. You would not need a strap to hold it, nor would it require both hands to use, but it just might serve as a harpoon in a pinch.

 

[No affiliation with Danitrio, just a real happy customer :-) ]

[Inkanthropist]

Kees - I wish that I could say that I'd made it up, but I'm afraid that it really was that stupid! I'd been remembering earlier that night, having posted in another thread here about Gilbertson Clybourn in Chicago, how nice it was to play around with pens in that shop a few weeks ago (a Pelikan among them), but I still don't know why my unconscious decided to come up with the dream.

 

Dillon - I'm afraid that I didn't get to try it out, as I woke up laughing not long after the harness was shown to me. It would surely have used a bottle of ink per line of writing, so a fish tank would probably have been in order.

 

Frank - Thanks for the tip. I'm afraid, though, that even the 'humble' M1000 is too big for me. I love the look of it, but my hand just isn't big or strong enough to write with it. I get exhausted after a few sentences with a Cross Townsend, in fact. The M200 works perfectly for me at present, but I think that a few months in a boot camp might allow me to graduate to a 600.

 

Neil

[TheNobleSavage]

Good Lord!!! I hope you took a cold shower after having that dream!!!

 

TNS

[Guest Denis Richard]

I think that's an idea to keep in mind : the two-hand pen

[grasshopper]

Yeah yeah yeah, but most importantly Neil, was the person who served you a hottie??? And did she take you out back where the dream progressed further...? :ph34r:

 

 

sorry, everyone.

[tburke0]

It came with three choices of nib: 'BBBBB', 'BBBBBB', and 'BBBBBBB'.

Pronounced by rapidly drumming your index finger against your lower lip

[Dillo]

It came with three choices of nib: 'BBBBB', 'BBBBBB', and 'BBBBBBB'.

Pronounced by rapidly drumming your index finger against your lower lip

Hi,

 

For people with lipstick on, just say, "Seven-broad."

 

Dillon

[Stylo]

Say Neil, you may want to bring this up with a therapist Seriously though, when you think about something too much, you end up with such dreams.

 

But here is a pen that would point you in the right direction for "big pens", Antoniosz' Da Big One

[Inkanthropist]

Noooo! The dreams are just going to get weirder now that I've seen Da Big One!

Neil

[davyr]

great wacky dream, neil. myself, i'd be interested in a m2000, with a 5b point.

[Maja]

Yeah yeah yeah, but most importantly Neil, was the person who served you a hottie???  And did she take you out back where the dream progressed further...?      :ph34r:

 

 

sorry, everyone.

Well, he was dreaming about broads (BBBBB', 'BBBBBB', and 'BBBBBBB').....

 

 

 

{groan}

 

 

 

 

Very funny dream, Neil

[grasshopper]

Yeah yeah yeah, but most importantly Neil, was the person who served you a hottie???  And did she take you out back where the dream progressed further...?        :ph34r:

 

 

sorry, everyone.

Well, he was dreaming about broads (BBBBB', 'BBBBBB', and 'BBBBBBB').....

That's a fine point, Maja.

Edited December 10, 2005 by grasshopper

[Inkanthropist]

Where do I send the bill for all this fine analysis?

 

Neil

[Slush99]

Yeah yeah yeah, but most importantly Neil, was the person who served you a hottie???  And did she take you out back where the dream progressed further...?        :ph34r:

 

 

sorry, everyone.

Well, he was dreaming about broads (BBBBB', 'BBBBBB', and 'BBBBBBB').....

That's a fine point, Maja.

Hotties only work at the beach or at the makeup counters.

 

:ph34r:

[kenneth cooke]

On a similar note, Having purchased a MB149 many years ago I produced it from my pocket in a meeting to a comment from my old boss asking me "where do you put the batteries?"

 

Regards Kenneth UK