very first Pelikan fountain pen
#1
Posted 15 April 2013 - 08:13 AM
For this pen, I've been looking and searching a long, long time. It's a Pelikan from 1929. This is the very first Pelikan fountainpen and first Piston filling pen of the world. Yes, I know, it Looks like a Pelikan 100 without cap bands, but when Pelikan came up with their first foutain pen, the number 100 didn't exist yet. It just was called "Pelikan Füllhalter" which means "Pelikan fountain pen".
The first year Pelikan is different to the later Pelikan 100 in several main features:
1. The Barrel and section are one Piece made of Bakelite
2. The cap is bandless
3. The nib has a heart hole
4. The cap top is cylindrical and not conical.
But enough of education, here Comes the pics:
This pen comes from a change trade and I don't have to mention that it cost me an arm and a leg, but I love it! Hope you like it too.
#2
Posted 15 April 2013 - 09:58 AM
I probably have an image of one somewhere or other, as I shot some of Rick Propas's collection years ago. I've never owned one.
regards
david
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#3
Posted 15 April 2013 - 10:04 AM
Congrats !
#6
Posted 16 April 2013 - 04:10 AM
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Nice find, the granddad of all Pelis.
I probably have an image of one somewhere or other, as I shot some of Rick Propas's collection years ago. I've never owned one.
regards
david
David
Photographing once a collection like the one of Rick Propas is a job I still am dreaming of! I'd love to do that.
Christof
Edited by Christof Z, 16 April 2013 - 04:13 AM.
#7
Posted 16 April 2013 - 02:47 PM
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#12
Posted 27 April 2013 - 07:50 AM
Hope you don't mind me posting some pictures in your thread! Hope you also excuse the very poor quality of my oldest Pelikan.
I got it a few years back and its in a shape I consider UN-reparable. I´ve kept it over the years hoping to use some parts to complete another one.
I would say its a 1930 and has some characteristics of the first Pelikan.
- Bakelite barrel
- cilindrical top cap
- Olive bind
- The nib was the first after the hearth hole one
- two hole and band cap
Would love your expert input on this.
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#13
Posted 27 April 2013 - 06:35 PM
The condition seems to be not that bad. I can't see any damage except the binde. Your pen needs a replacement binde, a nib and a proper restoration. Then it could be a beauty again.
Christof
Edited by Christof Z, 27 April 2013 - 06:39 PM.
#14
Posted 30 April 2013 - 11:17 AM
Thanks for posting pictures of your interesting pen.It's hard to tell from the distance if the barrel is bakelite or not, but to me, your pen looks like a correct 1931 pen. Have a look a this thread : LINK
The condition seems to be not that bad. I can't see any damage except the binde. Your pen needs a replacement binde, a nib and a proper restoration. Then it could be a beauty again.
Christof
Thanks Chirstof,
The barrel is Bakelite, one can see a purple color when against the light. it´s also a one piece barrel, the section is part of the same piece . But unfortunately its broken on the other side (not seen on the picture).
I let it fall on my hard tile kitchen floor after taking out the nib and feed... I was so mad at my stupidity.
Do you know if Bakelite can be filled and glued with some material?
Best regards
Vasco
Edited by piscov, 30 April 2013 - 11:26 AM.
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#15
Posted 30 April 2013 - 02:46 PM
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Thanks for posting pictures of your interesting pen.It's hard to tell from the distance if the barrel is bakelite or not, but to me, your pen looks like a correct 1931 pen. Have a look a this thread : LINK
The condition seems to be not that bad. I can't see any damage except the binde. Your pen needs a replacement binde, a nib and a proper restoration. Then it could be a beauty again.
Christof
Thanks Chirstof,
The barrel is Bakelite, one can see a purple color when against the light. it´s also a one piece barrel, the section is part of the same piece . But unfortunately its broken on the other side (not seen on the picture).
I let it fall on my hard tile kitchen floor after taking out the nib and feed... I was so mad at my stupidity.
Do you know if Bakelite can be filled and glued with some material?
Best regards
Vasco
I have no experiences in repairing bakelite, but I think that epoxy should be right for glueing.
Christof
#16
Posted 03 May 2013 - 11:10 AM
#17
Posted 03 May 2013 - 07:11 PM
Christof, congrats on the 1929. They are really very lovely pens. For a long time my 1929s were actually my pens of choice as daily writers, but one needs to be very careful with them.
Thank you Rick.
Fortunately I have lots of pens to use, so this one will probably not see ink.
Christof
#18
Posted 05 May 2013 - 01:11 PM
Christof, congrats on the 1929. They are really very lovely pens. For a long time my 1929s were actually my pens of choice as daily writers, but one needs to be very careful with them.
Thank you Rick.
Fortunately I have lots of pens to use, so this one will probably not see ink.
Christof
#19
Posted 05 May 2013 - 01:26 PM
There, my friend, I must disagree. First off, those first year nibs are incomparable, second is the thrill of writing with the ur-Pelikan. Ink it!
Ur-pens give me urticaria.
Sorry... long night at the hospital
regards
-d
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