Pelikan 100: The secret of the loose barrel
Posted: February 18th, 2010, 9:09 am
Thema: Pelikan 100: The secret of the loose barrel
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Autor: Münsterländer
Dear members of the forum,
Please share your opinion with me on a topic of which I do not share the same opinion with a sales lady. Okay, one thing at a time:
In the past days I was finally successful in purchasing the below shown PELIKAN 100 in an affordable price range. I think it might be one of the first PELIKAN fountain pens from the year1929/1930, because of its measurements, but especially because of the cap, which doesn't have a decorative metal ring, but two indicated rings at the bottom of the cap. When I first opened the pen, I've noticed that the green marbled "oversleeve" is sitting loosely on the barrel. I can pull it all the way to the nib (see third picture). Without being held by the barrel, the marbled overlay is highly sensitive to breakage. When I asked the oh so pleasant and helpful sales lady, she said it has always benn that way and in her opinion, it is a normal cause. So, I thought it was not worth mentioning when I read through the auctioneer's description. Afterall, I don't think that is actually meant to be that way, because when I try to twist open the piston filling mechanism, the whole barrel turns with it. I have to press the overlay tightly onto the barrel to twist open the mechanism. I don't think that was Günther Wagner's idea of a well-functioning pen (may God rest his soul).
I'd love to hear
a) what any of you think about my rather casual identification and
b) what you have to say about the secret of the loose barrel
Thanks in advance!!!
Ewald
Startbeitrag
Autor: Münsterländer
Dear members of the forum,
Please share your opinion with me on a topic of which I do not share the same opinion with a sales lady. Okay, one thing at a time:
In the past days I was finally successful in purchasing the below shown PELIKAN 100 in an affordable price range. I think it might be one of the first PELIKAN fountain pens from the year1929/1930, because of its measurements, but especially because of the cap, which doesn't have a decorative metal ring, but two indicated rings at the bottom of the cap. When I first opened the pen, I've noticed that the green marbled "oversleeve" is sitting loosely on the barrel. I can pull it all the way to the nib (see third picture). Without being held by the barrel, the marbled overlay is highly sensitive to breakage. When I asked the oh so pleasant and helpful sales lady, she said it has always benn that way and in her opinion, it is a normal cause. So, I thought it was not worth mentioning when I read through the auctioneer's description. Afterall, I don't think that is actually meant to be that way, because when I try to twist open the piston filling mechanism, the whole barrel turns with it. I have to press the overlay tightly onto the barrel to twist open the mechanism. I don't think that was Günther Wagner's idea of a well-functioning pen (may God rest his soul).
I'd love to hear
a) what any of you think about my rather casual identification and
b) what you have to say about the secret of the loose barrel
Thanks in advance!!!
Ewald