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    Default New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    I got this Pelikan for a song from Japan. Because it came with a binde that looks like a samurai who lost his last duel.

    So of course I need to fashion a new binde for it.

    After hesitating whether this one has a screwed-in piston assembly or the push-fit one, I tugged carefully at the piston blind cap and a couple of wiggles later it's obvious that it is the push-fit. That makes my job easier, because the piston filler is still in one piece.

    Secondly, I don't have to go super thin on this one because the original binde has some thickness to it, unlike the one on my Pelikan 100.

    I still have the rest of my orange SEM ebonite plus I'm a sucker for woodgrain ebonite look, so it's an easy choice.

    On the lathe:



    Before I finished it (with the old binde):



    After the piston assembly and the nib are back on the pen:



    Final note: I'm learning a bunch and I think I started to get the hang of sanding/polishing which is as tricky as every wood-worker that I talked to said it would be.
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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Great job. Unique.

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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Great job. Very impressive work.

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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Wow. What a lovely finish.

    The original binde makes me think of *that* scene in alien... when the Pelikan busts out and flies off... :-)

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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Well done!
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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    It made me wonder if all Pelikan M400's are push-fit pistons?

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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Very nice. Thank you for sharing.

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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Quote Originally Posted by Chrissy View Post
    It made me wonder if all Pelikan M400's are push-fit pistons?
    Chrissy, I was under the impression that there are some that are screwed in type. For sure 400NN made by Merz&Krell fell into this category.

    When I look into the barrel after I took the old binde out, I did see a faint threading, that's why I wasn't sure at all.
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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Thanks. I must look at mine more closely.

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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Wow. That is gorgeous.

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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Nice. An ebonite Pelikan must be one rare bird.

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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Very nice!

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    Default Re: New Binde work: A Pelikan 400 this time

    Beautiful work!

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