Just bought my first Pelikan Limited Edition

[JustDaveyB]

That is just what I thought. I had seen it in an upscale magazine, maybe on a plane, and I was curious because the bottle looked very special for a Penfolds.
Let's just hope it does not go the same way as the Chateau Pétrus...

They are special but probably not value for money. If I had a $1000 to spend on wine these days I would probably buy Sparkling (French or Australian) and Pinot Noirs (Australian or Kiwi), not made to age for decades Cabernet Sauvignon - I suppose it is easy for me to say as "I have been there drunk that" as it were.

[peterpen53]

They are special but probably not value for money. If I had a $1000 to spend on wine these days I would probably buy Sparkling (French or Australian) and Pinot Noirs (Australian or Kiwi), not made to age for decades Cabernet Sauvignon - I suppose it is easy for me to say as "I have been there drunk that" as it were.

Well, my guiding principle is always that I buy wine to enjoy, not to have it stored for ages.
I've never seen a Kiwi Pinot Noir by the way. Most of the NZ wine that's available over here is white and really quite good, especially Sauvignon Blanc.

[JustDaveyB]

Well, my guiding principle is always that I buy wine to enjoy, not to have it stored for ages.
I've never seen a Kiwi Pinot Noir by the way. Most of the NZ wine that's available over here is white and really quite good, especially Sauvignon Blanc.

There some really good kiwi pinots but not from any of the bigger wineries so they probably never get exported outside NZ much less around the world, of the Australian pinots I am a fan of the ones made in Tasmania. I don't mind NZ Sauvignon Blanc but they are really a wine to have with food, I enjoy a good well-made riesling more.

[peterpen53]

There some really good kiwi pinots but not from any of the bigger wineries so they probably never get exported outside NZ much less around the world, of the Australian pinots I am a fan of the ones made in Tasmania. I don't mind NZ Sauvignon Blanc but they are really a wine to have with food, I enjoy a good well-made riesling more.

Keeping the good ones to themselves, hey? And right they are. And pinots are very particular about the climate they're grown in, I hear.
Well, most of the wine I drink I have with my dinner, and on top of that I really like wines with their own explicit flavour, so there's were the Sauvignon Blanc comes in. Most of the Rieslings I know are fairly mild-flavoured. Except for some really good french ones, to go with the choucroute.

(We really should not be discussing this in the Pelikan forum, should we? But it's great fun.)

[JustDaveyB]

Keeping the good ones to themselves, hey? And right they are. And pinots are very particular about the climate they're grown in, I hear.
Well, most of the wine I drink I have with my dinner, and on top of that I really like wines with their own explicit flavour, so there's were the Sauvignon Blanc comes in. Most of the Rieslings I know are fairly mild-flavoured. Except for some really good french ones, to go with the choucroute.

(We really should not be discussing this in the Pelikan forum, should we? But it's great fun.)

I started the topic so anything goes, but back to the subject at hand. The pen arrived today. Some images of it and my other M800, the Blue o' Blue

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[peterpen53]

Looks great, they make a nice pair. Is it just perspective or is the Wall Street slightly longer?

By the way, the factory italic nib you mentioned in post #5, do you have that on a pen or as a separate nib unit? I've been looking for one, because I'd love to put one on one of my 800's, but I have not found a source yet.

Cheers,
Peter

[JustDaveyB]

Just the perspective

I bought it with the Blue o' Blue from www.nibs.com but I use my 0.7mm CI custom grind more. The IB nib is not that great a nib IMHO