... yes, finally! :-D
It took me quite a while to work out the best lighting for Abalone shell and as I haven't had much success I went back to using plain daylight. So here's the long awaited pictures.
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| Pelikan M1000 Sunlight |
Like the M1000 Moonlight it's Raden work done on a black M1000 corpus. The stripes on the Sunlight, however, are somewhat narrower and much more vivid in color, ranging from yellow to green, blue and purple. I could imagine this burst of color just needs to be counterbalanced by larger black spaces, else it would probably make you dizzy.
The color difference to the Moonlight, which is mostly done in shades of green, blue and purple, is due to different kinds of mother of pearl. First I thought it's just different parts of the shell, but it's actually different species. The sea snail with blue-green mother of pearl is found in the Australian sea whereas the other kind is found in the Japanese sea.
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| Pelikan M1000 Sunlight |
Every raden strip is made of one piece, running over the full length of cap and barrel.
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| Pelikan M1000 Sunlight |
Wouldn't it be a shame not to write with this pen? I certainly think so, so I've been writing with it on a daily basis for a few weeks now. Unlike many other collectibles this pen is neither weirdly shaped nor extremely heavy so it offers the writing feel you can expect from a Pelikan M1000. At the moment it's fitted with a sharpened-up O3B nib and filled with Iroshizuku Ajisai.
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| Pelikan M1000 Sunlight |
Here's proof: a dirty nib.
I also took some pictures for direct comparison with the M1000 Moonlight which I will post a little later on. :)
Oh my. Your pictures are spectacular. I keep coming back here to look at them!!! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like them. :) (feel the same about your cats btw, they are adorable!)
DeleteSpectacular pens, has the raden finish deteriorated over time?
ReplyDeleteThanks. :) Forgive my somewhat belated reply! Mother of pearl itself is a relatively durable substance, pearls may become dull after decades of daily wear but usually it holds up nicely. Additionally in most raden pens the mother of pearl is covered by several layers of Urushi lacquer which provides extra protection from skin oils, sweat etc. I don't think any deterioration is to be expected and would surely complain to Pelikan or Namiki if it happened to one of my raden pens.
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