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FredRydr
January 29th, 2018, 04:20 PM
Is there a difference in quality between the M2xx and M4xx, other than appearance and the nib?
Stickler
January 29th, 2018, 05:38 PM
Quality? No.. It is mostly looks... the 400 is part of the Sovereign design. There are M200 series pens with gold nibs and steel nibs. I believe ALL M400 are gold nibs.
dfo
January 29th, 2018, 07:12 PM
No difference in my book—just material (celluloid acetate) and added metal rings. Oooooooooo.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.



On another note, I don't get pen-makers' obsession with adding more and more metal rings to pens. It seems with each new generation of the Pelikan M400, it gets another ring.
jar
January 29th, 2018, 07:43 PM
There is also the early M600 that was the same size as the M200/400 but had more furniture and an 18K nib.

On right side the last three are a M600, M400 and M200:


http://www.fototime.com/2565805F35DD5E2/large.jpg

and compared to MB for size two 234˝s and a vintage 144 next to a M200:


http://www.fototime.com/03A653AD3848455/large.jpg
FredRydr
January 29th, 2018, 10:18 PM
Thank you. I suspected as much. As of today, I own nine old and new Pelikans (all with the same size nibs) which include three M200s and four M400s, and I never noticed a quality difference in construction or materials when I've had them apart.
grainweevil
January 30th, 2018, 12:31 AM
The finishing on the section isn't quite as good on the M2xxs - on the M4xx the seam is polished out. Bothers some people, I believe.
GTG
February 3rd, 2018, 08:46 AM
No the m200 is excellent quality. It is not an inferior product to a m400. I prefer my m200 demonstrator to most other fountain pens i ever owned in fact
Bungle
February 3rd, 2018, 08:49 AM
I <3 my M200s too!
FredRydr
February 3rd, 2018, 01:00 PM
The finishing on the section isn't quite as good on the M2xxs - on the M4xx the seam is polished out. Bothers some people, I believe.
I never noticed...until now.
grainweevil
February 4th, 2018, 02:45 AM
The finishing on the section isn't quite as good on the M2xxs - on the M4xx the seam is polished out. Bothers some people, I believe.
I never noticed...until now.

Ooops. Sorry, Fred! :bolt:
jodylud
February 4th, 2018, 07:11 AM
I own nine M200 and M400s and my most favorite of the lot is my M200 Cafe Creme

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Runnin_Ute
February 5th, 2018, 07:39 AM
Love my M200's. Have three. Old style blue marble, Brown marble and Cognac. Used to have both black and red M205's.

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GTG
February 5th, 2018, 09:45 AM
I own nine M200 and M400s and my most favorite of the lot is my M200 Cafe Creme

37849

I love that, never seen that model before.
pajaro
February 5th, 2018, 11:51 AM
I have older M400, newer M400 and M200 pens. They are all good.
Runnin_Ute
February 7th, 2018, 12:01 PM
I own nine M200 and M400s and my most favorite of the lot is my M200 Cafe Creme

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I love that, never seen that model before.It was an SE a couple of years ago. 2014 or 2015 if I recall correctly. I think Cognac was 2014 (I got mine in 2015) . Looking on the Pelikan's perch it was an early 2015 release.

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