KBeezie
August 29th, 2014, 09:29 PM
Just got this Pelikan M250 (Pre-89 I'm guessing due to logo and because it's Pelikan AG W.-Germany) with a 14K Medium nib (which I'm told was cleaned/polished by Richard Binder to get rid of the Patina). Got it in trade for my Platinum Century 3776 w/ 14K Soft Fine.
I was told it'd be small, but I actually find it kind of comfortable, reminds me somewhat of a 80s German Ero piston filling pen I had, just better made.
The nib is ever so smooth, seems like everytime I get one that I think is smooth, I end up with one that's even smoother than that.
My only issue is that it seems like a hard-starter even though I cleaned it out good even did a diluted ammonia flush. Since I could go several lines and have no flow after just 10 minutes.
Course I don't think it's a hard-starting issue but maybe a nib/feed connection issue because I noticed that if I try to write and it doesn't flow at all and if I keep going it still won't flow. But if I simply flip the pen over and just touch lightly the back of the nib to the paper (ie: as if you were going to try writing upside down), and then flip it back over. Instant flow. This tells me that the nib may not be seated in such a way to promote the flow of ink down to the tipping without a little help (ie: the opposite pressing towards the feed). My only issue is, I'm not sure how to correct that in a Pelikan since I'm not sure how the nib is seated in the silver collar in the combined unit, and I don't want to try to press the tip towards the feed without being sure it'd help.
Otherwise it seems like a lovely pen with a decent balance to it and posts very nicely.
Originally had Akkerman #6 (Binnenhof Blues) in it, but switched to Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine when I thought the ink was causing hard-starting, and now I just think it's a nib seating issue, because touching the back of the tipping and then flipping back over starts it up right away.
(Edit, I do think I have corrected the problem though, will know for sure later on as I let the pen sit upright for a while).
Some pretty pictures and a write sample:
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/uncapped.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/nib.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/cap.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/adventurine.jpg
After adjusting the nib (so that it writes right away even after sitting upright for 45 minutes to an hour, which was previously impossible without first pressing the back of the nib).
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http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/adventurine_fix.jpg
I was told it'd be small, but I actually find it kind of comfortable, reminds me somewhat of a 80s German Ero piston filling pen I had, just better made.
The nib is ever so smooth, seems like everytime I get one that I think is smooth, I end up with one that's even smoother than that.
My only issue is that it seems like a hard-starter even though I cleaned it out good even did a diluted ammonia flush. Since I could go several lines and have no flow after just 10 minutes.
Course I don't think it's a hard-starting issue but maybe a nib/feed connection issue because I noticed that if I try to write and it doesn't flow at all and if I keep going it still won't flow. But if I simply flip the pen over and just touch lightly the back of the nib to the paper (ie: as if you were going to try writing upside down), and then flip it back over. Instant flow. This tells me that the nib may not be seated in such a way to promote the flow of ink down to the tipping without a little help (ie: the opposite pressing towards the feed). My only issue is, I'm not sure how to correct that in a Pelikan since I'm not sure how the nib is seated in the silver collar in the combined unit, and I don't want to try to press the tip towards the feed without being sure it'd help.
Otherwise it seems like a lovely pen with a decent balance to it and posts very nicely.
Originally had Akkerman #6 (Binnenhof Blues) in it, but switched to Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine when I thought the ink was causing hard-starting, and now I just think it's a nib seating issue, because touching the back of the tipping and then flipping back over starts it up right away.
(Edit, I do think I have corrected the problem though, will know for sure later on as I let the pen sit upright for a while).
Some pretty pictures and a write sample:
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/uncapped.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/nib.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/cap.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/adventurine.jpg
After adjusting the nib (so that it writes right away even after sitting upright for 45 minutes to an hour, which was previously impossible without first pressing the back of the nib).
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http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/adventurine_fix.jpg