None, never seen one, unlikely to ever see one. Sucks, don't it?
None, never seen one, unlikely to ever see one. Sucks, don't it?
That's the problem with long threads AND not reading through the whole damn thing every time!
And yes, I have no Pelikans!
datainadequate (September 13th, 2016), fountainpenkid (September 14th, 2016)
Right now 1 have 5, but it probably will grow up to 8 in the nearest future.
Just one. A red Pelikano P480 with a Fine nib that isn't as fine as I'd like.
I dream that one day I will be able to afford a Souveran. Not sure which model would suit me best, nor which nib size I'd want, but I figure I have plenty of time to work those details out
Just got my latest, yesterday. M400 Brown Tortoise EF nib. A real gem and I'm using Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Brown in it. An ink I originally thought was a bit pale but it looks pretty good to me now!
The Good Captain
(Gaston F Limoges)
"Meddler's 'Salamander' - almost as good as the real thing!"
Just got my first "True Grey" Pelikan 100N. It has a whopping BB+ nib. I am in love! It is my second 100N with a BB/BBB nib, really lovely albeit not that useful as daily writers... oh but who cares.
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farmdogfan (September 28th, 2016), fountainpenkid (September 28th, 2016), RuiFromUK (September 27th, 2016)
I just bought a Souverän M400 Tortoiseshell Brown with an extra-fine nib to commemorate the birth of my son. I never saw the draw to Pelikans when I was first getting into fountain pens, but have wanted one for a while after going further down the rabbit hole of the FP world. I am not disappointed and think I need more of them😄. I absolutely love this pen🖋❤️
jvlgato (October 22nd, 2016)
Still on 3 x M800 / 805s ... trying to find a Grand Place and Vibrant blue at decent price.
18 after just clearing out a bunch via for sale forums here and on reddit. Plus another 10 or so in parts that are in various stages of repair.
Pics - first two are the closed and posted actively inked pens, last pic is the uninked pens.
https://imgur.com/a/nmHG2
Actively inked:
M800 Tortoise 2013 with a true F nib
400nn Tortoise with a KM flex nib
M400 Tortoise (new model) with a .9 CI Binder grind
M250 Levenger Tortoise with a Dos Ojos F flex Mottishaw grind
M405 Blue with a needlepoint/extraflex Binder grind
M320 Ruby Red with a needlepoint/extraflex Mottishaw grind
M600 Ruby Red with an OM .75 CI 11 degree Binder grind
Uninked, and likely to be posted for sale:
M805 Black M
M600 Black B
M400 Tortoise (the new one) IB
M415 Tortoise F
400nn Tortoise M
400 Tortoise OBB semi-flex
400 Tortoise M
M400 Green M
400 Green F
R400 Red
R800 Green
Last edited by sconny; November 1st, 2016 at 10:21 AM.
The only ones I use are K400 green stripe and K215 rings. Nice versions of the click top Jotter.
I only have two, and one of them is a Twist, lmao. The other is the Aquamarine M205.
Been a while since this thread has been updated, it seems... The latest addition to my flock came from a surprising place, my spare parts collection.
I was going through them this morning for another project and realized that I had parts for a transitional/frankenpen 100N... who knows why I hadn't noticed that before.
Long story short, I cleaned the older gen barrel internally, fitted a post war piston unit to it with a new seal (black from vintagepens.com), plonked in a spare EF nib and assembled a cap with the original older gen ebonite cap top. All nice crisp imprints, nib size matches the nib and no major (or even minor) flaws there.
Now I just need to figure out what to do with the binde... as in, it is loose. That faded green/grey one is very nice but I also have a black one from another older gen 100N that had a cracked barrel.
I could of course go crazy and get something else entirely (sterling silver would sound appealing, something along the lines of the work of Henry Simpole...). Anyway, the pen is in a need of some TLC in the form of a gentle polish. And maybe recondition the cap top at some point... Anyway, other than that it is pretty much good to go as it is.
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penwash (August 6th, 2018)
Total count now is... 17.
100N x 10, 101N, 140, 400 Tortoise, 400NN Tortoise & 400NN Green Striped, M200 Blue Marbled and 500NN.
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100n, CN OB and Auch pencil
Ibis, 14k OBB
400 green, BB
400 tortoise, OBB
400nn, F
30, M
M215, BB
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