replacement seals for vintage Pelikan piston filler

[christof]

A guest from FPN pointed out to me that there was not much going on in this forum regarding old Pelikan. He was not entirely wrong. I am therefore trying to generate a little content with regard to a topic that is ubiquitous, but nowhere is dealt with collectively. I am posting this here because the topic is very Pelikan-specific, and is not a general repair topic. But it is a topic on which questions are often asked :

It is about replacement seals for old Pelikan piston fountain pens.

First, however, a list of the different types, and in which Pelikan which type of seal was originally installed.

Pelikan IBIS

The first Pelikan IBIS were equipped with cork seals:

Pelikan IBIS Black Prewar by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

IBIS_prewar_piston_1 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

The new Pelikan IBIS from about 1940 were equipped with the same neoprene seals as the Pelikan 100

PEL_020 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr
IBIS_postwar_piston_1 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

Pelikan 100

Analogous to the Pelikan IBIS, the first Pelikan 100 were also equipped with cork piston seals:

Pelikan 100 1936 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

Pelikan 100 1936 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

And the new Pelikan 100 were also from about 1940 equipped with neoprene seals:

Pelikan 100 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

Pelikan 100 ca. 1940 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

Pelikan 100N

The Pelikan 100N were provided with 3 different seals. Cork piston seals were used in the pre-war models.

PEL_028 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

After that, black neoprene seals were used, and in the latest models, clear plastic seals, of which there were again two different types (types 5 and 4 in the photo)

Pelikan piston seals by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

Pelikan 100N OBB by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

All different piston seals at a glance:



Pelikan 100N different piston seals by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

Pelikan 400 et al

To the best of my knowledge, the Pelikan 400, 400N, 400NN, 140 and 120 were only made with two different piston seals:

Pelikan 400 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

Pelikan 400 Dichtung alt und neu by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

Pelikan 400 Demonstrator 1950 by C.M.Z, auf Flickr