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From the album: Mercian’s Miscellany
This is a picture that shows - and explains - the sizes and grind-styles of the various nibs that were made by Pelikan during the 1930s and 1940s. Many of these nib types were still being produced by Pelikan in the 1950s. Pens are no longer produced with nibs in this many sizes/grinds by any major manufacturer. An example of the ‘benign hand’ of ‘Market Forces’ in action. I copied this photo from: https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Nibs/Nibs/index.html At time of my uploading this image to this Gallery on FPN (2024-04-23), the url that appears on the bottom right of this picture no longer works.
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I recently won a Pelikan 120 on eBay. I was excited as this was my first vintage Pelikan, although I knew it was missing the clip and top of the cap. Upon receipt I saw the nib was a KEF, which fits my preference, wonderful I thought! My excitement quickly faded once I had filled the pen and started to write. Quick circles in both directions elicited scratchiness and many spots on the circle where the pen caught paper. Worse still, the nib was terribly dry, really only flowing when I took advantage of its semi-flex ability. While the pens ability to flex was wonderful it did not make for easy everyday cursive writing! Writing sample shown was done with much care. Looking at the nib under a loupe revealed no obvious problems; the tines were in good alignment and nib appeared to be a slight oblique, although with a sharp profile. I attempted to spread the times slightly to improve flow, however with the springiness of the nib I had difficulty getting much spread. I hesitated to take micromesh to the nib to smooth the rough edges as this seemed to be a wholly different and worse set of issues than I had ever come across (have played with a dozen pens to smooth much more minor issues) So, any advice on helping these early nibs flow? Is this scratchiness and sharp edged behavior typical? Time to go nib shopping, or does anyone want to try their hand at my nib...can't get worse!
