Dumb question about the PF mark

[MarkTrain]

Was reading Rick's Blog about his Pelikan tour and the his post about the new production of nibs. Rick mentioned that only the M1000 nibs of late were being produced by Bock, but this raised a lot of questions because the M1000 nibs of late have been clearly marked PF. So what about the alternative explanation, that the PF mark was actually used by Bock to indicate production for Pelikan. In some ways make sense, but I don't know if there is anyway to confirm this.

 

Mark

[Rick Propas]

To be honest, I just don't know. I know what I was told at Pelikan, but there seems to be some contradictory evidence. So all I can say is that I do not know.

[encremental]

Yes, my F nib M1000, bought in January from Niche Pens in the UK has the tiny 'PF' cartouche - I just noticed it last night. As 'PF' definitely means 'Pelikan made' this has to mean that they have come back in house, or at least that Pelikan have produced some on a trial basis. It would be very interesting if any other members who have made very recent purchases could tell us whether their nibs have 'PF' or not.

 

Whoever made it, it's a sensational nib!

 

John

 

 

[DeScribe]

Yes, my F nib M1000, bought in January from Niche Pens in the UK has the tiny 'PF' cartouche - I just noticed it last night. As 'PF' definitely means 'Pelikan made' this has to mean that they have come back in house, or at least that Pelikan have produced some on a trial basis. It would be very interesting if any other members who have made very recent purchases could tell us whether their nibs have 'PF' or not.

 

Whoever made it, it's a sensational nib!

 

John

 

I understand that PF stands for Pelikan Fabricate (in German). I believe these PF nibs were made by Pelikan previously. Since Pelikan nibs are easily interchangable, could they just be NOS used in modern Pelikan pens?

[robeck]

Yes, my F nib M1000, bought in January from Niche Pens in the UK has the tiny 'PF' cartouche - I just noticed it last night. As 'PF' definitely means 'Pelikan made' this has to mean that they have come back in house, or at least that Pelikan have produced some on a trial basis. It would be very interesting if any other members who have made very recent purchases could tell us whether their nibs have 'PF' or not.

 

Whoever made it, it's a sensational nib!

 

John

I bought my M1000 with OB nib from an authorized dealer in Britain on 16 Apr 09 and it clearly has the PF mark. "Pelikan Fabrik" seems to make sense to me but I must admit I always thought M1000 nibs came from Bock.

 

Confused (but nothing new there...).

 

Dean

[jdclarkson]

In response to an inquiry to Regina Martini about an M1000 she has for sale, I got the following response:

 

 

"Hi John,

 

yes all M1000 nibs are having the pf imprint. regards

Regina"

 

Now, I suppose that means that all nibs she has for that one particular pen have the "PF" imprint" or it could mean that all the nibs she currently has in stock have the "PF" imprint, or it could mean that all M1000 nibs ever made have the "PF" imprint.

 

Is that clear enough?

 

(I have bought three M1000 nibs in the last two months from a British dealer. All have had the PF imprint.)

Edited May 9, 2009 by jdclarkson

[encremental]

Hmmm.... if Regina is right (and I'm sure she has handled more Pelikans than most) maybe we are approaching this the wrong way round. Does anybody have a M1000 that does not have the PF cartouche? If we could establish that, then perhaps the M1000 nib is the only one that never went out to Bock?

 

John