Pelikan M1000 Fine Vs Medium Nib?

[Morbus Curiositas]

Thank you so much for your replies (and your written review, Morbus!). I'm sorry I wasn't clear. I'm not afraid of the pen itself being too large, but of the line width from the nib being too wide for my writing. I have an Edison Herald with a 1.1 stub and I find it impractical. The writing is somewhat sloppy unless I write with an excessively large hand.

 

I have very large hands, and while the M800 was extremely pleasant and comfortable, I was hoping for something a bit larger compared against my M215 (which I think is M600 sized). I need to think on this just a little. If I intend to not send it in to be reground, I think the fine nib is the way to g

o. However, if I want it reground to a stub, I think I need to go with medium or broad. Decisions, decisions....

Hi sobriquet down here are some pictures written with Pelikan 4001 royal blue wiht an 0.8 Italic (beware my handwritinng isn't very beautiful)

 

The pen is an "online best writer 0.8 Italic) It's a fairly cheap pen but still writes well :-

 

Off topic...

 

There is a nice story to that pen...

A colleague of mine always sees me writing with Foutain Pens at work. She went to the shop to buy a first Fountain Pen for her daughter (those are abligatory in most European primary Schools!!! :-). She bought an extra Fountain Pen for me.... I think that's very nice.... Its cheap by financial standards, but the intention of giving makes it very valuable to me! -)

 

On Topic again...

 

at the bottom of this message are the pictures. They are from the following reviews...

 

Pelikans royal Battle Battle of the Blue Kings.

 

a handwritten reply to the topic: De Atramentis document blue.

 

Pelikan sells Italic pens but I don't know if they sell 0.8 Italics too. If it doesn't have to be an Italic... Pelikan sell Fine and Extra fine nibs too.

 

No need for Binderizing... Pelikans write perfectly well and very smoothly right out of the box....

 

I still want to advise you to test the pens personally, because I sincerely hope you get the perfect pen for you :-):-):-).

 

Hope this was helpful....

 

Good luck,

 

Peter

 

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[DrCodfish]

I have an Edison Herald with a 1.1 stub and I find it impractical. The writing is somewhat sloppy unless I write with an excessively large hand.

 

I have very large hands, and while the M800 was extremely pleasant and comfortable, I was hoping for something a bit larger compared against my M215 (which I think is M600 sized). I need to think on this just a little. If I intend to not send it in to be reground, I think the fine nib is the way to go. However, if I want it reground to a stub, I think I need to go with medium or broad. Decisions, decisions....

 

Just an observation from the peanut gallery here; A 1.1mm stub is actually a pretty broad nib, it would be for anyone (certainly is for me) and does obligate a significanlty large hand or script to be readable. I have several and they are a ton of fun, but for me not practical for everyday writing.

 

I have several others ground in the range of 0.6 to 0.9 and find all of them good to great for writing, the 0.9 is a bit big, but it happens to be one of my very best, smoothest writers so it gets a lot of time on paper. If you get a chance to use pens with a range of different nib widths you will figure out which is your 'sweet spot'.

 

And if you are thinking seriously of havng a nib groud to a specific width, and you know who you will want to do this work, ask the nib meister befor you buy, which nib would be appropriate for the regrind to your chosen width.

 

This is the fun part, good luck,

[Bo Bo Olson]

140 is a medium-small pen that posts to standard size.

200 is 400 sized...standard.Like an Esterbrook DJ.

600 is medium-large, like a P-51 or a 400NN but with larger girth. It is a light and nimble pen.

800 is a Large pen heavier more back weighted than a 600 because of the brass in the piston parts..

1000 is an over sized pen like a 149. Both are back heavy due to brass piston parts.

[SobriquetLA]

And if you are thinking seriously of havng a nib groud to a specific width, and you know who you will want to do this work, ask the nib meister befor you buy, which nib would be appropriate for the regrind to your chosen width.

 

 

I did just that. I sent an email off to Mike Masuyama regarding the best nib for a 0.7-0.8mm smooth stub regrind. I'm thinking it'll probably require the B, but I'll let the expert decide. It'll be fun to try the B before I send it off, anyway.

 

I appreciate all the great advice from you all. In the end, it was the great line variation I'm getting out of my Minuskin stubbed Parker 51 that was the deciding factor. I kept finding myself wishing I had that line variation on my office pens. When I get it (I imagine it'll take some weeks), I'll be sure to post pictures and a handwritten note thanking you all once again.

[Pen2009]

I like my Pelikans. But, its M is not suitable for my writing. My writing will be in the puddle of inky blob.

I can only use its F or EF nibs. I have a Pelikan with the M nib. It is a smooth writer (any gusher is smooth); but, I have not used it since I got it. It is in my pen collection, like many others I don't use (almost all of them I don't use because they are such nice pens, except this one with Pelikan M.)