What's Your Most Recent Addition To The Flock? 2016

[white_lotus]

A Bexley is not a Pelikan pen. This is the Pelikan forum.

[whichwatch]

Just ordered my next two Pelikans but of course don't have them yet - the 800 Grand Place and Vibrant Blue. I'm already counting the days!

[a m a r g o]

Reserve my spot on this thread... lovely pens and quests from their new owners to find them.

 

Can´t miss a message from Joshua or Christoph!

[OCArt]

A yellow M205 purchased from a FPN member with a nice B nib. Looks small compared to my bigger birds but very fun to write with.

[fierophreak]

I just ordered my first Pelikan a red striped m400. I'm going to see what all the fuss is about......

[Tojusi]

Pelikan M805 "Stresseman" (black / anthracite) with a Bold nib. But I will soon send it out to be ground into a cursive italic.

 

See this thread for a story about when I got the pen.

[Keyless Works]

I only have 3 Pelikans but for some reason I couldn't say no to this:

 

[gordonhooker]

Love it - I want one.

[gordonhooker]

I just ordered my first Pelikan a red striped m400. I'm going to see what all the fuss is about......

 

They sneak up on you - Parkers and Lamy had been my pen of choice until I used the Pelikans for a while, although the Lamy 2000 is in my daily carry pen case I pick up the M600 most of the time.

[inkstainedruth]

<New thread...does that mean I need to acquire a new Pelikan?>

 

Silly question: of <course> you do!

 

Yeah. Of course, all I need to do is win the lottery and I could maybe get one like that absolutely stunning 101 Tortoise....

You guys are so bad for my budget. It's "danger danger Will Robinson" every time I read this thread, or its predecessor. The Esterbrook forum is bad enough -- but Esties are still relatively cheap. Pelikans -- especially the ones I seem to find myself drooling over -- not so much....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[sargetalon]

I only have 3 Pelikans but for some reason I couldn't say no to this:

 

Great find! Took me forever to find my copy. Well worth it. Enjoy.

[Raif79]

This old 400 tortoiseshell. Can't stop these birds from breeding!

 

http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a479/Raif79/IMG_7347_zpselbhxd2f.jpg

[hellokloh]

I picked up my first Pelikan, a 400NN, medium in black stripes (stripes under bright light haha) right on the New Year. Then my second one arrived from an eBay purchase a couple weeks back -- a green 140 with an EF nib.

 

I love the size of the 400NN, but find the nib a littttle bit too broad for my regular use (I write pretty small). So now I'm torn between having it ground down to a CI or trying to trade for a narrower nib!

[fierophreak]

 

They sneak up on you - Parkers and Lamy had been my pen of choice until I used the Pelikans for a while, although the Lamy 2000 is in my daily carry pen case I pick up the M600 most of the time.

I've been using a Lamy studio at work for a while now and use Viscontis at home. I just got my Pelikan in today and it will probably be new work pen for a while anyway. I have found that most any FP will sneak up on you, a year ago I didn't have any and now I'm up to 7.

[hellokloh]

I've been using a Lamy studio at work for a while now and use Viscontis at home. I just got my Pelikan in today and it will probably be new work pen for a while anyway. I have found that most any FP will sneak up on you, a year ago I didn't have any and now I'm up to 7.

 

What did you get?

[fierophreak]

 

What did you get?

M400 in red. Nothing special, wishing I would have got the 600 though. May have to do that one later.

[pkotrcka]

P200 in black black black is my new birdie. Nice one, for a reasonable price.

[Christopher Godfrey]

@fierophreak: have an occasional look at the used pen section of nibs.com -- they have some nice Pelikans, but note that there are two sections -- ancient and modern (or, rather, vintage and modern!) I think that there is a 600 right now...

[fierophreak]

@Christopher, thanks for the tip I'll keep that in mind.

[sciencehistorian]

Hello All,

 

I'm new (though I've followed all your posts for a long time now). I bought my first two Pelikans today, thanks to all your posts (you helped me decide on Pelikan over Montblanc). I have over 20 fountain pens now, and as far as I'm concerned, Pelikans are the best.

 

So, the new additions to my flock are the Pelikan M 805 in black blue with an 18c M nib, and a Pelikan M 400 in white and tortoise shell with a two-tone 14c M nib. They are stunning in every way. The nib on the 805 is a touch smoother, and although I love blue pens, the tortoise shell is so pretty.

 

Thanks, everyone!

Edited January 16, 2016 by sciencehistorian