What's Your Most Recent Addition To The Flock In 2017?

[truthpil]

Here's the latest birdie from my humble flock of 5 Pelikans:

 

 

I had the seller replace the original nib with a ridiculously flexible broad CN nib from a 100N. It's really a wet noodle as far as ease of flex goes; so much so that it's a challenge to maintain light enough pressure to prevent flexing. The nib isn't very smooth and makes a whistling sound on the paper, but I'm so enamored with the flex that I don't even notice.

[inkstainedruth]

Beautiful pen -- my first bird was a 1990s era Brown Tortoise.

What's a CN nib? I'm guessing the C might stand for "cursive"?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Calabria]

Ive not written with the pen yet but aesthetically Im pleased with it. Overall the pen looks pearl white to me. The white stripe didnt look plain but complement to the whole pen. It will look like a pair to the pink M600.

 

How about you?

I find it astonishingly insubstantial. Most other pens seem weightier, more important. This is like a whisper.

[truthpil]

Beautiful pen -- my first bird was a 1990s era Brown Tortoise.

What's a CN nib? I'm guessing the C might stand for "cursive"?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

CN stands for the material of the nib. Chromium Nickel was used by Pelikan from 1939 to 1953, initially because during wartime gold was banned for FP use. One downside of the material is that it can corrode (my nib has corrosion spots on it), but it's more than worth it for the amazing flexibility. It's even softer than the superb 14k nib on my wet noodle Wahl I got from Minuskin a while back.

[WJM]

Good to know. I always assumed the steel nibs of Pelikan 100 were less flexible than the gold ones.

Edited December 29, 2017 by WJM

[cellardoor04]

Got my M805 Ocean Swirls in! I absolutely love this stunning beauty. Took a shot of it with the equally lovely Vibrant Blue

 

[MightyEighth]

Just added an M805 blue striated and an M600 red striated.

[RMN]

This topic is now closed.

 

A 2018 version of this topic can be found at:

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/331702-adding-to-the-flock-2018/

 

 

Enjoy

 

D.ick