Pelikan 100N N & Z Nibs?

[mana]

I have for several years now had an N-marked Pelikan 100N nib and then I came across this Z-nib on r/fountainpens and thought that it was similar to mine but then when I went to have a looksie I found out that mine was actually an N-nib... anyone here with more info on them?

 

Here is what the person who posted about the Z-nib said:

"I bought a 100n online and couldn't identify what the Z meant, so I asked Pelikan. They said it would be an extremely rare nib limited edition and only produced for Austria for a few years (even wanted to trade with me). It is designes for architectural drawing, though it just looks like an oblique nib to me."

The designed and intended use for the N-nib still eludes me but it is a very nice, very fine and very flexible nib. Kind of right foot oblique'ish also...

Pics below...

"Z"

 

"N"

[carola]

I found this...

 

Edit:

OK, the file didn´t come out as expected. Let´s try the link (the picture there comes to a usable size if you click on it):

 

 

https://www.kalligraphie.com/909-0-Pelikan-Graphos.html

Edited August 20, 2020 by carola

[OMASsimo]

Sorry that I can’t offer an answer but it’s not the above link. Those are graphos calligraphy nibs which have nothing to do with the 100N fp nibs. I vaguely recall that those imprints might refer to the production site rather than the nib type.

[carola]

I know it´s not the same nib type. But the imprints concerning "N" and "Z" seem to correspond to the nibs in manas post.

 

Just an idea.

[Barutti]

May be there will be usefull information:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/320129-pelikan-nib-imprint-question-what-does-c-stand-for/

[carola]

Okay, update: I asked someone who knows pretty much everything there is to know about Pelikans.

 

The diagonal lines of "N" and "Z" on vintage Pelikan nibs designate the direction of the inclination in the nibs' grinding. So they seem to be pretty much right ("N") and left ("Z") oblique nibs.

 

I may get a picture from a catalogue to prove this if he finds the time to look for it. The information comes from his memory right now. But I would say it makes sense that the letter depicts the grinding. And it would also make sense with other nibs from the link I posted earlier.