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I waited too late to order a Pelikan M800 14ct nib - the last one is gone from where I planned to order. Would some kind soul here tell me where I might be able to order one? I have had no success with Google.

 

TIA,

Lavie

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Have you tried The Pen Museum? He is showing 18ct on the list but I couldn't say if there are any there or not. I don't know about his shipping arrangements outside the UK either, I'm afraid, but it was just a thought.

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Have you tried The Pen Museum? He is showing 18ct on the list but I couldn't say if there are any there or not. I don't know about his shipping arrangements outside the UK either, I'm afraid, but it was just a thought.

 

Thanks - but unfortuantely THAT is the exact lace which just ran out...

 

I'd appreciate any other suggestions.

 

 

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Nichepens.co.uk ?

 

Thanks - but no luck there, either.

 

Try The Writing Desk.

 

What's the story? How come no one has stock of M800 nibs???

 

There are lots of M800 nibs-I have a dozen in my nibs drawer, the catch is that our poster is looking for the original 14 K nibs and those are *VERY* difficult to find.

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Nichepens.co.uk ?

 

Thanks - but no luck there, either.

 

Try The Writing Desk.

 

What's the story? How come no one has stock of M800 nibs???

 

There are lots of M800 nibs-I have a dozen in my nibs drawer, the catch is that our poster is looking for the original 14 K nibs and those are *VERY* difficult to find.

 

I could swear that when I read the OP it said "18 K".... My apologies! :)

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I would also like to try a 14K nib in my M800, which I expect would offer a bit more flex and character in writing.

 

Re-offering 14K nibs might be a reasonable suggestion to make to Pelikan -- after all, with gold prices as high as they are, they might be able to lower their price a bit if they offered a 14K option. Just a thought....

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I would also like to try a 14K nib in my M800, which I expect would offer a bit more flex and character in writing.

 

Re-offering 14K nibs might be a reasonable suggestion to make to Pelikan -- after all, with gold prices as high as they are, they might be able to lower their price a bit if they offered a 14K option. Just a thought....

 

I indeed want the nib in order to have John Mottishaw turn it into a superflex.

 

Unfotunately, Pelikan is not the most resposive of companies. It took them several decades to finally produce an italic stub for the M800. I got one of the first and had John Mottishaw turn it into a cursive italic nib. That nib is amazing!

 

As for the issue of gold content, I read somewhere that the whole reason Peliukan went from 14 ct to 18 ct was that in France only 18 ct and up could legally be called gold.

 

In any case - thanks to all the responders!

 

Lavie

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There are 5 craftspeple under 'one roof'. They have lots of top condition pens.

They might have an '80's 14c nib.

 

They all speak English.

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As for the issue of gold content, I read somewhere that the whole reason Peliukan went from 14 ct to 18 ct was that in France only 18 ct and up could legally be called gold.

 

In any case - thanks to all the responders!

 

Lavie

 

Yes and no, the French have traditionally mandated 18 K, but that is no longer French alone, it is the standard for the EU, so all nibs are 18 K.

 

Economically, it probably would not make sense for the company, any company, to make 14 K nibs for what is, after all, a niche market.

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As for the issue of gold content, I read somewhere that the whole reason Peliukan went from 14 ct to 18 ct was that in France only 18 ct and up could legally be called gold.

 

In any case - thanks to all the responders!

 

Lavie

 

Yes and no, the French have traditionally mandated 18 K, but that is no longer French alone, it is the standard for the EU, so all nibs are 18 K.

 

Economically, it probably would not make sense for the company, any company, to make 14 K nibs for what is, after all, a niche market.

 

I am curious if that still is the case? I ask since M600 and below still use a 14C nib and the same pens are sold in the EU as in the rest of the world?

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Unfotunately, Pelikan is not the most resposive of companies. It took them several decades to finally produce an italic stub for the M800. I got one of the first and had John Mottishaw turn it into a cursive italic nib. That nib is amazing!

 

Wait, what? Why would you have waited decades for a particular nib shape, only to have a nibmeister change the shape? You could have had Mottishaw make you a CI from a B any time you wanted.

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This one just ended, at what I believe, a reasonable price:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251010865931

 

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Hari

 

Thank you - but aside from the fact that he was selling the whole pen, the nib was a M, and I need at least an F (and preferably an XF) in order to make a superflex.

 

Regards,

Lavie

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Hi Lavie, the guy who was going to make the nib superflex for you, is an expert at creating EF or finer nibs as well.

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Indeed. I paid Regina Martini a fair bit more than that for her last 14k BB several years back. I had John Mottishaw add flex and an oblique CI grind to emulate a 101N nib from the 30's.

 

There's a mint OM on offer on Ebay for $299 right now: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-NEVER-INKED-14K-14C-Pelikan-M800-OM-Nib-VERY-RARE-/270920589377?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f14202041#ht_500wt_1343

 

The word is clearly out on these. Good luck.

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There might be another way to solve the issue.

 

As I have a M600 with an 18k nib which has been taken from a M800 the nibs seem to be compatible. So why not trying a 14k nib intended for a M600 (which should be easier to find)? :eureka:

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