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Pelikan 400Nn: Is This A Sprung Nib?


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I use the original F nib of a Pelikan 400NN in a modern metal collar as the plastic collar was found broken.

The nib stops writing after a couple of hours of use. Rolling the nib on thick sheets of paper, holding the feed upwards restores the flow. The nib is fairly flexible and soft but I avoid using pressure.The nib tines seem to be aligned well enough.

 

Putting the pen away for a couple of days restores the flow and the pen starts instantly. Does this behaviour mean that the nib is 'sprung'?

 

Kaushla

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I use the original F nib of a Pelikan 400NN in a modern metal collar as the plastic collar was found broken.

The nib stops writing after a couple of hours of use. Rolling the nib on thick sheets of paper, holding the feed upwards restores the flow. The nib is fairly flexible and soft but I avoid using pressure.The nib tines seem to be aligned well enough.

 

Putting the pen away for a couple of days restores the flow and the pen starts instantly. Does this behaviour mean that the nib is 'sprung'?

 

Kaushla

 

Doesn't seem like the nib's sprung, but may need some adjustment. A sprung nib doesn't flex back, just stays bent.

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Since you note that the collar has been replaced, I'm going to guess that the nib and feed were not properly reset. They need to be reset by someone familiar with the way to properly align vintage Pelikan nibs.

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Thank you Proton007 and Rick Propas. The nib was no better when in the broken plastic collar. I shall try to reset it in the metal collar as advised.

 

Best wishes,

 

Kaushla

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Supplement to post #4. When pressing down the tines part till the hole in the nib but no ink flows down them. In fact this seems to stop the ink flow. The tines come together after the pressure is relaxed. As written earlier, I do not press with the pen or apply very light pressure when writing.

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Supplement to post #4. When pressing down the tines part till the hole in the nib but no ink flows down them. In fact this seems to stop the ink flow. The tines come together after the pressure is relaxed. As written earlier, I do not press with the pen or apply very light pressure when writing.

 

It's possible the feed and nib aren't making contact so there's no ink flow.

 

Post some pics so we can take a look and find a way out.

In a world where there are no eyes the sun would not be light, and in a world where there were no soft skins rocks would not be hard, nor in a world where there were no muscles would they be heavy. Existence is relationship and you're smack in the middle of it.

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It's possible the feed and nib aren't making contact so there's no ink flow.

 

Post some pics so we can take a look and find a way out.

As advised, I removed the nib asembly from the pen. Thereafter, I removed the nib and feed from the metal collar. While reinserting the nib assembly into the collar, I pushed the nib and feed in further than they had been arranged earlier. The vertical line of the letter F (nib size mark) was just about visible and the yellow metal of the nib was barely visible on the feed after the collar (earlier it was covered completely by the collar). The pen now writes satisfactorily but has to be used with a light touch.

 

Many thanks to proton007 and Rick Propas. I was about to wash the 400NN and store it, and start writing with a Pelikan 120 with a modern M200 anodized black nib. Th original Pelikan 120 came with the usual cracked plastic collar and an M400 nib ground to an improbable stub with no tipping material. These will have to rest awhile.

 

Unfortunately Pelikan collars are not found in India, though I did find a 140 nib once which I use on an old 100N. That is a separate saga.

 

Kaushla

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^^

Glad you sorted the problem out. You can use the M200 feed/collars on the 400/M400, the sizes are same.

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Glad you sorted the problem out. You can use the M200 feed/collars on the 400/M400, the sizes are same.

Unfortunately, Pelikan collars are not found in India. If they were, I would have used one in the Pelikan 120: I was assisted by Richard Binder in gettting a 1950s nib assembly into a modern Pelikan collar..But that was not in India,unfortunately.

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