M200 W/ 1.5 Italic. Rare Bird?

[Niberator]

Just received my first Pelikan! Picked up a beautiful gray marble M200 off eBay. Nib is a very stubbish 1.5. I saw only one other thread mentioning such a nib. This one is surprisingly flexy too. Pen has 2 gold cap bands and none by the filler. Band says "Germany" only. I saw a few links to Pelikan sites that were old/dead - is there a good info site for dating Pelikans (haha!) and showing the various model changes? This broad nib is not something I'm used to but it gets addicting writing with these ribbon-like lines. Very nice! Oh the picture may appear slightly oblique but in reality it's perfectly square.

 

[brewsky]

Great looking pen! This site may help you:

http://www.ruettinger-web.de/e-pelikan-modell-m75-m250.html

 

 

I have never seen a 1.5 nib on a pelikan before. Nice find!

[sargetalon]

Nice pen Niberator. I suspect the pen was made 1990-1996 given that it is marked "Germany." The cap style changed in 1997 so it was before that. That 1.5mm nib is one of the Calligraphy nibs. They are out there, though not horribly common. The website linked above is one of the best online resources out there. Enjoy your pen.

[Runnin_Ute]

Gorgeous M200 - Enjoy!!

[Niberator]

Just a wee bit of line variation! The nib can be somewhat skippy, though.

 

[theverdictis]

Nice, also great pics! Really like the colour of the pen as well.

 

Ben

[hbquikcomjamesl]

And of course, essentially any Pelikan nib of the correct thread size is going to fit, and (in the unlikely event you don't already know) they're field-changeable with nothing but your bare hands, so you could conceivably find any Pelikan nib on any Pelikan FP, so long as it physically fits the socket.

[contaxrts2]

Nice pen Niberator. I suspect the pen was made 1990-1996 given that it is marked "Germany." The cap style changed in 1997 so it was before that. That 1.5mm nib is one of the Calligraphy nibs. They are out there, though not horribly common. The website linked above is one of the best online resources out there. Enjoy your pen.

 

 

Just a wee bit of line variation! The nib can be somewhat skippy, though.

 

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As sargetalon said:

a calligraphy nib

 

so: wonderful but a little skippy at higher speed

 

I use one of mine (also 1,5 Calligraphy nib) in a M100 pre 97 for signatures und shorter comments:

impressive width and variation

 

enjoy the nib

or just change it - it's a Pelikan M 200:

nibs from more than 50 years

from Pelikan 120, 140, 400(N,NN), M100 - M600(old)

will fit