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A Question About The Age Of A Steel Nib.


NedC

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While cleaning house recently I came across some yet another box of art supplies I'd manage to misplace during a series of moves and in it were quite a few steel dip nibs from various defunct manufacturers, a Pelikan Graphos set (sadly incomplete) and a naked gold plated steel Pelikan nib in "F". Judging from the contents I probably acquired the stuff in the mid 80s from a former pen shop on the mezzanine level in the Ford Building in downtown Detroit. I do not recall owning a Pelikan fountain pen at that time other than the Graphos. I recently replaced the M nib in a pre '97 m200 in grey marble with the older F nib, it writes beautifully. But, it does look different to the original M nib and more recent Pelikan steel nibsit has only one chick and the lettering is not slanted. So I'm wondering when did these changes occur to the Pelikan steel nibs?

 

The found nib in its new setting:post-80437-0-92437700-1410622066_thumb.jpg

 

The grey m200's original nib now unmounted:post-80437-0-22938100-1410622112_thumb.jpg

 

A new EF nib in my taupe m205:post-80437-0-95347700-1410622155_thumb.jpg

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Perhaps a 120's nib, or Ibis and or Rapp from before that.

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