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  2. Mercian

    Pelikan quality

    That part is only a symptom of Pelikan’s officially-contracted US distributor (Chartpak?) protecting its pricing strategy. In most countries, and for most purchases, one usually finds that the company that has bought the official contracts for distribution/repair will refuse to honour warranties on items that were bought from any ‘unofficial’ source. And that they will be happy to repair any such item in exchange for a ‘fair market price’ (defined by them in their capacity as the holder of the local monopoly on the provision of such services). Not that this has factor has anything to do with your woeful experiences with your recent purchases of M100x pens!
  3. Azulado

    Pelikan quality

    According to Pelikan, purchasers of its fountain pens are entitled to exchange the nib for one month after purchase. I bought a Pelikan M200 and in the warranty it says very clearly that I have three years to service any defect. A friend of mine who owns a number of Pelikan pens told me that the M1000 is particularly prone to these problems. He also told me that if you're buying an M1000 and don't want to take any risks, the best thing to do is go to a shop where they test the pens themselves.
  4. From photos I've posted I'm told by FPN members that my pen is most likely a Parker Televisor button filler but it has a Duofold gold nib. My earlier posts are in the Parker section of the forum with photos and I've posted in this Repair section. Going from the guidance on the sac size chart we have tried a size #16 sac (per the chart but too small) and a size #17 which is a much better fit but it still doesn't work when the button is depressed. The question is, would this pen require a sac with a neck or a straight sac? It's a small pen with an overall length when capped of 4.25". Any info from the experts would be very much appreciated. I want to buy the correct sac size but there's the question of a sac with a neck or no neck? If the pressure bar is the problem are there any sources for a replacement pressure bar? Thanks for your help!
  5. 2ouvenir

    Sailor has a new pen: TUZU!

    I believe the gray and "puke green" are inspired by the two most popular ink colors from their Ink Studio line (123 and 162); black, blue, and red are inspired by standard ink colors.
  6. I-am-not-really-here

    The Never-Ending Story In Three Word Segments...

    gel-filled bon bons
  7. kik595

    Do you have trusted sellers for MB pens?

    Hope you find something cool - one small tip though, ask/remind for extra wrapping when ordering inks - he's a bit on the older side and can forget bubble wrap on bottles now and then! Pens have always been immaculately packed.
  8. dbs

    Pelikan quality

    I have bought two m1005, two m1000 recent years, none of them can write properly out of box. Every pen has this or that line skips/hard to start and need nib adjustment. I have bought two m800, one m101 5 years ago, at least all can write out of box. Because of so many repair requests, Pelikan US service center now refuses to repair any Pelikan pens not purchased from a handful US dealers (far less than 5, I think), even though I can pay for the service.
  9. Pelikan Twist YELLOW!! Jinhao 159 Jinhao 999 Twins Dragon. Heavy but good!
  10. @Claes That looks fantastic! Congrats to your "new" Pelikan! Very nice!
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  12. Paul-in-SF

    Parker Duofold Centennial Photo Thread

    Since I posted my Centennial pens two and a half years ago, I have been busy. The bottom row is all but one of my Centennials; the other one is the MkIII Big Red on the left of the next row up, followed by my only demi in Check Olive (a material I didn't like well enough to spend for a Centennial) and my four Internationals, two of which are duplicates of Centennials and will probably be sold on. I keep thinking I want one of the Yellow LE's (Mandarin or Cloisonné) but whenever I see one I get gunshy from the price; same with some of the other LEs that I occasionally lust after. These are all pens that I really like the materials on (not so much the Burgundy Chevron, it's a little heavy). Oh, you can also see my collection of 51 double-jewel vacs.
  13. There is nothing like brining an old item into service. Thank you for posting.
  14. Glenn-SC

    Parker Duofold Centennial Photo Thread

    Very nice! A few that I have and a few that I’d like to.
  15. Thank you, nice review. I've spent all my time chasing pens around $100 but have no problem with this pen's price, as I've come to appreciate Fountainbel's efforts and contributions over time; and spent more than that last year, on 11 pens.
  16. DimitriDiak

    100th Anniversary editions

    Hi Carrau, thank you for sharing the information on oblique grinds; it was insightful! Regarding wider oblique grinds like mine, such as an OBBB with a 30-degree oblique, it's obvious that rotating or canting the nib is necessary for proper writing. However, what isn't clear to me is the specific degree of rotation required to achieve optimal contact with the paper. As a right-handed writer, I still find left obliques uncomfortable. I believe practice will improve this, but I naturally rotate or cant my nib to the right and I find this suites my writing even with straight nibs (EF or M; mostly italic grinds). My preferred oblique is a right-oblique EF or B italic, angled at approximately 6 degrees. I have no experience with other obliques, besides the three mentioned. Left obliques don't seem to complement my natural or preferred handwriting style. Therefore, I'm considering if a modern left oblique, like an OBB or maybe even better a OB, might serve as a better starting point for me. I have experience and am comfortable grinding my own nibs but have never felt the urge to try a left oblique. The attached photo is my 1952 OBBB but the writing is with my EEF.
  17. DilettanteG

    What pen(s) are you using today?

    Just switched from yesterday's pen: a Pelikan M800 Red and Black with a broad cursive italic nib filled with writer's blood to today's: a Pelikan M101N Lizard with an EF filled with Noodler's American Eel Black. Glad to be back to using Pelikans. They just seem to fit my writing style better with their wetter, broader nibs and consistent flow.
  18. Paul-in-SF

    A Review of the Conid Minimalistica

    Whatever else I might have to say about the pen (nothing, really, I've never seen one in person nor tried one out), your review was a distinct and definite pleasure to read. Thank you.
  19. Mercian

    Is it Plum?

    Similarly, here in the UK I have seen vendors list “51”s for sale as ‘Plum’ when they seem to my eye to be examples of the US Burgundy. I would like to buy a US Burgundy “51”, but I am not willing to buy one at the UK asking price for a ‘Plum’! 😁 To be fair, I probably wouldn’t actually be willing to pay the UK asking price for a ‘Plum’ “51”, even if the pen in question were an echt ‘Plummer’ in my preferred ‘flavour’* 😔 That said, IF anyone reading this has a ‘spare’ one which they would be happy to sell to me, please PM me, and let’s negotiate! 😉 * a ‘minty’ full-size “51”, with a still-frosty Lustraloy cap with the shiny narrow band around its lip.
  20. Detman101

    Majohn C4

    How many turns to uncap/recap for this pen? It may be the cost-efficient replacement to my Opus-88 Demo. 🤔
  21. Mercian

    Gold Web Vacumatics

    @SwordsMightBeMightier more information about the large number of similar sizes in which Vacumatics were manufactured (even before one allows for factors such as shrinkage etc) can be found at the model’s page on Tony Fischier’s website: https://parkerpens.net/vacumatic.html Edit to add: I note that the page states “ *The Junior Slender Golden Web was actually longer than the "ordinary" Junior Slender Vacumatics.”
  22. VacNut

    Gold Web Vacumatics

    If you see all three of these pens together, the differences are more apparent. I wouldn’t worry about the 1/16th” difference. The pens vary in length much more than that, and also from pen-to-pen of the same model. The dimensional differences may partly be from celluloid shrinkage, quality control, and differing manufacturing locations/ times. I am unsure if the black reticulated vacs follow the same sizing. Welcome down the rabbit hole, Alice….
  23. Muchacho

    A Review of the Conid Minimalistica

    Isn't the Sailor KOP in that same price range ? I also saw many other pens in that range. Nice aquisition by the way. How did you fit a Sailor nib in a Asvine pen ?
  24. thx1138

    Parker Duofold Centennial Photo Thread

    Yes I can see it now. Wonderful collection.
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