Pelikan M200

[mkkm19912002]

A few weeks ago, I bought a new Pelikan M200. It has a gold plated nib, is made of high quality resin, with gold plated attachments and is a piston filler. Here is my review....

 

 

 

Appearence and Design: For the price of $84, the pen has the look of much higher end brands. The resin has a red tint to it, meaning it is made out of a higher end resin like many Mont Blancs. The gold plated attachments are pleasing to the eye. The nib, is elegant to, With a ratio of height to width of about 2:1. Pelikan's Symbol is imprinted on the Nib. The cap is screw off. I prefer screw off caps because I feel the cap is much more securely on the pen. Caps that just "click" on can scratch the barrel over time and loose their grip on the pen.

 

 

 

Nib Performance: I was suprised when I first wrote with the M200. It's nib is very smooth, delivering a nice, consistent, wet line that doesn't feather nor bleedcthrough the paper. It's not too stiff but not too soft that it can flex. Rather, the nib is just soft enough to deliver some sort of shock absorbtion while writing. The nib writes extremely well with Aurora inks but will probablt write just as smooth with other inks, (just don't buy Noodler's Ink, they kill pens!!!!!), and will write with the same quality on almost any sort of paper you could conjure up.

 

 

 

Filling Mechanism: The M200 fills via piston. The piston on the M200 is without a doubt the smoothest running piston I have ever used. It never snags and is as smooth as the pen writes. You can get a great fill with an effortless turn of the piston knob. Towards the bottom of the barrel, there is an ink view window which lets you see how much ink you have remaining, (characteristic of most Pelikan Pens.)

 

 

 

Price: The pen costs around $84, plus of minus a few. That being said, this pen gives you more than you bargained for. It has the appearence and quality of writing and filling found in most $150 and even $200 pens.

 

 

 

Overal Opinion: The Pelikan M200 is a great, high quality and beautiful pen. It gives you more than you expect. I would definitely recconmend it to any fountain pen lover.

[JMX]

Thanks for this nice review!

 

Makes me glad that I reentered the FP-World with a M200.

 

 

 

 

Of course it helped a little that I got a great deal on a new M200 Demonstrator - 39€! 

 

 

[Nikhil]

Nice review, did your 2000 come yet?

[jgrasty]

The Pelikan M200 is a bargain. It's far from the most expensive pen in my small collection, but it is the best writer of all.

[holgalee]

Of course it helped a little that I got a great deal on a new M200 Demonstrator - 39€! 

 

Which pen is that?

[JMX]

It's near the bottom of this page. Found it in a large store here in Cologne (Galeria Kaufhof).

 

 

 

 

http://www.ruettinge...l-m75-m250.html

Edited October 19, 2009 by JMX

[lovemy51]

Of course it helped a little that I got a great deal on a new M200 Demonstrator - 39€! 

 

Which pen is that?

m205:

http://isellpens.com/Images/pelikan/PELIKAN%20205%20BLUE%20DEMO%201.jpg

 

pic from isellpens.com (no affl)

[JMX]

Actually, it is this one:

 

 

 

 

http://www.ruettinger-web.de/m200demonstrator.jpg

 

 

 

Courtesy of http://www.ruettinger-web.de/

 

 

Edited October 19, 2009 by JMX

[lovemy51]

Actually, it is this one:

 

 

 

 

http://www.ruettinger-web.de/m200demonstrator.jpg

 

 

 

Courtesy of http://www.ruettinger-web.de/

 

hey, that's even better looking than the blue!!! so yours is the M250, i guess!!

Edited October 21, 2009 by lovemy51

[JMX]

No, it's the Pelikan M200 Demonstrator (Japan).

[tanburi]

No, it's the Pelikan M200 Demonstrator (Japan).

 

Japan?

[mkkm19912002]

Actually guys, it's the M200 Black Resin Fountain Pen. Not the demonstrater.

[Federalist Pens]

Actually, it is this one:

 

 

 

 

http://www.ruettinger-web.de/m200demonstrator.jpg

 

 

 

Courtesy of http://www.ruettinger-web.de/

 

 

 

 

This store still has this pen in stock??

This was an M250- it has a 14k nib (Not plated).

You can see from the pics that this nib is different from the others.

[JMX]

Sorry for that, guys. I just relied on the captions. Indeed the nib is not the same.

 

Taburi, AFAIK it was originally released for the Japanese market.

 

I'm still new to all this so please bear with me.

 

 

 

 

What I have is the M200 with standard M nib and clear transparent body. All the metal parts are gold-plated.

 

 

The store is sold out. Ebay seller martini.de bought the entire stock.

Edited October 23, 2009 by JMX

[opus7600]

The resin has a red tint to it, meaning it is made out of a higher end resin like many Mont Blancs.

I'm not sure that the fact that the pens have similarly colored resins means that the resins are similar.

I'm also not sure that color implies anything about resin quality. Resin can be manufactured with dyes making it any color you can imagine.

 

(just don't buy Noodler's Ink, they kill pens!!!!!)

There are known issues with Baystate-type inks, to be sure, but your statement is a bit exaggerated.

[mkkm19912002]

Actually, high quality resins do have a distinguishing red tint to them that sets then apart from cheaper resin pens. Take one of your more expensive resin pens and cheap resin pens and put them up to the light. I guarantee the more expensive one will be the only one out of the two with a red tint. As for what you commented about Noodler's Ink, yes you're right, but based on there Baystate Ink's bad reviews, I wouldn't want to risk any of their ink types on any of my pens unless their cheap and I can live without them.

[Nikhil]

I love Noodler's, why do you say they are the worst thing ever

[mkkm19912002]

Because they stain nibs corrode feeds and overall kill most fountain pens. It's like putting bleach into your pen.

[Nikhil]

no, only the Basestates, other wise Noodlers are absolutly amazing.

[mkkm19912002]

No, your wrong Fountain Pen Guy!