So I picked up a Pelikan 120 at a flea market a while back that came with a B nib, that I really don't like. I'd love to get a medium nib, or a fine, or just about ANYTHING other than this nib, which I just don't like. Does anyone know where I can get one? Or which of the modern series nibs would fit? Sorry if this has been asked before, I searched and got nothing...


...thanks all

Unfortunately, I don't know where you can get one...You rarely see them for sale. Other Pelikan nibs that I have do not fit the 120. IIRC, the Pelikan MC120 nibs and the "regular" 120 nibs are NOT interchangable, so that would be something to be sure about if you see those for sale.

Best, Ann

You might consider contacting Richard Binder and seeing if he can set you up with something.

I had tried emailing Richard before I even found this site, to this day, I hadn't received a reply. I'm sure the guy is busier than a one armed paper hanger with an itch, so I just let it go...

I guess you could have the nib reground into something else; I understand that broad points have a lot of tipping material and regrind quite easily.

[edit: typo]

a better choice perhaps for possibly locating a 120 nib.

Rick Propas' email from his website:
rickp@batnet.com

you have a few options:

1. if you prefer calligraphic nibs, 1.5 or 2.0 mm, go to nibs.com, nib values section, and scroll to the end, you will find them listed under european nibs. these nibs will fit the 120 without problem (the problem being inner cap grating against tip of nib).

2. a regular 200 nib if ground almost past the iridium will also fit with no problem.

3. pelikan nibs are easy to grind to shape, so why not try your hand at grinding the broad nib into a medium or a fine?

4. ask for a trade: often people are looking for broader nibs, and might be happy to part with their narrower nibs.

in fact, try 4 before 3

GOOD IDEA! But before i do that, I need to know that I have an actual Broad nib, and not some calligraphy job, I'll post pics on here later if I can. The nib is gold, I'll assume plated, since it Is a 120... has the Pelikan logo, and a B, but there is NO tipping material on the bottom of the nib. I mean, it doesn't look like there ever WAS any. The only thing keeping me from thinking it's a calligraphy nib is it doesn't have the telltale italic cut, it has rounded corners.... what do you guys think?

sounds like a castration job by someone who wanted to make the thing write like a stub.

OUCH!



I never quite viewed the nib tipping in that light.

nib snipping, you mean, or more graphically, snipping off the iridium balls.

i have done this to several pens, notably cheapo IPG affairs, whose iridium tips are nothing more than steel ones.

I'll tell ya, looking at this, it doesn't look like the nib had seen ink before I inked it.. I don't think someone mangled it, there aren't even any marks. perhaps it's a Peleunich...lol

I think the technical term is nib circumcision

Gives new meaning to the term tip-off.

Andy

Hi,

I would rather not take off the tip.

I could cut the rear end of the nib to make it shorter or set it more deeply into the collar for free. (I will polish it so that even if someone pulled the nib and feed out, they would never tell that I cut it.)

Send your 120 over here and I will see what I can do.

Dillon