Hi,

What was your first Pelikan? mine was the M200.

Dillon

While technically a 600 series, my first Pelikan was a Madrid (the 'red' one,) while the second one is the Stockholm (the 'blue' one.) Both great writers btw.

Best wishes for 2006 to all!

E.

Hi,

That will be the M620--or in the M6XX range.

Dillon

Mine was an M200 Anthracite. Lovely looking pen, but the OB nib is just B. I am now waiting for an stub from Pendemonium.

A Go and a Future came after this one, and I might consider an M800 or even an M1000 in the future (but before them, another Dani Trio all Ebonite Mikado size with stub nib).

Mine was an Amber translucent M200 purchased from Pam Braun at the 2004 Michigan pen show. It's still one of my favorites.

Larry

An M215, or rather it will be. Ordered one from Pendemonium last week and am now eagerly awaiting delivery.

Mine was the pelikan m215 fine

Mine was the L65 (or Level 1)

Shaun

My first Pelikan was the M250 in translucent amber.

Hey Dillon,
Mine was the Pelikan M215 with medium nib.A little small but great pen.

Take Care
Emrecan

Mine was a GO and I still use it a lot... I also got one for my 7 yr old daughter and she likes it even better than the pens I made for her...

I am waiting for my 200 with a Binder curvise italic now.... dank I wish the USPS would deliver mail today.... :doh: :doh:

My very first fine pen was a Pelikan New Classique rollerball. We bought it at my wife's insistance because of a new professional position I was in. I'd always been a "Pilot Disposable" kind of writer, which she said didn't fit with my new responsibilities, so we bought something that she felt was more appropriate. That decision about 13 years ago started my pen collection, which has grown to more than 125 pens today! I guess I didn't know what I was missing! I still have the New Classique, too. It sits on the top shelf of my glass case, front and center!

Mine was a Pelikan 140, I put other because it is not an M140, vintages did not use the M

My first Pelikan was a Pharoh. Seen here on swisherpens:



IIRC, I got it from Levenger when they closed them out.

Oops, I forgot about the Go! That was my first Pelikan, but I answered M400

Mine was a translucent red m200. It didn't seem to fit my hand and was sold, but I've acquired a few other Pelikans since that time.

My first Pelikan was (and is) the M400, fine nib, blue striped barrel. Smooth as silk.

Brooke

Pelikan m215...loved that metal barrel, but it was just a bit small. Or was it? I can't remember now. Maybe I'll have to pick up another one some time!

I currently have a couple of m600's in my collection.

TMann

(We really are a bunch of Pelikan fanatics aren't we? )

M200 in translucent grey due to the overwhelming raves and praises for the M200 as a starter pen. Writes wonderfully smooth, but not my favorite pen yet.

M200 green marble with XF nib. First Pel, second FP (not counting junkers from days past). Addicted ever since.

My first Pelikan was a M605 that I got on clearance from Levenger's.

M200 translucent clear demonstrator, fine point, purchased on closeout from Levenger. I love to write with it. It's smooth. It feels good in my hand. The nib takes a long time to dry out, so it always starts writing on the first stroke after a several-minute pause. I haven't yet taken the time to learn to take advantage of the nib's flexibility.

I stopped carrying this pen around because the cap loosens after just a few slight movements, whether in a shirt pocket, coat pocket or pen pocket in a messenger-style bookbag. It stays at home, getting used for personal correspondence and in my hobby of developing teaching materials for ancient Greek (which uses all of my fountain pens and ink colors). This pen now contains Levenger Cocoa (brown) and has previously contained Levenger Raven Black and Noodler's Black, performing well with all three inks.

My first was the black/silver M805, followed by the M405. I stupidly sold both, but have repurchased new ones in the last couple of weeks. Great pens!

Hi,

The M75 is the Go.

Dillon

Just got the M215 with a Binder stub (0.6 for those wanting to know) - fabulous pen, perhaps a tad on the smallish side but hasn't detracted from me using it. I find the stub nib to be the best thing since sliced bread. I don't think I can even use a rounded nib again...we'll see how the pocketbook holds out. I'd love to get a 405 or 425, too!

First one for me is a m805 - at Chartpak for a Nib exchange (EF).

Can't wait to finally write with it

Many moons ago when I was on active duty in (then) West Berlin, I acquired one of the first fountain pens that I bought with my own money, an M-400 in tortoise shell tan. I am not sure that pen was ever matketed in the U. S. I got a M nib that was as smooth as glass, and I was a Pelikan fan for life.

Blue marbled M200.

First M200, then M250, M400, and M800. Today I picked up a Future. Goind to send the M400 and M800 back to Chartpak for nib exchanges. Both are mediums and just aren't as consistent as I would like. I think a fine would suit me better in each case.

The translucent blue M200 in a broad nib. I like it so much I'm considering a red one in a medium, fine or even a stub/cursive italic nib.

My first was a Chicago with a Mottishaw italic nib.

My first was - surprise, surprise - a Pelikano as a pupil in the mid '70s.
There were usually two fractions at German schools, those with Pelikanos and those with GeHas. The carts were, of course, not interchangeable. Only few had Montblanc school pens. So, Pelikans don't have an luxo aura for me.

The first 'valuable' Pelikans were my M750 and M760 (Pelikan 1988 Anniversary pens), which bought successively in 1994 as discounted NOS. Both had and have more or less serious quality problems with nibs and barrels, and must go to service again. I was (whoa there) off and laid them asside.

Last December, I bought an NOS oldstyle M600 burgundy export model, which has a good body but the nib is floody (You've seen nib creep with Diamine ink?).

Before Christmas I purchased a factory italic steel 1.0 mm Calligraphy nib for them, but i is a bad starter.

So what should I think of this brand?

Mine is the M400 White Tortoise. Beautiful!

Hi,

I had plenty of good luck with this brand as all of my Pelikans never had any problems. But, I would recommend you to contact them again and tell them your problem and ask that they fix it.

Dillon

Dillon,

My Lil' Red Corvette is my first pelikan (M200 red demonstrator).

It's a keeper.


G.

Pelikan 250, Blue and Black, fine nib.

Currently loaded with Diamine Sepia.

My first Pelikan was an M730 (black with silver cap and piston knob) with 18k fine nib. I was very lucky to get one before they sold out and it is now one of my favourite pens. However, I use my translucent grey M200 (also fine nib) more than any other pen I own.

Martin

:doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: I knew that. Oh well, I wouldn't have chosen that because I didn't read the choices and I forgot all about my M75's.

None yet. I'll go for an 805.

Mine was an M200 with a fine nib which wrote very nicely, but just didn't feel comfortable in my hand. Hopefully that pen is now happily owned by Ray. I keep wondering if I would be happy with a different model, but haven't plucked up the courage to try yet.

I started with the M75 Go, (two of them of course), went on to the Steno, a Pelikano, up a step to an M200--which I would use more but it has a bit wider nib than I need most often--and now have a vintage 140 on the way. Probably a couple of others I've forgotten. All in the last 6 months. This Pelikan thing is catching.

I tried an M1000 today w/ extra fine nib. Wow, what a writing experience! The huge extra fine nib was as smooth as a typical medium, and had enough flex to put down as much line variation as I am comfortable using. If that pen weren't so huge, I'd get it. I wish they'd stick that nib on an M800 body! Oh well, I'm still happy with my M800, despite the comparative lack of nib responsiveness.

My first Peli was the one I still use and love today, a vintage 400 in tortoiseshell. Well, actually, it was a set which included a mechanical pencil, FP & case. I immediately loaded it with Aurora black and it was love at first write!

That purchase led me to many more birds, mostly vintage ones. The 400 size is perfect for my hand, but I do have an M650 and I'll admit that I've been eyeing an M1000 for its flexy nib. I just don't know that I could actually write with that baseball bat!!

Dorothy

My first Pelikan was a blue M200 which just happened to be two weeks ago! I picked up a matching rollerball today. That's probably the smoothest rollerball I've ever experienced. Now for that M600 FP.....

Jerry

Wow, I'm the only one (so far) who voted "Culture"!

Well, technically my first Pelikan wasn't a Culture...it was a P10 "Pelikan Twist" (according to this page on Werner Ruettinger's excellent Pelikan history website) that I purchased in Austria in 1993, but it looks so similar to my P22 Culture pen that I voted "Culture" (even though they are slightly different models). I got the P10 at a grocery store in Vienna while I was visiting my cousins. I wrote in my travel diary with it, and it is still a reliable performer.

Since then, I've acquired an M200 in green marble (which got me back into fountain pens in a big way) & its matching ballpoint, a black M150 with cursive italic nib, and a red-striped M800.

Pelikans are great!

My first Pel was a green-striped M800 with M nib, purchased two years ago. It was a little too heavy for me to use as an all-around pen, so it now has a smoothalicious B nib from John Mottishaw -- there's no other word for it -- and I use it as a signature pen (currently loaded with Noodler's Luxury Blue).

The search for an all-around pen to replace the 800 is what got me into this whole FP gig, so the 800 has a special significance for me. I love those green stripes!

MC120! When I was in art school everybody got some rapidographs (the real piston-filling ones) and couple Pelikan 120s with calligraphy nibs. They were M & K models, not 'real' Pelikans (they go for more on eBay now, though). You then spent the rest of your time there figuring out how to clean India ink out of them (a lot easier with the Rapidograph). We went through a lot of ammonia.

They wrote wonderfully - we thought. My much newer MC110s are a lot better. And, for nostalgia's sake, we will not mention my M200s with Richard Binder nibs.

Hi,

Normally we use Pelikan Fount India with the things. I works its charm.

Dillon

My first Pelikan was probably the most meaningful one of them all, a "Katie Hill" Pelikan M150, along with some blotters and a note pad.

Hi,

Normally we use Pelikan Fount India with the things. I works its charm.

Dillon

Nah, it was the sixties and we were ARTISTS! Straight up India Ink. I also recall a fair bit of Dr. P. H. Martin's was consumed. (Those psychedelic colors had to come from somewhere; no Photoshop back then.) But I shall try the Fount India in both a calligraphy pen and a Tintenkuli. I will buy a new bottle first as mine is older than my college age kids.