The FPN Admin Team is proud to present:


The Pelikan Forum!


The Pelikan Forum has landed. And a big welcome to the Co-Moderators:

Chris Burton

and

woodwindmaster06

Congratulations co-moderators!

Wonderful News.

I suggest they send each of us a Pelikan so we are "attracted" to their forum!

Andy

And about time too! I'm delighted the noble bird now has a home of its own.

Ray

Great! Congratulations moderators!

Could I have an 805? (Just kidding)

So which models should we be falling for and are there any duffers in this brand's range?

i'm sure we'll fix your lack of Pelikans before too long, Roger.

Thanks to the guys for taking on the moderatorship of this forum and making it possible.

I'll take a Stockholm or Athens - fine nib please .

(Glad to see the Pelikan forum)

I am honored to become a co-modorator for this forum. Sorry I haven't posted but I have been gone the past week.

Oh sweet! This should be great fun! Can't wait!

Dorothy

I'm sure they'll get me in the end Kcat! BTW, What Pelikan in that in your signature pic? ^_^

How about an M625 medium nib? This is great news.

Bill

In my avatar: is a M1000, and in my signature is a Pelikan Concerto Limited Edition: Limited to 4000 pens it has on it the opening measures of ode to joy on it and is based off of the M800 series

Great. And now we need a Parker forum, a Waterman forum and a Montblanc forum!! And two further forums: Italian pens and Japanese pens!

That's a M400 White Tortoise. Definitely in my top 3 pens. The purpose of the plastic dog was to show the ivory white of the pen vs. the stark white of the plastic dog.

and it is the best reprsentative I have of my dog as she won't hold still for pictures with a pen in paw.

Thanks for that KCat!

I had a look and took a test write with a M800 in red stripe; very nice writer, with medium nib. Had a steady ink flow from dipping. It was 250GBP. However, I wasn't sure what to make of the construction. It was very light for a large pen but more disconcertingly, I thought the cap clip to feel insubstantial, as if it would break like brittle plastic (though thank goodness it didn't do that at the pen store! )

I found myself more impressed with the Cross Townsend in sterling silver on sale atg 68GBP and wrote a much wetter and enjoyable line. Mind you, the plastic feeder under the nib seemed a little off centre, as did the others stacked up behind the demonstrator. The gold tipped nibs were better fixed underneath.

Even so, I can see why the Pelikan is potentially superior: the nib IS its crowning glory and for that alone I could be tempeted, but you'd have to wax a bit more lyrical about Pelikans before I could commit to one

Start here:

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...?showtopic=7702

and here re: Pelikan construction.
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...?showtopic=7658

I have a Townsend and it is a good pen, indeed. But you'll find that any time I can mention my Pels... I will.

Ahh, well if the clip on the cap is metal then that helps answer my quality concerns. Will just have to look out for a M800 at a bargain price!

Thanks for that KCat.