Pelikan M205 Duo Highlighter Ink

June 9, 2014

Just a short reaction to this older thread: I was just intrigued by this ink, but I would never pay €80 or equivalent for fountain pen to be used only as a highlighter.... So i just ordered the bottle of Pelikan M205 DUO yellow for €3.95 from a Dutch webshop, and ordered a Hero broad nib calligraphy set on Ebay for $8.

This cheap pen has now been filled with the ink for several months, and it doesn't show any signs of deterioration or leaking. With the broadest calligraphy nib, you can make any desired width of highlighting. The ink is indeed rather on the wet side, which isn't much of a problem if you don't turn the page of what you're reading/marking immediately. The colour is as good and bright as any (cheap) highlighter. Of course, with this kind of fountain pen it IS a cheap highlighter... but so much more fun. I use it mainly on printed matter, and it works very well, also on laser-printed stuff. I cannot vouch for the effect on inkjet printed matter, but I would not be surprised if it smeared a bit...

btw: I don't know who would want to WRITE with a highlighter... it's a highlighter ink... meant for highlighting. There are so many beautiful inks out there for writing!

June 9, 2014

You got it wrong... You can use any ink in that pen. A great pen (just like an M215 but with a BB nib). Pelikan said that you should use that ink only in that pen (which may not be true). Compare the price for that pen with all other M2**s.