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I am a new member who lives in the aptly titled town of Santa Claus Indiana. I am retired and i have been collecting pens for the last 6 years. I used to write with a fountain pen in the 60's and 70"s. I have a Pelikan 120 from those days though it is missing the clip. I also used plaitignum pens in those days. I started collecting when I quit smoking pipes because I wanted a collection to repalce my pipes. these days I am buying new pens because I don't think I know enough to value vintage pens. I spend time in Florida and have bought a number of pens from the Levenger outlet store.

I do have a sterling silver sheaffer from the 60's given to me by an Iranian doc who worked for us and what i think is called a sheaffer skeleton ( black material with sterling silver on top ) given to me by a fellow who was a sheaffer salesman in his youth. If anyone knows where I could find a clip for a pelikan 120 I would love to hear from you

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Welcome to the Fountain Pen Network! B)

 

Pelikan 120's come in two varieties, the original series made in the 1960's and a slightly different model made in the 1970s by a contractor for them named Mertz & Krell. The older ones have a "step" at the turning-knob at the back of the pen where the barrel is wider than the knob. Both models are very common.

 

You might want to try contacting a Pelikan specialist and seeing if they have the part; perhaps Rick Propas at http://www.angelfire.com/mac/penguin0/ can help you out.

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Welcome to FPN from a former Hoosier! We have high hopes for another Santa Claus Indiana alumni - Jay Cutler - out here in Denver!

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Welcome to FPN. This site has plenty of very helpful members who will help you where ever they can.

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Hello and welcome to FPN. If you get a chance, we'd love to see pics of your pens (particularly that Sheaffer). Hope to see you around.

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Welcome. I worked in and managed a couple of pipe-and-tobacco stores for seven years, and it's nice to run into pipe smokers and former pipe smokers along the way. This is a great place with a lot of information and helpful people.

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