Pelikan M20 Silvexa - Information Sought

[sargetalon]

Hello everyone. I was hoping that some of you aficionados might be able to help me understand the history of my new pen better. I've Googled extensively but I cannot find much information about it and what niche it filled in the Pelikan family. I just received a Pelikan M20 Silvexa that I purchased from eBay. It has a black body and a silver cap with a blue ink window. It measures 5.24 inches long capped and 5.79 inches when posted with a weight of 0.6 ounces. It is a piston filler with a 14K gold EF nib. The only markings are around the band of the cap and state "+ Pelikan 20 Silvexa + Germany." Some pics below. Thank you in advance for your responses.

 

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/jdanley/1367525091_zpse4aaa3ce.jpg

 

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/jdanley/Silvexa_1_zps2494bcdc.jpg

 

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/jdanley/Silvexa_3_zps2cc05415.jpg

 

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/jdanley/T2eC16JcE9s4PsMmnBR0Qbph8Q60_57_zps2064bec5.jpg

 

 

[pathobby]

Check it out on this web-page.

 

http://www.ruettinger-web.de/e-pelikan-modell-p1.html

 

Silvexas are in my opinion one of the best pens ever produced by Pelikan. The 'Silver Star' version is particularly good.

 

PH

[Igor]

Hello

Sorry about being a bit too late to follow this thread))))

I have a M20 Silvexa, too.

What exactly is a silver star version?

[jungkind]

https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Revised-Piston-Fillers/P1-Other/index.html

 

Silvexa designates as far as I know the cap material, similar to what is known as Nickel-Silver or Neusilber (New Silver)

Edited May 28, 2020 by jungkind

[Igor]

Yes, right!

And is the silver star version the one with the white nib?

[jungkind]

Sorry, I do not know which one is called Silver Star, but there is currently an offer on the Bay that says Silver Star

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Pelikan-Patronenfuller-Silver-Star/184315268488?hash=item2aea0bcd88:g:U08AAOSwOSpezk6j

[Igor]

Thank you so much!))))

Mine is definitely not the Silver Star then!

[sansenri]

some interesting reading here too

http://dirck.delint.ca/beta/?page_id=7452

the "silver star" is the version with fully brushed alloy on cap and barrel

the numbering on these models is P4XX (P stands for cartridge, in German)

I own a P478 Silverstar, but note this is not a Silvexa, the Silvexa has a differently shaped clip

 

This is a P488 Silvexa Silverstar (note the clip shape)
from P478 to 488 the clip seems to change to the same clip used in the M20, M30.

[TitoThePencilPimp]

Besides being a cartridge filler. Is this the same shape as say a Lamy 2000? The pens look similar to my eyes.

[sansenri]

well, it looks similar, consider that these originate in the late 60s, early 70s, so they all were influenced by the Parker 51, Aurora 88 hooded design, which then inspired the Lamy 2000.

 

The characteristic of P4XX series is the triangular nib and the blue ink window

Edited June 3, 2020 by sansenri

[OMASsimo]

The M20 is a mid range model of the product line succeeding the 100N, 140, 400NN line around 1965. M stands for piston filling (mechanic) and silvexa was the name of the cap material. There was also a MK line with black plastic caps and a P line of cartridge fillers. The above links will give you plenty of information. In my experience, these pens are better than their reputation.

[sansenri]

"these pens are better than their reputation."

I confirm, I have owned a P474 since the late 60s until at least 30 years later (when I sadly lost it...) and for a long time it has been my one and only fountain pen that has taken me through high school and university.

Never failed once, I found out about hard starts only many years later when I started collecting other fountain pens...