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I have a Pelikan M600 I bought new in late 2011. the nib is stamped with "14C 585":

 

 

 

so I'm thinking it's a 14-karat gold nib. yet on the web, I'm seeing pelikan m600s for sale where the description says 18k nibs. have they changed the nibs recently?

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Those (18k nibs) most probably are fitted to special edition pens.. AFAIK, the standard models still come with 14k M600 nibs..

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Btw, your nib is not the current nib, as it still have 2 chicks in the nest.

The current one has only 1 chick ( I don't know it exactly when the nibs changed I guess 2010 or 2011, but I think the company started to change the logo 2003)

There were several years where the cap had 1 chick and the nib 2.

 

Dduran is right, 14k is standard.

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Unless it is the older M600 that was the same size as the M400 and there the nib was 18 carat.

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As Jar said...I have a Pre-'97 M600 with 18K nib and a Post-'97 M600 with 14K nib. Pelikan changed the size of the pen and the nib at that time to bring the M600 in line with the Souveran range. That 18K nib is a beautiful thing.

 

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Btw, your nib is not the current nib, as it still have 2 chicks in the nest.

The current one has only 1 chick ( I don't know it exactly when the nibs changed I guess 2010 or 2011, but I think the company started to change the logo 2003)

There were several years where the cap had 1 chick and the nib 2.

 

Dduran is right, 14k is standard.

interesting, my cap does have one chick!

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