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381, I have a marbled green one. It has a very nice springy 'true' regular flex....that is 1/2 a width narrower than modern.

 

I have a few of the out of normal cartridges that Pelikan offered in the late '80s-early 90's. Two great grays, a find shading orange, a lilac and a Rose. The last two I didn't use.

I was at a flea market and thought to buy a pen....and was foolish not to buy many packages of the old Pelikan cartridges instead of just one of each of the unusual ones.

After all, I wasn't going to be buying any of them !@#$%^&* cartridge pens....Piston only.

Now I do have a 381, and a black and chrome Celebry with a steel nib, and a marbled green one with a gold nib.

All three of those nibs = to may '90-96 in it is tortoise Germany M400 and new 200's or the W.Germany 200 nib...well, that could be the slightest tad better than the others.....could be I'm letting myth determine that.

 

Pink, in long, Lilac and rose in short....for some reason I think if I do finally after 5- or so years load one of them it will be a short cartridge.

Being bold finally after years, Rose has been picked....and I was going to let that pen rest....got to add water to the half way dried out cartridge.

 

Sigh, 'Rose' looks awful pink to me.

Next I'll try Lilac...the box of which seems pink also.

If so, I'll be going to pass if forward. I'm a wee bit too old fashioned for pink.

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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*looks at the steel nib and the lack of additional trim ring on the cap*

 

*looks at detailed information provided in the link above*

 

Well, that would actually appear to be a P371, would it not? :huh:

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*looks at the steel nib and the lack of additional trim ring on the cap*

 

*looks at detailed information provided in the link above*

 

Well, that would actually appear to be a P371, would it not? :huh:

yes it would be a p371...as soon as I posted I realised it had a steel nib.

I thought I edited my post but must have forgotten to save the changes.

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A nice P371 for sure. These are too thin for my taste but a great looking pen and they write well.

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Yes, it is too thin. Anyhow' got it for $10 or a bit less (PKR.1000).

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It's only too thin if you insist on using the classic tripod.

 

Assuming a 371 is about the same width as a 381 or a Celebry....I have no problems with thick or thin because I don't use the classic tripod.

 

With the 'forefinger up' method of grasping a fountain pen...there is no too thin.

 

The flat thumb sits lower, further back up the barrel from the section, and is only a dam...so there is no pressure. It rests it's barrel against a thumb held at 09:00 and not being pushed down from a thumb clamped close and tight at 10:00.

No killer kung fu thumb pinch. :)

In the slightly bowed forefinger, rests lightly at @ 12:30...and is not pushing in from 14:00.... combined make an automatic light grip...which does wonders on fat, medium or thin pens.

 

If you want the pen to rest low, hold the thumbnail even with the crease of the first joint of the index finger. If you want it to rest higher, then move the edge of the thumbnail 1/3 into the finger pad of the index finger......of course keeping the thumb still at 09:00.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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