The Most Bought Pelikan

[chromantic]

The black M600 gets my vote. Intermediate size fits everyone, and I view the black pen in the same category as the proverbial "little black dress," everyone should have one in their pocket!

 

Haha, I described the black M150 as the little black dress of fountain pens in another thread. Great minds think alike.

[sav]

Definitely black or green M400. The special editions are less affordable/accessible to many people.

[JPM-10]

If you ask me, I think the green stripped M400 Souverain is the most sold of all.

[PatientType]

I'd agree with those that identified the M200 followed by the M400 both in green stripe to be the most popular top Pelikan pens. However, IF we're talking special editions, I'd expect that the top pen would be the version that has been offered by Pelikan for the longest time. I think that might be the Toledo line.

[AD43]

That green striped m200, sorry don't know colour's real name.

[Nyanzilla]

The most bought Pelikan is the Pelikano (M450 I presume). The most bought Pelikan Souverän might be the M400 green or blue. The limited and special editions are only produced for a short time and low amount. So they cannot be sold in large numbers.

 

I'm not sure whether the Classic Line (M100-M250) is sold more often than the M400, because in the city where I'm living I've never seen a M200 in any shop, but several M400s.

Edited November 13, 2017 by Nyanzilla

[mitto]

The most bought Pelikan is the Pelikano (M450 I presume).

 

???

[Nyanzilla]

Sorry, I mean the P450.

This one: http://www.ruettinger-web.de/e-pelikan-modell-pelikano.html

[chromantic]

Sorry, I mean the P450.

This one: http://www.ruettinger-web.de/e-pelikan-modell-pelikano.html

 

Those are great pens. I currently have two #7 inked and, unlike the better-looking (imo) P460, they never dry out; no matter how long they sit, they write immediately.

[carola]

I´d go for the M400 green-stripe as well, if we are talking about the M400s range.

And if you take the vintage pens into account (still talking about the 400, 400N and 400NN) I´m all the more sticking with the green stripes.

 

I got my first green-striped Pelikan M400 in the 1980s when I was about 13 or 14 years old, used it all through school and I am still happily writing with that beautiful pen today.

Very common? Yes. Nonetheless gorgeous? Definitely.

Edited November 17, 2017 by carola

[Erik Dalton]

+1 for green M400. I have a few - it's the Volkswagen Golf of the lineup.

+1..Well said. The Volkswagen Golf of the lineup.

[Mannyonpil]

For me personally it is the Ibis. I have several and another on the way.

[garif]

maybe the black m800

[Feliks]

You're focusing too much on the high end pens. Those are not sold that much. If you look at the students' pens, those went over the counter by the millions. Many millions. So the 70s Pelikano model, back then they didn't have much competition in Germany, has a very good chance of being at the top. Oh, and I've never even heard of the Stick.

[Bluey]

The green one.

[gmathio]

If we are talking about fountain pens, it has to be the classic green stripped. I don't know which model, maybe the M400 ?

[oregano]

I bet we could ask Pelikan --they must know.

[Claud]

M400. If a particular color, Black