Pelikan Vintage P505/p510/p520 Fountain Pens, Anyone Have Used It Before?

[anonymous3715]

So I found a website selling these pens at 21 dollars with five cartridges,

 

and I think it's a decent price and will try one of these.

 

The thing is, I have no idea what the differences among these three pens are

 

and if they fit in Pelikan converter as well.

 

Anyone have used them before?

Edited November 23, 2018 by anonymous3715

[TorPelikan]

I strongly recommend you to visit this site.

 

Very well built site and contains tons of helpful informations about Pelikan pens.

 

 

regards,

 

 

By the way, I have used P520 years age.

It's a good slim pen which writes smoothly, but later developed deep unrepairable crack in the section.

So sad.

[anonymous3715]

Thanks a lot for the link. According to the page on the link,

it seems that P520 is a cartridge model, which means it does not fit in with a converter?

 

It's sad that your P520's got broken. Endlesspens.com is currently selling it for 21 dollars and

I guess you can use 10% promo code, so I think you can purchase one there if you need it.

I have no idea what the differences are among P505/P510/P520,

but I will just get P520.

Thanks a lot for your input.

[sargetalon]

They are all contemporaries in the Signum line. All are cartridge fillers from the 1980s. The only real differences between them are the trim style. They all have steel nibs. The only thing you need to choose between the 3 is which do you like better in terms of appearance because all other factors are equal. I have no personal experience with these but have heard they write well. I cant verify converter compatibility but I have seen it written that there was a model specific converter as the standard converter doesnt quite fit but Ive never verified that independently. Hope that helps you.

[senzen]

 

it seems that P520 is a cartridge model, which means it does not fit in with a converter?

 

 

If it takes a cartridge it probably also takes a converter.

[anonymous3715]

They are all contemporaries in the Signum line. All are cartridge fillers from the 1980s. The only real differences between them are the trim style. They all have steel nibs. The only thing you need to choose between the 3 is which do you like better in terms of appearance because all other factors are equal. I have no personal experience with these but have heard they write well. I cant verify converter compatibility but I have seen it written that there was a model specific converter as the standard converter doesnt quite fit but Ive never verified that independently. Hope that helps you.

Thanks a lot!

[anonymous3715]

 

If it takes a cartridge it probably also takes a converter.

 

I am good with cartridges now, but maybe I can try using different converters to see if they fit in this pen.

[Ernst Bitterman]

I've got a P530. As Pelikan steel points go, mine is unusually springy-- it feels very nice and give a little bit of line variation.