Cheapest Broad Stock Nib Pen

[surprise123]

I know some of those Souverans (m400, m600, m800, m1000) can have some really nice nibs. What is my cheapest option to get a nice juicy broad Pelikan? Gold or steel, big or small (most likely a small pen).

[carlos.q]

For a new pen your option would be a M200 or M205 steel nib pen. For a bit more you could get a vintage 140, 400 or 400NN with a gold broad nib.

[Bo Bo Olson]

The 200 is like the '82--97 400/600 a half a width narrower and a springy regular flex, than the modern fat and blobby 400/600/800/1000. The 400/600 are semi-nails.....the nail 800 nib and the regular flex 1000 fit only their own pens.

 

The stubbed semi-flex vintage '50-65 are great....will cost you more than a new 200's. .

 

So a modern 200 or semi-vintage or vintage B and if you can find it a BB will be 1/2 a size narrow. So would be like a fat M or a B 1/2. .........But a B is a writing nib, not a signature nib like the modern fat and blobby 400/600.

Oblique should only be vintage if one wants one's money's worth. The semi-vintage and the 200 in oblique are only a whisper of the real thing.......very, very sadly. I'd hopes the W.Germany oblique would do the trick being that slight tad more springy....nope.

 

A gold plated or steel 200's nib is affordable. I saw a seller in England that was real affordable, much less than the E27 or so a 200's nib would cost in Germany or the States.I like the springy regular flex of a 200....I rave about them all the time.

Great for two toned shading inks..........in they are not as wet as semi-flex which requires a better match of ink and paper than regular flex.

[JulioPB]

Try www.martiniauctions.com. Regina usually carries a big stock of all Pelikan nibs. Good luck

 

I know some of those Souverans (m400, m600, m800, m1000) can have some really nice nibs. What is my cheapest option to get a nice juicy broad Pelikan? Gold or steel, big or small (most likely a small pen).

[1nkulus]

For a new pen your option would be a M200 or M205 steel nib pen.

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and you can get a BB nib whereas the same is not an option in gold IIRC.

 

Actually, a M200/205/215 with a BB nib is your 'broadest' option.

You cannot get this width in other models without significant premium, if at all.

[Bo Bo Olson]

A 200 BB will be B 1/2 compared to modern post '97 fat and blobby Pelikan gold nibs....but that is still wide enough to write with. The B will be like a fat modern M.........again a writing nib and not a signature nib.

I've been very happy with my 215 and Amethyst in M.............in fact I've come to like M quite a bit.

 

I started with M, went wide, and others went narrow. Due to grabbing a make or model of certain vintage pens, ended up with more F and EF nibs than ever planned. It is only lately that a few of the EF nibs have struck my fancy. I normally prefer a vintage F, again 1/2 a width narrower than modern over EF.

 

I find M to be quite good on classic rough, Laid and Linen Effect paper, and in regular flex M is very good with shading inks, if one is using Rhodia 80-90g or any good 90 g copy paper. 80g copy paper does not shade. The 200 is one of the few Euro or outside of Japanese 'soft' nibs that are nice springy regular flex. A nice comfortable ride and a clean line due to the classic teardrop tipping.

A clean line is something to look for. The round blob tipping on modern gold nibs is not so clean a line.

[PrimozS]

I believe the cheapest way to get a B nib will be a new steel (silver) B nib at Cult Pens. Under 10GBP/pcs if I recall correct.

[Bo Bo Olson]

That price stuck in my mind in it is much cheaper than normal German B&M prices.....glad you put up Cult pens, (beats somewhere in England) I've decided some day...soon , I could deal with a B nib for my 200's.

[sargetalon]

Look for an older gold plated stainless steel M200 nib in double broad. That’s your cheapest option to achieve what you like. A single broad is the best you could do with the current offerings.