WTB: vintage M or F nib for a Pelikan 620

[BearsPaw]

I want to try out some vintage Pelikan nibs, medium or fine. Anyone have anything that would suit a 620?

[piembi]

I want to try out some vintage Pelikan nibs, medium or fine. Anyone have anything that would suit a 620?

 

There are no vintage nibs fitting the M6xx size.

 

Vintage Pelikans are 400/400N/400NN and those nibs fit the modern M200/M250/M400.

The second option would be a vintage 140. Those nibs fit the modern M150.

 

[BearsPaw]

I want to try out some vintage Pelikan nibs, medium or fine. Anyone have anything that would suit a 620?

 

There are no vintage nibs fitting the M6xx size.

 

Vintage Pelikans are 400/400N/400NN and those nibs fit the modern M200/M250/M400.

The second option would be a vintage 140. Those nibs fit the modern M150.

 

Thanks for the information. I thought that since modern 4xx nibs fit the 620, a vintage one would too. I guess I've got to get my hands on an entire vintage pen. Thanks!

[piembi]

Old style M600s are the size of the (M)400s. These are the pre 97 pens.

Every M6xx younger than 1997 is bigger and thus needs a bigger nib.

 

Vintage Pelikan: what are you looking for?

[RevAaron]

FYI- if you're paying the usual parts price for a vintage Pelikan nib, it might cost as much as an entire pen.

 

Regina Martini sells vintage 400-series nibs, over at martiniauctions.com . No screw in unit, though- you'd have to set it in a collar, or have someone do it for you. You can get them there, though.

[BearsPaw]

Thanks for the link, I had never heard of that site. My plan now is just to sell one of my other pens that I'm not using and use the money to buy a vintage Pelikan.

[RevAaron]

IMHO, you won't be sorry- awesome pens, amongst the best of the best!

[BearsPaw]

IMHO, you won't be sorry- awesome pens, amongst the best of the best!

 

That's what it sounds like. Pelikans are the best modern pens I've used, and they way everyone raves about the vintage nibs, I can't help myself!

[gyasko]

From what i have heard, a vintage nib would indeed fit in a current M600 if you set it far enough up on the feed. However, as Aaron points out, going this route is likely to cost almost as much as a new-to-you vintage Pelikan. The advantages to going the vintage route are that vintage feeds are better and the bodies don't have bling rings.

[RevAaron]

Down with bling rings!

 

As an aside, I have used vintage Pelikan nibs in modern Pelikans. Don't have an M6xx, though, so I don't know if the nib size difference is weird or not. But then again, I also had a penchant for using a Pelikan 100 nib in various cheapie Reform and Senator pens, into which you can screw in a Pelikan 100 nib.

[BearsPaw]

Down with bling rings!

 

As an aside, I have used vintage Pelikan nibs in modern Pelikans. Don't have an M6xx, though, so I don't know if the nib size difference is weird or not. But then again, I also had a penchant for using a Pelikan 100 nib in various cheapie Reform and Senator pens, into which you can screw in a Pelikan 100 nib.

 

Wow, does that work with the 1745s?