Pelikan M250

[pink floyd]

I just received my Pelikan M250 with a F nib. Great pen. Love that clear plastic because I can see the mechanic and amount of ink in it. I don't know much about fountain pen, but for a F nib the line it produces looks very wide. Still, it is a great nib - very smooth and responsive.

Does anyone has any experience with a OB nib for the Pelikan fountain pen? Just want to know how much line variation you get with an OM nib, because I would like to get something modern with good line variation.

[Inkanthropist]

I asked a similar question in another thread recently (link below), and it seems that the modern Pelikan oblique nibs don't really give much line variation.

 

Pelikan oblique nibs

 

Neil

[wimg]

Hi p.f.,

 

First of all, welcome to our little fountain pen nut house on the digital prairie!

 

Regarding your question: if you want a Pelikan nib with line variation, you would have to order one from one of the nibmeisters, like Richard Binder. The line variation a Pelikan OM nib offers doesn't come even close to what we would call a stub nib here. it actually is only a nib with a slightly angled tipping surface, to allow left handed people to write a little easier with fountain pens. IOW, it is an M nib that requires teh pen to be held at a different angle than most people would normally do. With any of the broader nibs, like the OB and the OBB, it is even worse: no line variation whatsoever.

 

Here is a link to Richard Binder's site: Richard's Nib Page. Other suppliers are Pendemonium: Pendemonium's Custom Nibs, and Richard Mottishaw Richard Mottishaw's nib pages. AfAIK, all of these people allow you to buy a bib from them and have it reground to a shape you like.

 

I think our own Dillo could probably help you out, too.

 

HTH, warm regards, Wim

[amin]

With any of the broader nibs, like the OB and the OBB, it is even worse: no line variation whatsoever.

Hi Wim,

I haven't used any oblique Pelikan nibs, but I have tried BB nibs on an M800 on several occasions and found that they give decent line variation. Im sure it's not as much as a standard stub from Richard, but definitely more than most other B/BB nibs I have used.

Best regards,

Amin

[pink floyd]

Thank you for your suggestion.

 

Another quick question. Is there other modern fountain pen brands that can write with good line variation without breaking my piggy bank?

[acfrery]

Hi Pink Floyd,

 

I recently bought the following stubs:

• Sheaffer Intrigue from PenHero, stub nib: ***amazing*** line variation; excellent pen!
  
• Dani Trio Mikado size Matte Ebonite, stub nib: very good variation, easy to use, nice, nice pen.
  
• Stub nib replacement by Pendemonium for my Pelikan M200: excellent stub nib. Fantastic price.
  
• Stub replacement nib by Pendemonium for my Namiki/Pilot Vanishing Point: also an exceptional purchase
  
• Bexley Tuck-Away with factory stub nib: excellent variation, smooth broad nib.
  

Beware! Stubs are addictive.

 

I am one of the guys who bought a Pelikan M200 with OB nib, and I found no line variation whatsoever. The replacement nibs from Pendemonium are excellent at very affordable prices.

 

Alejandro

[Inkanthropist]

I've just thought of an inexpensive way to get line variation with your M250. At the suggestion of another member of this group, I bought a Pelikan 1.0mm calligraphy nib for my M200 from Peter Twydle at the Pen Museum a while back. They only cost £10 (there are other sizes available as well), and they give very dramatic line variation. (It took me a while to get used to holding the nib at the correct angle, though.) Here's the link:

 

Pen Museum

 

Neil

[southpaw]

Hello and welcome - great pen you started out with there!

 

As to Pelikan fine nibs being wide - yes, that's the way Pelikan fines run.

 

Inexpensive line variation - others have already posted great suggestions - Pendemonium, Binder, and Dillo are all superb choices.