Lamy 2000 Or Binder Pelikan M200?

[irish_monk]

My Lamy 2000 is always inked. I can't remember the last time I ink up any of my M200's.

[Mike_Dowling]

I had a bad experience with my Lamy 2000 so I would pick the Pelikan without a doubt. Something enormously irritating about spending $120.00 on a pen that doesn't write.

[richfong]

Sorry for bringing this topic back up from the depths, but Christmas is getting ever closer and I'm still trying to figure things out . I know that the Lamy 2000 is wonderfully springy, but does a modern Pelikan M200 have any softness/spring to it? I hear from some people that the M200 is springy, and others say it's firm and only vintage or gold pelikan nibs are springy.

 

Regards,

Richard

[Bigeddie]

I find the M200 nib to be springy, I own 3 M200s (2 F, 1 OB) and they are all quite springy, at least as much so as my Lamy 2000. I also have an M215 (F) with the same rhodium plated nib that comes on the M205, it might just be my imagination but it seems firmer.

[lovementos]

Pelikan! Especially if it's Binderized! I love my Safari, but I can't say the same for my 2000. Just didn't like how it felt on paper, so I sold it. I like my M200 much more. Though, keep in mind that the M200 is much smaller than the 2000.

Edited October 17, 2013 by lovementos

[ddustinn]

Sorry for bringing this topic back up from the depths, but Christmas is getting ever closer and I'm still trying to figure things out . I know that the Lamy 2000 is wonderfully springy, but does a modern Pelikan M200 have any softness/spring to it? I hear from some people that the M200 is springy, and others say it's firm and only vintage or gold pelikan nibs are springy.

 

Regards,

Richard

My M205 is pretty springy.

[papabear16]

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[heymatthew]

I'll add to what others have said and say also that my M205 is very springy. It's also much broader than any other EF I own by a significant margin even after paying to have someone grind off a good bit of the tipping material to make it finer. I'm considering sending it back one more time and having it ground to an XXXXXXXXXXXXF which should get it to roughly a Japanese Medium or Fine, if I'm lucky.

 

With a Lamy 2000 back in my rotation, I hardly touch the little Pelikan anymore. The 2000 is far more comfortable (for me) and the writing experience is superior in every way. I like the little Pelikan a lot as it's a good pen, but every time I reach for it, I'm saddened by the sharpie-like qualities of the nib.