Pelikan 400 Sb-Nib

[JPM-10]

Since one week I am the proud owner of a few vintage Pelikan pens. One of these pens is 1950/1951 made 400 with SB nib.

The cap band goes without inscription and on the bottom of the barrel Gunther Wagner is imprinted.

 

On the turning knob of the pen it reads :SB nib installed. The nib itself looks extremely worn out and is either worn out

by the Original owner of the pen (my granddad), or the iridium tip of the nib is gone as a result of an accident of or something like that.

 

Nevertheless, the pen writes super with this funny nib. I installed it also on my new M400 pen and it fitted without any problem.

 

The pen itself was completely useless due to old ink inside the barrel. It took me two days of soaking and cleaning to get it going again.

The only problem right now is a small leakage after some days. The ink finds its way out of the pen via the backside after some time.

I think this can be repaired quite easy.

 

Nevertheless: Super pen and superb quality even after more than 60 years.

[sargetalon]

Congrats on coming into some great pens with a nice history. It sounds like the piston seal has worn out and will need to be replaced. You should seek out a professional to do this but, as you said, it can be repaired with relative ease.

 

As far as your nib, SB (Scheiben Breit) means disk top broad. It was a relatively scarce disk-top series of nibs found on early Pelikans, usually the script nibs. It is characterized by an angled nib that is flat on the end. Known to write smoothly and lay down a significant amount of ink. Used for lettering and producing round end lines.

 

This is what it kind of looks like... Hard to tell for sure from the pics (viewed on my cell phone) but I'd be concerned of some wear/damage to the tipping.

 

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/jdanley/Mobile%20Uploads/1463878530_zpsvbh6pztz.jpg

Edited May 22, 2016 by sargetalon

[Soot]

From the looks of things, the tipping on the nib is gone. Below pictures are what the nib is supposed to look like.

 

 

Edited May 22, 2016 by Soot

[JPM-10]

Does anybody know where I can buy such a vintage SB-nib.

Would love to installe the correct nib on the pen again.

[sargetalon]

They aren't overly common. You'd need a lot of patience and scouring of the web over time. I've only seen a couple come up here and there. Perhaps a very talented nib meister could retip the nib you have and shape it like the SB based on available photos?