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Pilot Falcon, Purple, soft fine nib, with Iroshizuku Yama-Guri.

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Vintage Helios {Italian} Striated Blue Pearl Celluloid Button Filler

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What a beaut.

 

Wonder if they sourced the celluloid from the same place as Parker?

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Freddy, MalcolmH: As MalcolmH said, it’s a beauty! At that time the Italians were copying everything of Parker Duofold, the style, the material, everything. Helios might as well do the ball clip like Omas and everyone else did! :D

 

What a beaut.

 

Wonder if they sourced the celluloid from the same place as Parker?

 

Pilot Falcon, Purple, soft fine nib, with Iroshizuku Yama-Guri.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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Freddy, MalcolmH: As MalcolmH said, it’s a beauty! At that time the Italians were copying everything of Parker Duofold, the style, the material, everything. Helios might as well do the ball clip like Omas and everyone else did! :D

 

Correctamundo....If interested in more information re Helios/Elios fountain pens...Check out

 

The History of the Italian Fountain Pen 1900-1950 {pages: 240-244} by Letizia Jacopini

 

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Just for fun, alternating paragraphs of Diamine Inferno Orange, and Noodlers Heart of Darkness.

 

Delta Federico (with a Fuliwen nib), and Danitrio Phantas I.

 

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My black M300 with Yomogi; one guest I checked in commented "nice pen!"

It's hard work to tell which is Old Harry when everybody's got boots on.

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Today I inked up three new Pelikans (see impulse buy thread for photos):

 

  • Red M101N with a 14K M nib.
  • Blue/Black M400 with a 14k F nib.
  • Green/Black M120 with a steel F nib.

 

All of them are very close in weight and size (and balance for that matter, because they are all very light).

 

In terms of writing:

 

The M101N is, to quote Bo Bo Olson, "fat and blobby." Wet and smooth, yes, but not particularly refined. It is possible I have used bristle brushes that lay down a cleaner, more consistent line. With this nib, I begin to understand the description of modern Pelikan gold nibs as designed for lifelong ballpoint people who might not know the difference. It is a nice pen, don't get me wrong, but the nib is pretty mediocre in terms of line crispness and consistency. It's performance is also fairly independent of pen elevation and rotation angles. To its credit, this nib is probably a lot of fun with a high shading ink.

 

The M400 F nib was less fat, but still somewhat blobby. Even with 4001 blue black, the flow was almost too much. I am glad I did not get a wider nib for this pen. I have enough wide gold nibs from Pelikan that pour ink onto the page. Smooth and juicy can sometimes be fun, especially in mixed company, but sometimes I have a need for precision.

 

The 140 steel nib was a joy. Refined, tight, clean, consistent lines, on the narrow side for a western F (I have had 14k EFs from Pelikan that were not this narrow), and just a bit of spring to let one know how much pressure one is using. If someone were to ask me what I like about modern Pelikan steel nibs, I would want to just hand them this pen.

 

All of these pens are solidly built, attractive, and great writers, but I also can see why after a while some folks become nostalgic for vintage Pelikan gold nibs. If these pens were my only experience with Pelikan gold nibs, I would stick with steel.

 

 

 

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It's been a long time!  Welcome back.  Following some tapestry weaving, have taken time for

journaling with the  following pens:

                 *  Jinhao 100 Centennial (Yellow) - F. nib - Sheaffer Inspired Blue

                 *  Jinhao 100 Centennial (Ivory) - M. nib - Akkerman Scharlaken von Jan Steen

                 *  Pilot Varsity - M. nib - Diamine Apple Glory

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Lamy 2000 fine and Visconti Van Gogh Starry Night fine, both with Diamine Chocolate Brown ink.

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Mostly a new Wing Sung "flighter" 601. 

"Moral goodness is not a hardy plant, nor one that easily propagates itself" Dallas Willard, PhD

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My new [vintage] Relief 12 gray hatch with a broad relief 14K nib, loaded with my recently purchased Diamine Onyx Black ink.  Just wonderful.

Baptiste knew how to make a short job long

For love of it. And yet not waste time either.

Robert Frost

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Parker 51 Demi Vacumatic 

Pelikan M200 Gold Marbled 

Pelikan M400 White Tortoise 

and a little with my Pelikan 140

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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On 10/30/2020 at 9:18 PM, Freddy said:

Pelikan 100N Parker Vacumatic Pens: Azure Blue Pearl & Silver Pearl.

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Azure Blue Pearl is one of my favorite colors for Vacs -- it's the only color for which I have two: a 3rd Gen. Sub-Debutante, and a what I think is a Slender size 2nd Gen. (for the longest time I didn't know that Azure Blue Pearl came in anything BUT 3rd Generation models -- and when I found out that they did make Azure Blue Speedline fillers I just HAD to have one!  :wub:

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Today, for me, it's been the Violet Safari, B nib, with what was SUPPOSED to be a refill of original version Birmingham Pens Waterfront Dusk (the more blue violet version) -- only I discovered that I had accidentally refilled the pen with Birmingham Shadyside Walnut Street Brown.  So I'll have to wait to do a complete test of Waterfront Dusk until after the Safari gets flushed out.... :headsmack:

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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