Pelikan Pelikano, A Nib: Review

[goodpens]

Amberlea and the Inksters recently offered a few pens and inks via a generous PIF. Yesterday I received a great package, including an orange Pelikan Pelikano with an "A" nib. My review is below.

 

(My scanner is wonky and the resolution of photos I take/upload is poor on FPN. The photo of the pen itself is from Jetpens.com.)

Edited October 4, 2020 by goodpens

[chravagni]

I had one, some years ago. I think it was the first model with the new nib, longer and bigger than the nib of the previous Pelikano. I've found it quite fragile: after some months of usage the small plastic parts on the left and on the right of the nib cracked and the nib could not stay put in its place. And my hand is not particularly heavy. Also the clip in plastic on a metal cap was fragile.

 

I don't know if this particular model was successful, I haven't seen one in a shop since decades.

 

The more recent Pelikanos have the same nib but the section is thicker and quite robust.

[Bo Bo Olson]

I won at a live auction, a '70's limited edition Pelikano; Pen Collection, the dolphin. It was part of a four Pelikan pen lot. There are some 6 or 8 pens in that Pen Collection.

Having absolutely no idea about Pelikano's, thought it might be rare.....could be it is. But it's a bonus of the lot. Having looked in a few Pelikan blogs, there is more to the Pelikano than I thought.

 

I was surprised it had a regular flex nib, on second thought it is a semi-nail nib***, a 2 X tine spread.

in I was under the impression Pelikano's had nail nibs. (I haven't inked it yet...I did ink the other three, but all in all I have some 20 pens inked....3 more than normal.)

 

They had a series of yearly limited Edition Pelikano's in that era, it could be that they put a slightly softer nib on them.....than the regular Pelikano's.

 

***Like a P-75 or the modern 400/600. (The semi-vintage ('82-97) 400/600 were regular flex.)

[amberleadavis]

This pen was a gift from another FPNer who has graciously allowed me to share her pens as she is downsizing. I'm actually a fan of the Pelikano nibs, but not a fan of the caps that BROKE. I think this one is a lovely pen.

[chromantic]

What a beauty! I have a red one that saw some use and unopened pink and purple ones. I found that the cap didn't seal tiightly (unlike the 460s) causing it to dry out if not used every day. That's why I didn't buy any more, though I would have loved getting the orange and green ones.