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Please look at Pelikan history.

https://www.pelikan.com/int/brand/our-history.html

We can see that the new history website puts littlie importance on fine writings.

I have been optimistic, but just learned that fine writing’ division is "in crisis".

 

 

 

Please visit Modern Pelikan Pens for the latest information. It is updating and correcting original articles posted in "Dating Pelikan fountain Pen".

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1 hour ago, Lennart Wennberg said:

Incredible that they mention the birth of The Pelikano pen, but not the 400 striped, the Souverän line, or the Pelikan hubs...

Strange indeed.

 

If the Fine Writing side of the business has dissolved, no need to mention products that are no longer available, and not part of their current marketing strategy. 

Add lightness and simplicate.

 

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9 hours ago, Lennart Wennberg said:

Incredible that they mention the birth of The Pelikano pen, but not the 400 striped, the Souverän line, or the Pelikan hubs...

Strange indeed.


It is also worth noting the contrast in emphasis between the current, live, website’s ‘History’ section (which is of course Marketing blurb), and that of the archived, no-longer-current ‘product page’ for the Limited Edition „Herzstück 1929“ pen - linky!

 

That too, of course, is Marketing blurb. It quite rightly bruits the fact that Pelikan was the first company to produce a pen with the innovative differential-piston filling mechanism.

 

So, why would the company website’s current Marketing blurb not mention the fact that the company was the first one to bring this innovative mechanism to-market?

 

My own opinion about this is that, if one is in the process of closing-down the division of the company that produces pens with this innovative filling-system, one would probably not want to remind potential customers that it used to be made by one’s company, but is not made any more.

 

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Oh that would be a total bummer.  I LOVE piston-fillers and I love my good but not *hugely* expensive M200s and M400s (okay the two M405s were FAIRLY expensive, but I did save money on them by getting them from Rolf Thiel on his eBay store -- thus saving myself the Chartpak markup, plus he didn't have to charge VAT).

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Pelikan went bankrupt twice before. The first time it was sold to a Swiss Consortium, when that went broke Pelikan was sold to a Malaysian billionaire. No knowledge of exactly when but @ 1997 could be a date. There was then the change from regular flex nibs to stiffer nibs needing less repair and the double ball/kugal nib so ball point and roller ball users could fake writing with a fountain pen.

 

I guess his kids have no interest in tradition; which is why along with the whole world wide supply chain problem, we fear for Pelikan.

 

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3 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

I guess his kids have no interest in tradition;

 

I'm not going to speculate on any of that, when I don't know the man or his family from a bar of soap. However, if the company/brand has the capability and relevance at present to compete in the booming-not-shrinking interest and market in fountain pens, then tradition and heritage of the Pelikan name matters little; it ought to be able to stand tall against Faber-Castell, Aurora, Sailor, and HongDian (among others) without appealing to history or sentimentality. Investors are primarily after return on investment, not preservation; all Pelikan the company has to do is deliver profit to stay relevant and viable.

 

If the business is not viable, then I would be concerned for its staff, and the pay and entitlements they're owed, but not in whether the brand still exists tomorrow and remain a player, irrespective of any fondness the individual may have for the name.

 

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11 minutes ago, Lennart Wennberg said:

Interesting statement in the 2022 catalog:

 

I just looked on LinkedIn, and at least Jens Meyer, who made that statement, still appears to be in that job position at Pelikan.

 

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8 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

I just looked on LinkedIn, and at least Jens Meyer, who made that statement, still appears to be in that job position at Pelikan.

 

Perhaps you could send him a DM on behalf of the FPN community and humbly ask him about whats going on?

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5 minutes ago, Lennart Wennberg said:

Perhaps you could send him a DM on behalf of the FPN community and humbly ask him about whats going on?

 

Sorry, but I'm not connected to him in LinkedIn, and I'm not about to ask to make his acquaintance or be a ‘connection’. Heaven knows I'm annoyed when random people I've never heard of sends me a connection request; so I'm not going to do that to Mr Meyer.

 

If Pelikan wants to make an announcement, I'm sure the company will make it publicly when it's ready. Until then, what is Mr Meyer going to disclose to a stranger from the opposite side of the globe? What good reason do I have to push for information?

 

That said, I don't think there is any criteria or prerequisites that will prevent any of you from signing up for a LinkedIn account, even if just to request to be connected and then send a private message. Please don't let my lack of interest stop you.

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Dear FPN,

 

I just got a message from Mr Jens Meyer, Global Marketing Manager Fine Writing Instruments at Pelikan, in which he assures that the problems they have encountered were first decreased demand due to lockdowns and economic uncertainities, then a total shortage of raw materials and at present many workers sick with Covid-19. 

 

His conclusion was that we could be assured that Pelikan will continue to produce writing instruments of the highest quality!

 

My reaction is that it was very kind of him to respond, and "Gott Sei Dank!"

 

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Good, then I can continue buying affordable used Pelikans; with out the price going up.

Hoping the next 200 won't be as great as those I buy every other year.

(PS.....I really don't need another 200, but don't want the company going broke because of me.:sad: )

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