A lively flock I

Just some of my Pelikans.

From left to right
120 (manufactured by Merz&Krell)
140
400
M250 pre ´97 green/black
the same in blue/black
M200 blue/black
same in red/black
M200 Demonstrator blue/green/red
M215 rings
M215 "lozenge" ("Rhombe")

below, from left
P1
M400 old style

More new (really new) pens

Just arrived: to complete my series of Pelikan 215s, one with the rhodium squares pattern, and an M400 in tortoiseschell/white, both with a fine nib:

More old new pens

From bottom to top:
Pelikan 120*
Pelikan P1
Lamy 27
Lamy 57*




















(* from RossPens, thoroughly recommended)

Got an old pen...

well, aktually, I got a new pen, but: it´s a pen, that, in this shape, has been manufactured since 1966.

photo linked from LAMY web site.

It is a Lamy 2000. Like all Lamy pens, it is pure utilitarism, the barrel and cap made from a fiberglass enforced plastic, the then newly developed Macrolon, a piston filler mechanism and a mostly covered point. The finish is said to be awfully resilient, let us see how well it ages in daily use.

The only logo is the company name on the side of the clip hinge, in simple capital letters, and the point looks like a simple steel point. It is, in fact, a gold point plated with platinum. Utter and complete understatement. But then, that´s how I like my pens, the only departure from that principle being my opulently coloured Souverän Grand Place in my favourite 600 barrel size. Please stay tuned, I need a good enough macro lens to make a photo worthy of that one.

My Lamy2000 has an M(medium) nib, and is one of the smoothest-writing nibs I´ve ever had. Not much flex, which is a subjective difference from all my Pelikans, but nice nonetheless. The Pen is quite light, has a nice barrel diameter, and is long enough not to require posting the cap.

Filled with Pelikan "Brilliant Black", it produces a line similar to hat of a fibre-tip pen, with no noticeable feathering even on modo-e-modo faux Moleskine paper. I might go for another one with a fine nib, just so I´ve got a spare and an option for really fine writing like in the Moleskine reporter.

I´ll link some reviews of this classic and timeless pen later.