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Pelikan 120 (europe.pub)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by DadFather@lemmy.world to c/fountainpens@lemmy.world

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Today I have for you the only Pelikan in the big box of pens. This is a 120 “school” pen from probably the early sixties. I think originally the nib was gold plated, but lots of pictures I found of this model, the gold wears off. I’m going to guess that is what happened here. The piston to fill the pen moves by turning the black end piece. I love how the clip is a pelican head and beak. It’s very gentle to fill compared with the piston actions of some of the other pens.

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[–] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Beauty! These school pens are real nice. I love the color of this one.

Nice that it's still in working order! How's it writing?

[–] DadFather@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s one of the smoothest ones to come out of this batch. Makes me want to practice my handwriting.

[–] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I love to pull a pen out of the collection and find that it's a smooth writer!

[–] seat6@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

That is truly gorgeous!

[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 2 points 4 months ago

I've been looking for a 100N for a while now, but haven't seen any.

This 120 looks like a pen that could become a daily use / carry pen for me. Simply elegant.