Pelikan 400 with oblique double broad nib. I prefer modern pens to vintage. I like fine and extra-fine nibs, and I like nail-like nibs that let me quickly scrawl across the page. I admit that I’ve never loved Pelikan’s traditional green stripes.
So here we have a vintage green-striped Pelikan, with a very wide, wet nib that flexes. And of course, it’s a favorite.
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Fountain Pen Follies 
In the last month, I’ve acquired not one but three 400s: green and tortoiseshell models from the 50s, and a tortoise M400 from the 80s. My experience with the 140 wasn’t good, it just felt small to me. I thought the only difference between the 400 and 140 was the cap and knob shape.
How wrong I was. I think the Pelikan 400 comes close to being the perfect pen design: shape, balance, and weight are sublime, at least in my hand. The pen is light, yet feels like a tank. And oh those old Pelikan nibs…volumes have been written, and rightly so.
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Have you tried googling the name, like you did with the person who signed that old postcard from Chicago from the democratic convention?
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Now all you need is another 400 named Hans. (old SNL reference)
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The ink is beautiful — my favorite color!
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