Here’s something from Laura’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Pelikan’s very nice, very affordable Go! fountain pen. A piston filler with a steel nib from Pelikan for $20 or so, at least on eBay, where I picked up mine.
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One Minute Ink Review: Pelikan Edelstein Amethyst
Pelikan Edelstein Amethyst. February’s birthstone is the amethyst, which brings to mind this beautiful ink. Pelikan Edelstein Amethyst is a red-leaning purple, so maybe not the perfect match for the gemstone. But it’s a great color: friendly while still being clear and easy to read. It’s got lovely shading. And to top it off, it’s easy to clean, a rare quality in a purple ink.
An everyday ink? If I used purple everyday, oh yes.
Pen of the Day: Pelikan 400
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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Pen of the Day: Pelikan M710 Toledo
Ink Snippet: Pelikan Edelstein Garnet
Oh January, you are not the easiest month to love, here in the northern hemisphere. It’s very cold in Chicago in January, and the hours of daylight are short, which makes this month seem extra long.
So how to make January more fun? How about jewelry? Because it turns out that January has a nice birth stone, the garnet. And I happen to have two garnet inks. The first is Pelikan Edelstein Garnet.
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Pen of the Day: Pelikan M400 White Tortoise
Pelikan M400 White Tortoise with medium nib. This is pen you’ve seen before, but I couldn’t resist. A friend of mine just ordered one. And I was looking for a pen for a green ink.
That ink is KWZ Foggy Green, which is an appealing dark green ink without much shading but in a great color.
My favorite part of the pen is the binde, but I’ve photographed that a few times before. So, uh, here’s the cap band.
Pen of the Day: Pelikan M605 Marine Blue
Pelikan M605 Marine Blue with extra-fine nib. This is a recent Pelikan special edition. It’s not a demonstrator, but a stunning dark blue translucent plastic.
The trim is plated with palladium, and the nib is rhodanized. This one has Pelikan’s usual generous extra-fine nib.
The ink is KWZ Iron Gall #5, which has gorgeous deep color, beautiful shading and generous flow. I’m going to be reviewing it in depth, but I think it’s a wonderful ink.
Inks Chris Bought in 2015
I asked my friend Chris what inks she had purchased in 2015. I was tickled, and relieved, that not only did she buy the same number of inks as I did, but she enjoyed some of the same brands. Here is her report.
I decided I had plenty of ink when 2015 began. Enough ink to last me another two lifetimes. I made a resolution that I wouldn’t buy more ink until I emptied at least one bottle. That resolution was never going to work. I’ve never completely emptied a bottle of ink in forty years, so why would I think I might do that now?
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What I Bought in 2015: Pens
I like to do an end-of-the-year “accounting” of the pens I bought, not to create the illusion that there’s any business-like veneer over my acquisitiveness, but more like an assessment, to see if I can learn anything.
This year was just fantastic. I got great pens this year. I did totally blow the budget in the last week. But I’m still thrilled.
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Pelikan M620 Berlin
So, I was on the phone with Fountain Pen Hospital, feeling so lucky to have found a Pelikan Stockholm, when I jokingly said, “Boy if you had the Berlin and the Madrid, too, I’d really be in trouble.”
And the super nice Fountain Pen Hospital guy (I think the owner, but maybe Kris Kringle), said, “Wait a minute, we just might have the Berlin here, which I didn’t get on the website yet — let me look.”
Indeed!
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Fountain Pen Follies 