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$10 vs $150 Pelikan: You Get What You Don't Pay For
I know I'm not breaking new ground here, but I have to add more fuel
to the fire about cheap pens being made to write well and more expensive pens made to look pretty... I just received a Pelikan 75 (Pelikan GO!) pen today. Cost me $10. Writes beautifully. By contrast, my Pelikan 600, which cost around $150 is unreliable, even after doing all of the Da Book tricks. I've been playing around with FP's for seven years now. So far, I have found four pens that appear entirely dependable, and all are lower-end: Pelikan 200 ($50), Bexley Continental ($40), Platinum Workhorse ($40), and now, my new Pelikan GO! ($10). I might add that the disposable Pilot Varsity ($3) is a great little writer too. There's nothing like writing with a good FP. It's unbelievable to realize however, that in this hobby, you get what you don't pay for. |
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I'm in the UK and about 15-16 years ago I bought a 'students' plastic
fountain pen from WH Smiths (a high-street stationery chain). It cost about £1.50 = $2. It wrote like a dream, never dried up and never, ever leaked. I stopped using it because the cap broke after a few years and I bought a stainless steel Sheaffer No-nonsense, which has also given good service for about ten years, although that has been more leak-prone. Looking at my MB Meisterstuck and thinking about how I have kittens about dropping it every time I take it out, I feel that you definitely get better value in the bottom of the FP range. Regards Kit Lewis "David Meale" wrote in message om... I know I'm not breaking new ground here, but I have to add more fuel to the fire about cheap pens being made to write well and more expensive pens made to look pretty... I just received a Pelikan 75 (Pelikan GO!) pen today. Cost me $10. Writes beautifully. By contrast, my Pelikan 600, which cost around $150 is unreliable, even after doing all of the Da Book tricks. I've been playing around with FP's for seven years now. So far, I have found four pens that appear entirely dependable, and all are lower-end: Pelikan 200 ($50), Bexley Continental ($40), Platinum Workhorse ($40), and now, my new Pelikan GO! ($10). I might add that the disposable Pilot Varsity ($3) is a great little writer too. There's nothing like writing with a good FP. It's unbelievable to realize however, that in this hobby, you get what you don't pay for. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 24/07/2003 |
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I've only bought pens in the upper range - let's say, over $40 - about 4
times. One was a Mont Blanc, my first really 'good' pen, and I thought it was great, till I bought a little thin Pelikan Triari (I think that's the name of it) a year later for about a fifth of the price. Among the best writers I have are some Yafa Gellisimos, which write wonderfully (I use one for grading papers - gives a nice fine line, and the rubberized body is great when I'm writing a lot) and cost less than $20; a Pelikan 200 demonstrator that I found on E-bay for $35; a Lamy Safari, and a no-name pen I found at a pen store for about $15. Add to that the Parker 51s that I've found on E-bay, and the ultra-cheap but VERY reliable Hero 329s, and I'm quite, quite happy. I also have made it a practice never even to think of buying a more costly pen if the cheap ones by the same company don't work well. I have one Aurora Idea that's a great writer, but 2 others never wrote well at all - I'm not going to take a chance on the same thing happening with an Aurora that costs more. Sally "David Meale" wrote in message om... I know I'm not breaking new ground here, but I have to add more fuel to the fire about cheap pens being made to write well and more expensive pens made to look pretty... I just received a Pelikan 75 (Pelikan GO!) pen today. Cost me $10. Writes beautifully. By contrast, my Pelikan 600, which cost around $150 is unreliable, even after doing all of the Da Book tricks. I've been playing around with FP's for seven years now. So far, I have found four pens that appear entirely dependable, and all are lower-end: Pelikan 200 ($50), Bexley Continental ($40), Platinum Workhorse ($40), and now, my new Pelikan GO! ($10). I might add that the disposable Pilot Varsity ($3) is a great little writer too. There's nothing like writing with a good FP. It's unbelievable to realize however, that in this hobby, you get what you don't pay for. |
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Am I wrong thinking golden nibs writer smoother than steel ones?
Ko "David Meale" schreef in bericht om... There's nothing like writing with a good FP. It's unbelievable to realize however, that in this hobby, you get what you don't pay for. |
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Sometimes you are right, sometimes you are wrong. It depends on what gold
and steel nibs we are talking about. Richard "Ko van den Boom" wrote in message ... Am I wrong thinking golden nibs writer smoother than steel ones? Ko "David Meale" schreef in bericht om... There's nothing like writing with a good FP. It's unbelievable to realize however, that in this hobby, you get what you don't pay for. |
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Ko van den Boom wrote:
Am I wrong thinking golden nibs writer smoother than steel ones? Totally wrong. No basis for such an idea on earth. But some NIBS do write smoother than others. What they are made of hasn't a thing to do with it. Frank |
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wrote in message ...
Totally wrong. No basis for such an idea on earth. But some NIBS do write smoother than others. What they are made of hasn't a thing to do with it. Frank I always understood why smoothness has nothing to do with it, but does a gold nib have inherently more flex or no? Thanks, Richard |
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 23:11:39 +0200, "Ko van den Boom"
wrote: Am I wrong thinking golden nibs writer smoother than steel ones? Ko hasn't been my experience either. My smoothest nibs are stainless steel nibs. I've only tried 5 or 6 gold nibs. They failed to impress me. Some felt "mushy" (as opposed to flexible) and others were just boring without much to offer other than flashy looks. I do have a 14K gold nib that was "stubbed" by a nibmeister and it is lovely but that is a function of the nib shape and the care taken to make it smooth and fun to use - not a function of the gold. prior to getting it custom shaped it was not getting used at all. |
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