Sure, it may write wider than many extra-fine nibs, but it also writes wetter and smoother. First time out I tried Iroshizuku Kon peki and got a ridiculously wide line. Free shipping for many products! In fact, I think Pelikan’s gold extra-fine nibs are very good.To me, what makes Pelikan’s gold extra-fine nibs good, and maybe a little special, is that they are extremely smooth and easy writers. So many brands are gone, and others are a mere shell.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.© Fountain Pen Follies and fountainpenfollies.com, 2015.

Well worth it!Thanks for the heads up.

It’s not really very fine at all (in line width terms – it writes brilliantly), but I’ve found I can tune it a bit by choice of ink. If you measure a nib size in mm, that implies a certain level of precision. Indeed.

I now know I’ll choose an extra-fine because I love the M nib of my Sailor and I wanted to have something similar. I’ve even found that nominally the same nib width on different TWSBI models are different . And the main reason is: Pelikans! Everyone has different likes and dislikes and the key thing is that’s absolutely fine. Your post has been very useful, thank you! Ink and paper make a huge difference in the effective nib width. The M200 fountain pen has a gold-plated steel nib as standard with the option to upgrade to a 14c gold nib (select below and add a shipping note of your preferred width). The ink filling mechanism is Pelikan's trademark differential piston, meaning it can only be used with bottled ink. Japanese Warranty Only.

One can easily unscrew and screw the nibs back in. Most of my writing is done at work, but I cope with it by buying my own notebooks, which enables me to use a fountain pen pretty much all of the time. ),I wonder if one reason fountain pens can be so endlessly fascinating is how much more the human element comes into play? Or look to the extra-fine nibs of Lamy and Aurora: in those the extra-fine nib tends to have a smaller sweet spot and put less ink down on the paper. I’ve noticed that people who don’t share my love of very narrow nibs always love my Pelikan extra-fines.Modern Pelikan gold nibs are beautifully ground to almost float on the page, so you can write very fluidly with them, and they reward a light touch. Unauthorized use use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. That’s the beauty of Pelikan – all their nibs write beautifully, regardless of width.This is all so very true! It’s easy to forget that fountain pen ownership and use is (comparatively) a minority activity, so we probably should be grateful there are still as many players in the market as there are. Not very! I’m taking a similar approach with my Sailor Pro Gear Earth.

But "very fine" in the sense of "excellent."

I’m assuming that the failure and service/return rate is higher on those, since a lot of dissatisfaction can be traced to user error, and EF nibs require more precision of the user.

On the bright side. I happen to love a dry-writing ink, which places me outside the mainstream, a little. Pelikan M200 NIbs (steel) are one of the easiest to change the nibs. I often use two modern M600 Pelikans with extra-fine nibs, and I always jokingly call those nibs “alleged extra-fines.”Partly that’s because I tend to think of nib widths in line with vintage Parkers and Pelikans, and modern Japanese pens — all of which run narrower than modern Pelikan gold nibs. Then I read something you wrote in response to someone’s criticism of one of your reviews which questioned your objectivity. I so envy you your pen show and hub opportunities for trying out the different makes and models. I was just thinking it, when I saw your comment that their steel nibs are different. How fine is the Pelikan M600 extra-fine nib? I know it’s not that simple, but it does hurt my head from time to time.Yeah, there are sample variations even within the same size by the same manufacturer, even with stainless steel nibs that aren’t individually ground. I happen to have a Pelikan M600 with extra-fine nib inked up at the same time as a Sailor 1911L with medium nib. Not very! These nibs write buttery smooth and will not disappoint you. **Sailor gold nib also are beautifully ground, but at size medium and below, Sailor nibs feature a characteristic feedback. It could be worse, much worse…That is a really good point.