Friends,
I happen to own an early M400 with a friction fit nib-feeder unit. The seller said he didn't know that it was a friction fit unit, and I didn't discover it immediately.
The pen is green-striped, with an F nib and works great. The nib unit is easily removed but has never spontaneously come off. The problem is that it doesn't "sing" for me and on the go I don't feel completely safe and comfortable with it.
Of course I have paid about 125 USD for it once, but the main thing for me is that I want the pen to get a new loving and caring home. I'm open to negotiations, perhaps a good trade, with a M200 F or EF, Café Creme or Cognac or a (M)400 nib unit EF?
Please take this under consideration.
Sincerely
Lennart Wennberg
Sweden
Pelikan M400 friction fit, needs a new home
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Re: Pelikan M400 friction fit, needs a new home
I own an M400 too, really good.
Re: Pelikan M400 friction fit, needs a new home
One of the quickest and simplest methods to tell the two models apart is perhaps by looking at the feed. A hard rubber (ebonite) feed comprised of four vertically arranged fins was installed on the 400. The plastic M400 feed is made up of numerous longitudinal fins.
Re: Pelikan M400 friction fit, needs a new home
Thank you for providing such useful information. I've been having trouble coming up with many questions about this topic. I'll stick with you!