tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post8571767694683582652..comments2024-03-25T08:42:25.940+01:00Comments on Retro Tech Geneva: Pencast: Pelikan 120Adwoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-5709130956406496822011-04-22T18:18:45.212+02:002011-04-22T18:18:45.212+02:00Very nice score. You did nothing wrong in my book...Very nice score. You did nothing wrong in my book. He told you the price, you paid it, done.<br /><br />Man, I can't wait for the nicer weather to come around our way so the flea markets start opening up again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-87188478575285933822011-04-19T17:53:15.043+02:002011-04-19T17:53:15.043+02:00Adwoa, thanks for considering my post so thoroughl...Adwoa, thanks for considering my post so thoroughly.<br /><br />1. You expanded on my point with your colorful example, which is a great description of the process. My bare point is that "the Price" is only set at the point at which money (or barter) changes hands. All offers and counteroffers before that are gambits, not set prices. <br />It is similar to the answer given to newbies Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324098741441811269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-7182659502157013282011-04-19T17:06:13.355+02:002011-04-19T17:06:13.355+02:00Hello Michael - Thanks for your great input on my ...Hello Michael - Thanks for your great input on my philosophical question. I have not previously seen your Two Rules of Yard Sales, so thanks for posting them here. <br /><br />1. I am not sure whether I quite understand. I have always thought sellers set the price - although I am very well known to haggle over everything and I don't take prices (particularly at yard sales) as a given! So in Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-87103194745889742452011-04-19T04:17:55.344+02:002011-04-19T04:17:55.344+02:00Adwoa, I don't know much about Pelikans (I am ...Adwoa, I don't know much about Pelikans (I am enchanted with my Parker "51".) but I do have something to offer re your opening philosophical question. I have mentioned my Two Rules of Yard Sales here locally and gotten agreement and disagreement, so it is time to get feedback from this larger and thoughtful community.<br />1. * The Buyer Sets the Price. * --You might think the Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324098741441811269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-157409412940850152011-04-18T20:06:50.338+02:002011-04-18T20:06:50.338+02:00Adwoa: no, I think you can swap the entire nib/fee...Adwoa: no, I think you can swap the entire nib/feeder assembly as one piece. I am glad to hear that you are happy to keep that oblique nib! If it is not too canted, I am sure you can use it fine; I just don't like the exagerated nibs, useful for caligraphic work, but of little use for other purposes. <br />I must also correct my previous statement about Pelikans and their nibs: as a matter ofR. Vieirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082350013226061416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-90987045964145029802011-04-18T17:31:10.594+02:002011-04-18T17:31:10.594+02:00Ruy: Thanks for the kind feedback! I have read abo...Ruy: Thanks for the kind feedback! I have read about the ability to swap nibs on Pelikans, but wouldn't that mean losing the feed as well (with its special vertical channels)? Besides, I have yet to identify a good inexpensive source for extra - hopefully new old stock - nibs, "Pelikan Feder" on ebay.de leading me nowhere...<br /><br />I have too many pens for any one to become my Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-58423917414081047642011-04-18T05:47:12.477+02:002011-04-18T05:47:12.477+02:00A fortuitous find! Don't worry -- most people ...A fortuitous find! Don't worry -- most people would pass that one by as "too difficult" to use. If only!<br /><br />I'm still kicking myself for having an empty wallet at the cash-only thrift store on the one day when they were selling bundles of pens rubber-banded together for $2 each. There were surely some wide-barreled numbers in there, but alas, they were gone when I came mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-81694246354854396692011-04-17T17:08:18.998+02:002011-04-17T17:08:18.998+02:00Hi Adwoa, thanks for your impressions on the Pelik...Hi Adwoa, thanks for your impressions on the Pelikan 120. Pelikans, however, are among the few vintage foutain pens that can actually be improved nib-wise. Nibs can be replaced by the owner easily, and modern nibs can be fitted to vintage 120s, 140s and 400s and vice-versa too. As for your 120, it depends on how comfortable you feel writing with it. Oblique nibs aren't my cup of tea either, R. Vieirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082350013226061416noreply@blogger.com