Legacy GoPens Blog

Handwritten Post - Not All Broads Are The Same

Oblique, stub, round... broad nibs are not always just giant nibs that can't be written with! I suppose that depends on your handwriting, but oblique double broad nibs, or stubby double broads can ...

Handwritten Post - The Free-Weight Pen Test

Complete with a modern Pelikan M101N Brown Tortoiseshell! I've tried this test on almost all my pens and have been surprised by how many have not passed. All the restored vintage pens passed. ...

Extraordinary Pens - Pelikan Collectors, Flex Seekers

A stunning line up of Pelikans - many with flexible nibs. If you're searching for a nib that will offer some line variation, look no further. Catalog #75 has a few Pelikans you may want to loo...

Handwritten Post - Why A Fountain Pen?

Extraordinary Pens - Pelikan Magnum Emege

Calling all Pelikan collectors! This 1935 Pelikan 100N Magnum Emege piston-filler is an absolutely beautiful pen: combining a deep red hard rubber cap, inner cap, and turning knob, with a stunning ...

Handwritten Post: It's Not Just Flex

Maybe you're not interested in flexible nibs. That's okay. I can look past that and still like you. However, vintage pens offer much more than just flex nibs! You can also fine hard nibs as well, l...

Handwritten Post: Some Favorites

If I really had to pick a few pens from my pen case to call my favorite, these four would be among them: a Waterman 12, a Waterman 94, a Waterman 42, and a Pelikan 400NN, all with flex nibs (to var...

Handwritten Post: Vintage Pen Brands - Flexed!

I thought this post would be fun to show some flex while listing a few of the pen brands. My favorite happens to be Waterman, because my first vintage pen was a red ripple Waterman 52V with a F-BBB...

Medium Oblique Italic - That's a Mouthful

Or a handful! The Pelikan Pen Company is reducing their range of nibs. Double-broads and obliques are already difficult to acquire. Pen #238 below is available in our Catalog #74 - a 1955 Pelika...

Pelikan Lizard & Red - Vintage Pens

Pelikan has recently relaunched their 101N series in Lizard, Red Tortoise, and Brown Tortoiseshell. They look very similar to their vintage counterparts and feel quite similar in terms of the size ...