(This page revised July 16, 2018)
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Beginning with its first fountain pens in 1929, Pelikan has featured interchangeable nib units. Initially, nib interchangeability was not intended for the customer; rather, it was to make dealers’ lives easier by allowing them to offer a variety of nib styles without having to stock a complete pen for each style. When a customer chose a pen, the dealer would install the desired nib unit into it for the customer. Today, however, many users want to interchange their own nib. This page provides a reference to nib interchangeability in Souverän and Tradition models (M-series fountain pens).
There is more historical information about Pelikan’s early interchangeable nibs in Interchangeable Nibs: Get the Point — Personally!.
Some — but not all — models’ nibs can fit into other models. This chart lays out which modern nibs fit which pens. Some models’ nibs will fit into the Pelikan 140 and most 400-series pens from the 1950s onward as well; these nibs are so noted in the chart.
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M200 | M250 | M300 | M400 | M600 | M700 | M800 | M1000 |
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M100 | M100, MC120, M120, M150, M101N, M2xx, M4xx, M6xx, M7xx Toledo, M70xx Majesty, “1931” and “1935” LEs | |
M101N | M101N, M120, M2xx, M4xx, M6xx, M7xx Toledo, M70xx Majesty, “1931” and “1935” LEs | |
M120 | M101N, M120, M2xx, M4xx, M6xx, M7xx Toledo, M70xx Majesty, “1931” and “1935” LEs | |
M150 | M100, MC120, M120, M150, M101N, M2xx, M4xx, M6xx, M7xx Toledo, M70xx Majesty, “1931” and “1935” LEs | |
M2xx | M101N, M120, M2xx, M4xx, M6xx, M7xx Toledo, M70xx Majesty, “1931” and “1935” LEs | |
M3xx | M3xx | |
M4xx | M101N, M120, M2xx, M4xx, M6xx, M7xx Toledo, M70xx Majesty, “1931” and “1935” LEs | |
M6xx | M6xx, M70xx Majesty | |
M7xx Toledo | M101N, M120, M2xx, M4xx, M6xx, M7xx Toledo, M70xx Majesty, “1931” and “1935” LEs | |
M8xx | M8xx, M9xx Toledo | |
M9xx Toledo | M8xx, M9xx Toledo | |
M10xx | M10xx | |
M70xx Majesty | M6xx, M70xx Majesty | |
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M101N, M120, M2xx, M4xx, M6xx, M7xx Toledo, M70xx Majesty, “1931” and “1935” LEs | |
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This nib also fits most vintage 140, 400, 400N, and 400NN pens and the old-style (pre-1997) M600. This nib does not fit M1xx pens (M100, MC120, M150). It will screw into these pens, but it is longer and is likely to collide with the end of the inner cap when you cap the pen. It does not fit vintage 400-series pens that use a slip-fit (unthreaded) nib unit.
This nib also fits most vintage 140, 400, 400N, and 400NN pens and the old-style (pre-1997) M600. It does not fit vintage 400-series pens that use a slip-fit (unthreaded) nib unit.
This nib does not fit M120, M2xx, M4xx, etc., vintage 140, 400, 400N, and 400NN, or the old-style (pre-1997) M600. It will screw into these pens, but it is longer than the correct nib and is likely to collide with the end of the inner cap when you cap the pen.
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