Pelikan 400NN Fountain Pens

Identical to the Pelikan 400NN, only with gold doublé cap.

Entire pen is made from Rolled Gold Doublé.

Cap made from 14 carat gold.

14 ct gold. Hallmark (14C - 585) on the cap, barrel, clip and clip nut.

The model Pelikan 400NN Deskpen was probably produced or assembled by Pelikan Milano. Its shape is reminiscent of traditional dip pens. The advantage of this design was that it prevented the pen from being stolen.

The 400NN Deskpen has a longer shaft and no thread for the cap, the pen simply slots into the cap without threading.

Pelikan 400NN - Merz & Krell.

Pelikan had already stopped the production of the 400NN by 1965. In 1973, a new edition appeared. This was manufactured by Merz & Krell and differs in some details from the original model. The filling knob is flush with the barrel, as is the transition from the grip section to the barrel.

The threads of the cap are also different, so the cap of an old 400NN will not fit the M & K.

With the Merz & Krell model, the writing characteristics of the nibs also differ. So far, the nibs of the 400 models were ground as Italic nibs, now the nibs have a ball point which offers no line variance.