Below you will find a great set of links to sites that offer information related to the Pelikan brand.  While certainly not an exhaustive list, these are sites that I have found very helpful over the last several years.  If you have or know of a site that would fit in well here, please let me know.

Company

• Pelikan’s Official Homepage

• Fine Writing Newsletter

  • Archive
  • Sign-up

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History

• Pelikan – Heritage & Tradition

• Pelikan’s History – Rick Propas

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Forums

• The Fountain Pen Network

• Fountain Pen Geeks

• The Fountain Pen Board

• The Nib – Badger & Blade

• Reddit – Fountain Pens

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Repair/Nib Tuning

• Inkpen Vintage Fountain Pen – Joel Hamilton

• The Write Pen – Danny Fudge

• Mike It Work – Michael Masuyama

• Main Street Pens – Ron Zorn

• The Nibsmith – Dan Smith

• Indy-Pen-Dance – Mike & Linda Kennedy

• Pendleton’s Pens – Pendleton Brown

• Classic Fountain Pens – John Mottishaw

• Nib Grinder – Marc Bacas

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Sales

• The PENguin Fountain Pens (USA)

• Vacumania (USA)

• Martini Auctions (Germany)

• The Goulet Pen Company (USA)

• Penboard! (Germany/Italy)

• GoPens (USA)

• Classic Fountain Pens (USA)

• Goldspot Pens (USA)

• Cult Pens (UK)

• Niche Pens Ltd. (UK)

• Iguana Sell (Spain)

• Appelboom (Netherlands) – 10% Discount

• Fritz Schimpf (Germany)

• Afreva Vintage Pens (USA)

• Casa della Stilografica (Italy)

• Stilo & Stile (Italy)

• Novelli (Italy)

• La Couronne du Comte (Netherlands)

• Penworld (Belgium)

• Pen Chalet (USA)

• Chatterley Luxuries & Pen Time (USA)

• Pen Realm (USA)

• Proto Pens (North Macedonia)

• Pen Lover Boutique (Malta)

• Watch & Write Boutique (Switzerland)

• Peyton Street Pens (USA)

• Zafpens (Greece)

• Missing-Pen.com (Germany)

• Missing-Pen – eBay Store of Rolf Thiel (Germany)

• The Collector’s Connection for Pens – eBay Store of William Weakley (USA)

• Gidania – eBay Store of Jüergen Kuhse (Germany)

*I have no affiliation with the above retailers.  I know them to be knowledeable, reliable, and trustworthy vendors based upon my own personal experiences.

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Reference

• Werner Ruettinger’s Site: An amazing resource with encyclopedic documentation of most pens of the Pelikan brand.

• Dominic Rothemel’s Site:  Another excellent resource detailing more than 1,100 Pelikan fountain pens over the span of 200 models with more than 5,500 great photographs of many of the pens described.

• The Pelikan Guide – Martin Lehmann: A good source for identifying vintage Pelikans.

• Collector’s Weekly – Interview with Rick Propas: A great article with a well known Pelikan pen collector.

• “Decoding the Pelikan M800” by Rick Propas: An excellent article on how to date an M800.

• Gentleman’s Gazette – Pelikan Fountain Pen Guide: A nice laymans introduction to Pelikan pens.

• “Why Pelikan” – Mark van Blargan: Provides a good perspective from a collector.

• Pen Collectors of America: A nice resource for serious fountain pen enthusiast.  Well worth joining and supporting.

• The PENguin Blog – Rick Propas: The blog of The PENguin covering pens and other stuff.

• Richard Binder Fountain Pens: While no longer active in pen sales, Richard’s site continues to host invaluable reference material and is well worth reviewing.

• Penguin: A Life In Pens and Pelikans: An amazing 48 minute talk with Rick Propas, one of the premiere collectors of Pelikan pens.  He goes over his origins with the brand and shows many unique and rare models.  Directed by Lawrence Chiou with Franz Dimson and Yuan Niu

• Sleeping at the Pelikan Factory – Tour of the Pelikan Sheraton in Hannover, Germany – Goldspot Pens:  Sal and Tom of Goldspot Pens get a tour of the former Pelikan factory in Hannover, Germany courtesy of Jens Meyer, the Global Marketing Manager for Pelikan.  This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

• Tour the Pelikan Museum Archive in Hannover, Germany – Goldspot Pens:  Sal and Tom of Goldspot pens tour the  Tintenturm, Pelikan’s museum and shop attached to the former Pelikan factory in Hannover, Germany courtesy of Wilfried Leuthold (Willy), Pelikan’s current archivist.  This is part 2 of a 2 part series.

• What is it like to work for a world-class pen manufacturer? Pelikan’s Jens Meyer Interview – Goldspot Pens:  Tom of Goldspot Pens interviews Jens Meyer, the Global Marketing Manager for Pelikan International, at the Piggyback Bar in Jersey City, NJ (200 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ).