Pelikan 140

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My $140 shoe looks literally almost identical to the “retail” pair thats going for over $1k. A lot of the time it’s literally just the paper in the box or the box that’s off. In conclusion, we prefer replicas because they’re cheaper and look almost identical to the “real” ones.

I recommend a Pelikan 140 or 400 depending on how much money you have. Edit: I just saw you said your budget is 30-40 max and I assume it is in dollars. I recommend saving up as pens around that range are too similar. You can buy a flex nib and do a swap on your pilot metro.

One of the benefits I see is the smaller rotor moves laterally less - aka, you have less chance for rub when you run 140. With Shimano's road hydraulic levers such as R9170 and R8070, they lack ServoWave so the pads tend to sit closer to the rotors, when compared to ServoWave equipped levers like the GRX RX815 levers or the new 12spd road levers coming out.

Pelikan 140 with a stenographer nib. Probably won't get one though. It's hard enough to find them in the states, more so at a price I'd be willing to pay.

Been using Diamine Twilight in my Pelikan 140 for the last six months. Was using Pelikan Black in the pen prior. Quink Black is one I used very often in several pens before that.

It only wants to work well in a really, really wet pen. I have been using it in my Pelikan 140 for work for months and months. I would call it teal leaning.

If I had to recommend one I would recommend a vintage Pelikan 140. Vintage Pelikans write like a dream and I have quite a few. If you don’t mind pushing your budget a bit, you could look for a 400nn as well. For the most part - I would say - 95%+ of the time, vintage Pelikans are great and you won’t be disappointed.