Pelikan 400

Pelikan 400, Pelikan
M Dreibelbis from Cleveland Ohio, CC BY 2.0

The piston pen with a striped middle section, which Pelikan has made in different sizes ever since.

The 400 built on Pelikan’s first piston pen of 1929. The striped middle section became Pelikan’s hallmark and survives in today’s Souverän.

Materials: Celluloid and plastic, gold nib

Manufacture: Made in Hanover.

The green or brown striped middle section where the ink shows.

The pelican on the clip.