All this chatter about a Pelikan pen is fueling my FPAD. However, I loathe screw caps, and prefer snap/click caps on my pens. Any of you Pelikan experts know of a 200 type with a snap/click cap? Or must I satiate my FPAD elsewhere? 
Pelikan with a snap cap?
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Pelikan Pelikanos have a snap cap, the 200s are screw cap.
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Thanks Mike. The Pelikanos do not have the styling of a 200 (or up) Pelikan. Any other suggestions?
Pelikan traditionally uses a screw cap, there are a few vintage models similar to the Lamy Ratio, but they are not styled like the M200 and up.
I've got a Pelikan Future with a snap cap, but wouldn't recommend it. It's a lower end pen like the Pelikano, a little short to write with unposted, but the cap won't actually stay posted for very long.
I suspect that most people willing to shell out the money for the better models will prefer a screw type cap. My M205 has a screw on cap and I wouldn't want it any other way. If you want a top quality pen with a snap cap, you might find something by a brand other than Pelikan, but I wouldn't know what modern brand to suggest. Have you thought about a vintage Parker 51?
I suspect that most people willing to shell out the money for the better models will prefer a screw type cap. My M205 has a screw on cap and I wouldn't want it any other way. If you want a top quality pen with a snap cap, you might find something by a brand other than Pelikan, but I wouldn't know what modern brand to suggest. Have you thought about a vintage Parker 51?
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I have a vintage Parker 21 that I really like. It is part of my 3 pen rotation (Regatta, Parker, Acme). Thanks for the suggestion.
the MK/Silvexa models (the second table on the link) ones have it ..http://www.ruettinger-web.de/e-pelikan-modell-p1.html
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My M30 was push-on. Old-style Pelikanos make for a good user pen too.
A similar pen with a push on/off cap is the Lamy 2000 
I love mine!
I love mine!
