Here, desk pens and pen stands are focused on.

 

Pen stand (model No.5) seems to be the first Pelikan fountain pen stand. It was catalogued at latest in 1932. According to Pelikan catalog No.50A (1932), it was desctibed as "Ständer zum Aufbewahren des geöffnefen Pelikan-Füllhalters. Halt die Feder stets schreibbereit. Lieferbar in Schwarz, Schwarz marmoriert, Dunkelrot, Rotgold, Grün und Braun (pen stand to store Pelikan fountain pens with nibs open. Keeps the nib always ready to write. Available in black, black marbled, dark red, rose gold, green, and brown)." Pen stands were sold either alone or in combination with fountain pens.

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New form of pen stand (model No.4) was first catalogued around 1938 (Pelikan catalog No.70 (1938)). While model No.5 had a cone-shaped base, model No.4 had a round flat base. It is made of Bakelite. There are four raised folds inside the pen holder to support smooth insertion and removal of pens. The pen stand consists of three parts and the nib cover⁽¹⁾ can be removed. Pen stand (No.4) was available in "Schwarz, Grün-Silber, Rot-Gold, Schwarz-Silber, Schwarz-Grün" (black, green-silver, rose gold, black-silver, black-Green).

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In March 1939, Günter Wagner introduced two desk pen models for 100N⁽²⁾.

• 100Nf with a fixed extension.

• 100Na with a removable extension⁽³⁾.

According to Pelikan Schreibgeräte, Günter Wagner wanted to win over two types of customers with these models.

• Companies that wanted to make a company fountain pen available to their office employees. The long extension was expected to prevent employees from putting the pen into their own pockets inadvertently.

• Customers who expected fountain pens to have the shape of their accustomed long dip pen holder.

 

Desk set (desk pen plus pen holder with wide rectangular base that can be used as a pen tray) were also produced. Desk sets were mostly found in Italy, where such desk sets were much more requested (Penboard.de). The desk pen produced (or assembled) in Pelikan Milan factory that was characterized by its unique barrels (please see Milan model), and named "100S" (Pelikan-guide). 100S had been produced until model 100N was discontinued in 1954⁽⁴⁾. When model 400NN was introduced, its desk pen model (400S) was also produced (or assembled) in Pelikan Milan factory (Pelikan-guide). Desk pens for model 140 and 120 were also produced (or assembled) in Pelikan Milan factory (Pelikan-collectibles, Pelikan-collectibles).

 

Interestingly, pen stand (model No.4) survived model 100 and model 100N. It can be seen in Pelikan catalog No.90 (1955).

 

According to Pelikan Schreibgeräte, upon request by Pelikan Milan, model 355S, ballpoint pen with a long extension was developed in 1958.

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Note;⁽¹⁾The nib cover protects a nib and prevents it from drying up. 

⁽²⁾Model "100f" is presented in Pelikan-guide. But, neither further information nor other sources are available.

⁽³⁾Model 100Na had a small blind cap that could be used to cover the threads for the extension. By removing the extension and covering the threads with the blind cap, users were able to post the normal cap to the tail and use the pen like a normal model or store it in the pocket. Unfortunately, such small components are often lost today.

⁽⁴⁾There exists 100S desk set with a fir tree nib. Fir tree nibs were introduced into model 100N in 1954.