Pelikan, and mostly the Soverän range, is a perfect example of very sound, and to be admired, marketing and products positioning strategies : just a few model ranges, all products in the same model range have identical components. Result of this modular approach : Maximal scaling-up advantages in production, competitive pricing considering the quality offered, easier to overview spare parts availability. Pelikan is in business since 1838. Some FP manufacturers, who offer a wide range of all different-sized pens in very small production runs, are bankrupt after a couple of years.
The Pelikan Soverän FP range FP's are gorgeous writing instruments, and the model 800 is imo the best choice : very well balanced, not rather too small as the M600 but not too obtrusive or "m'a tu vu" as the M1000. This was my 6th M800
The nib+feed assy's are interchangeable within the model range, easy unscrewing of the nib+feed assy makes it very easy to clean the pen.
I ordered the FP with an EF nib. When already having a number of these pens, there could be an oncoming impression that the pens are too perfect : extremely smooth writers, perfect ink flow, but not much fun, rather boring. I thus wanted to send my EF to a nib wizard, to modify in a cursive-italic. But no need : this EF is just perfect, I can even detect a sniff of tooth.
