Pelikan M1000 Review

[Ghost Plane]

Have the standard black with an O3B nib and it floats over the page, but not sure I'd describe it as springy. It's more of a glider.

[pavoni]

Loved all the pictures in this thread. What a fabulous pen. Yet to use my brand new M1000 in traditional green and black, with an F nib. Just decided to slot it into my rotation as my 'Tuesday pen'. Already filled with Pelikan 4001 blue-black. Is it Tuesday yet?

 

Pavoni.

[ahab78]

How does the M1000 match up against the M800 and Montblanc 149?

[bugmd]

How does the M1000 match up against the M800 and Montblanc 149?

 

Bigger than the M800 with a larger nib. About the same size as the 149, including the nib, however the shape is different. Prefer my M1000 over my 149 any day of the week, but that is just me.

 

BTW, I have a fine nib coming for one of my M1000's, I am excited.

[Makar]

How does the M1000 match up against the M800 and Montblanc 149?

 

It really is a case of trying out the M1000 - hard to say how you will like it till you do.

 

I have had a couple of M1000's and just let the last one go, along with a few nibs. The reason I decided to sell was more one of needing the funds for another pen than anything else. However, even though the tip of the nib on the M1000 is about the same distance from my fingers as the tip of the MB 149 nib - it seems longer, thinner, less gainly in my hands. Don't know why this should be. I much prefer the experience of writing with the 149 - or a Sailor KOP in similar size. This is all so personal though - there are many things at play in whether you like one pen or another. Wait till you see what you want to try out at a good price, buy it, try it and move it on if you don't like it. Consider any loss as rental. It's been the only way for me to experience a lot of pens and decide what I like.

 

Stephen

[thoppen]

How does the M1000 match up against the M800 and Montblanc 149?

 

It really is a case of trying out the M1000 - hard to say how you will like it till you do.

 

I have had a couple of M1000's and just let the last one go, along with a few nibs. The reason I decided to sell was more one of needing the funds for another pen than anything else. However, even though the tip of the nib on the M1000 is about the same distance from my fingers as the tip of the MB 149 nib - it seems longer, thinner, less gainly in my hands. Don't know why this should be. I much prefer the experience of writing with the 149 - or a Sailor KOP in similar size. This is all so personal though - there are many things at play in whether you like one pen or another. Wait till you see what you want to try out at a good price, buy it, try it and move it on if you don't like it. Consider any loss as rental. It's been the only way for me to experience a lot of pens and decide what I like.

 

Stephen

 

Hear hear

[michelim]

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I hear alot of static on the M800 and M1000 that the Medium Nib does not drop ink well. Is this correct? Is it better to go with the EF/F nibs?

I am looking to purchase a M800 in the coming monthes.

 

 

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I have a Pelikan M800 with a fine nib. No problem, it puts down plenty of ink, and its the same no matter what I put in it. Superb pen.

 

Peter

 

I have a M1000 with bold nib and a M800 with medium nib, all are very good writers with an very good amount of ink

[breaker]

nice review and pics

[NathanLow]

My first impression to Pelikan M1000 is,"Wow,what a big pen it is!"

Which my hand not that big as it's designed shape,but it's a classic.

[Quartermain]

The M1000 is indeed a fantastic pen of which I will own very soon. I currently own a couple of M200s that I use for scribbles and rapid note taking whilst at work and have a bold nib. I love the size of the bold M200 nibs and was wondering if anybody would be able to advise me on nib choice for the M1000. Would a medium nib be roughly the same as the M200 bold?

 

Your advice would be much appreciated.

[goldenkrishna]

Hello The Noble Savage,

 

Thanks for this informative review.

 

With love,

 

goldenkrishna

[theverdictis]

What a pen!

[Albinoni]

Hi Noble, congratulations on your beautiful M1000 and I hope that you enjoy using it too, have been looking at getting one of these myself but tossing up between the M1000 and M1005, basically I think they are the same pen but the 1005 has silver trim. Absolutely love Pelikan's myself and have an M800 which I bought back in 1996 in Melbourne, Australia also a 400nn and few M200's and a M215 but the M1000 series is on my fountain pen list.

 

Was going to ask you did this pen come with an international warranty and also did it come with a free bottle of ink. When I bought my M800 years ago in the bix was a free bottle of ink, actually the bottle looked like a J. Herbin bottle but just with a Pelikan logo and branding on it.

[Pen2009]

After a few instances of back and forth with the reseller, I can also give my M1000 EF (black trim) the high score. After the bungled nib exchange transactions, Pelikan has delivered what I have requested. I already have a green M1000 F, which is perfect from the get go. So, I did not compromise from my M1000 EF even one inch on the product quality.

[VladDracule]

This thread was brought back from the dark ages. The most depressing thing about it is the cost. The OP said the list price of the pen was at the time, $325. The M1000 now retails for $935. This is nearly a 300% increase in price over the last 8 years. This amounts to a 37.5% increase PER YEAR. Which is absolutely absurd, there is absolute ZERO way that the cost of materials increases at this rate, it almost makes me disgusted with the industry.

Edited May 8, 2014 by VladDracule

[TTAlex]

Really interesting and compelling observation, Vlad.

[Albinoni]

This thread was brought back from the dark ages. The most depressing thing about it is the cost. The OP said the list price of the pen was at the time, $325. The M1000 now retails for $935. This is nearly a 300% increase in price over the last 8 years. This amounts to a 37.5% increase PER YEAR. Which is absolutely absurd, there is absolute ZERO way that the cost of materials increases at this rate, it almost makes me disgusted with the industry.

 

If you actually read the OPs post corretly, he said that he bought it from Malaysia, Pen Gallery and that that the shop said M1000 on special please click here or something like that, than he received an email within 10 minutes or so, I dont think the price he got it for was the original actual price.

 

Who knows perhaps pen gallery had heaps of them and were over stocked, I dont know, but he surely did get it at a very good cost.

[fehelmet]

WOW, so beautifull it is. This is my dream.

[Beechwood]

This thread was brought back from the dark ages. The most depressing thing about it is the cost. The OP said the list price of the pen was at the time, $325. The M1000 now retails for $935. This is nearly a 300% increase in price over the last 8 years. This amounts to a 37.5% increase PER YEAR. Which is absolutely absurd, there is absolute ZERO way that the cost of materials increases at this rate, it almost makes me disgusted with the industry.

 

 

I presume that this is an exchange rate anomolly, $935 sounds extreme when UK sellers have it for GBP360:

 

http://www.thewritingdesk.co.uk/showproduct.php?brand=Pelikan&range=Souverän+M1000&cat=pens

[proton007]

This thread was brought back from the dark ages. The most depressing thing about it is the cost. The OP said the list price of the pen was at the time, $325. The M1000 now retails for $935. This is nearly a 300% increase in price over the last 8 years. This amounts to a 37.5% increase PER YEAR. Which is absolutely absurd, there is absolute ZERO way that the cost of materials increases at this rate, it almost makes me disgusted with the industry.

 

The retail price in 2003 was $490, 8 years later it's $700 to $900, depending on the source of the information.

Usually pens are sold at about 20-25% less on retail.

 

The price of Gold itself has jumped from $363 per ounce in 2003 to $1310 per ounce as of today. That's a 4x increase. Most retailers seem to blame the price increase on that.

True or not, I don't know.