Pelikan Souveran M400 Black-Red Fountain Pen

Pelikan Souveran M400 Black-Red Fountain Pen

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Pelikan Souveran M400 Black-Red Fountain Pen. The deep, shiny black surface harmonizes perfectly with the golden elements. The black casing is subject to an elaborate process. The material of the casing consists of high-grade resin, and it takes months until it is finished, whereupon the tailor-made plating is curved and cut into a contour using a natural diamond.

The Pelikan Souveran M400 characteristic double rings are then integrated into the cap and barrel with the utmost precision. The writing instrument is then polished until it reaches a brilliant luster. | Pelikan | Pelikan Souveran

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About Pelikan

The beginnings of the company trace back to the chemist Carl Hornemann, who made his customers an offer for oil paints, watercolors and for so called “farbige Dinten”—colored inks, on April 28, 1838. This price list—safely restored in the Pelikan archives—was the foundation of the company’s manufacturing line, from which the worldwide known trademark Pelikan has developed.

Piston filling mechanism and ink feed are the key to the fame of the Pelikan fountain pens. Self filling fountain pens, using pressure and lever mechanisms, and so-called safety fountain pens, that were filled by using an eyedropper, ruled the market after World War I.

In the 1980s, writing with a fountain pen experienced a revival. Not necessarily in everyday use, however, it was used again for personal letters, for signatures, and as a status symbol. In 1979, with the “Signum”, a fountain pen specially made for adults was introduced for the first time again.

Yet, only in 1982, when the Souverän M400 was launched, which was a renewal of the fountain pen 400, managed to live up to its previous successes. Outwardly the fountain pens were identical, only the ink feed and the mechanism differed slightly.

Pelikan Souveran M400 Black-Red Fountain Pen

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