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Don't you love the way its weight settles the pen into your hand ? It's what a fistful of gold coins feels like.

 

I feel the same way about the M640 Mount Everest. The extra weight and heft are probably closer to that of an M800 than M600, but the weight and the slightly increased barrel diameter where it fits in my hand are nice. The physics of this pen just work for me, probably like how you're describing the M1000.

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I think they shifted from using the light green ink windows to darker ones when the new version of the logo came out, can't say for sure but what I know is I've never seen an old-style (medallion) M800 with dark ink window, while all the M805s I've seen so far had them.

Ex, found this with google

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/ceeteelee/penA082009NibA01.jpg (from FPN, leftmost is an M800)

 

Check out the first two pictures:

http://www.nibs.com/PelikanM800Series.htm (nibs.com)

http://www.nibs.com/www/WEBSITE%20PICS/Pelikan%20website%20pics/pelikan-m-800-black-uncapped.jpg

http://www.nibs.com/www/WEBSITE%20PICS/Pelikan%20website%20pics/pelikan-m-805-black-uncapped.jpg

 

My M1000 is pre-2003, before Pelikan changed their logo (two chicks to one).

The M1000 was launched in 1998 if I'm not wrong, and it's possible Pelikan has used the darker style ink window since 1997.

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If you have a chance, try out the fine nib on the M1000. I've owned 3, simply because they write as close to vintage flexible as I've found in a modern nib. They are closer to a medium, which is a plus for me. If you like a fine nib, try an EF. I can't speak directly for them, though.

 

Tyler

 

The EF nib on the 1000 does put down the line of a F, and it's surprisingly smooth.

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