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I love my Pelikan M805 in the black and rhodium, but I was talking to some folks the other day who were mentioning that M800s do sometimes have an issue where the section "falls off" because the weld that holds it together with the body ends up failing. Upon some Googling, I saw some horrific pictures of this and shuddered to think about that happening to my grail pen. To you long-time Pelikan owners, how common of an issue is this? Thanks for your time!

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I've seen photos of such on FPN, but have never experienced anything like this from any of my M800s in over 20 years of using them.

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It happens but not regularly. I wouldn't call it a major problem or a reason not to pursue an M800.

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I think this is one of those "I've got a friend who was speaking to someone in the pub who said that a friend of theirs knew someone who had heard from a person at work that a friend of theirs had been told of a broken M800. So it must be true that all M800s are rubbish".

We never learn, do we?

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Nothing to worry about. However, some of the instances on FPN are related to dropped pens. But dropping pens is never good.

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I think this is one of those "I've got a friend who was speaking to someone in the pub who said that a friend of theirs knew someone who had heard from a person at work that a friend of theirs had been told of a broken M800. So it must be true that all M800s are rubbish".

We never learn, do we?

I don't remember saying that "all M800s are rubbish." I'm just concerned about a pen I paid a significant amount of money for... don't know what the problem with that is.

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I don't remember saying that "all M800s are rubbish." I'm just concerned about a pen I paid a significant amount of money for... don't know what the problem with that is.

 

I wasn't referring to your post. Sorry if you thought that. (Must be my English humour). It is just that we have rather a lot of scare stories which, all too often, are based on hearsay. Please enjoy your pen and I hope it gives as much pleasure as my M800 does.

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I wasn't referring to your post. Sorry if you thought that. (Must be my English humour). It is just that we have rather a lot of scare stories which, all too often, are based on hearsay. Please enjoy your pen and I hope it gives as much pleasure as my M800 does.

No worries. No doubt, the M800 is a fantastic pen.

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If it does even after guarantee is over, don't worry about Charpack and their charges, send it directly to Pelikan in Hanover. It will be fixed for free....out side the mailing.

And normal post does just fine from Germany.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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