M800, very top of cap is either black or gold

**85AKbN** · December 25th, 2013, 05:42 PM

Hello,

I was looking at the Pelikan M800 on a few sites and I noticed most of the standard colors have a gold color Peikan logo on the very top of the cap (Classic Fountain Pens has good pictures of this). CFP's M800 page also shows the M805 with a black log on top - and pictures of older M800s also have the black logo.

Does anyone know what year they changed from the black to the gold?

**sargetalon** · December 25th, 2013, 05:48 PM

To put it simply, 2010. That's when the Souveran's switched to the gold cap.

**Baric** · December 25th, 2013, 05:55 PM

I am struggling to find where I read this, but I recall an article saying the cap end changed from black to gold in 2010. But please, take that with a very large grain of salt. Hopefully someone with more information will happen by and straighten me out.

EDIT: Hmmm, seems I'm late to the party ;-)

**sargetalon** · December 25th, 2013, 06:54 PM

For further reading, here is an article from Rick Propas about the M800 that goes through the dates of the different M800 caps.

**85AKbN** · December 25th, 2013, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by sargetalon

For further reading, here is an article from Rick Propas about the M800 that goes through the dates of the different M800 caps.

Awesome.

**85AKbN** · December 25th, 2013, 09:36 PM

found a reference to the 2010 metal logo cap head change (search for 2010 to jump)

PELIKAN NEW MODELS - LINE SOUVERAEN
http://www.ruettinger-web.de/e-pelik...souveraen.html