Today’s blast from the past is from 2006. The M430s were only produced for a short six months by Pelikan for GALERIA Kaufhof shopping chain, which made them one of the hardest to find vermeil capped birds. Notably for the gold and rhodium trims over solid sterling are similar to those of the M7000 majesty in a much smaller and lighter package. As much as I like mine, I have to say that these are slightly top heavy when posted, so for me vermeil capped pens are more like executive signature pens than long writers. Back in the day, Pelikan provided an M450 for signing the guestbook on factory tours.
—TR
Pens and Sensibility 