A friend of ours prefers this as a travel pen, because
of its fail proof reliability on airplanes and its subtle understatement
at business meetings. This pen combines Pelikan's reliability
with a level of quiet authority.
The hand crafted design incised into a sleeve of
24K gold-over-sterling-silver (vermeil) depicts on one side a
pelikan with its head bowed (asleep?) The other side is of a pelikan
and it's young.
When John was in Frankfurt at the stationary show
in 2002, he watched an engraver cutting designs on the barrel
of these pens, each one is different, showing hand work. It comes
with a certificate which is hand numbered and signed and a very
lovely understated presentation box.