Mont Blanc 220/221 Identification

[Aysedasi]

I bought this pen on Ebay a few days ago -

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140310384109

 

As you'll see, the seller couldn't say if it was a 220 or a 221. Personally, I wouldn't have a clue. I was attracted by the likely finishing price and the OB nib. The pen arrived today and is very nice. The nib is seriously sweet.

 

It had no converter, so I have a cartridge in at the moment. Do I need a Mont Blanc converter or will any other proprietary converters work in it?

 

Any ideas how I identify the pen definitively? I can't see any useful identifying features on the pen.

Edited April 8, 2009 by Aysedasi

[Aysedasi]

Don't worry about the converter - I've found one that fits perfectly.

[Blade Runner]

I bet that OB writes sweetly. Got a writing sample?

[Aysedasi]

Not that I can put up yet - I'll see what I can do..... (that translates to 'Do I dare to put up some more of my dreadful handwriting.....?' ).

 

 

 

PS Any thoughts on the price I paid for this? It seemed extremely reasonable to me - even more so now I have the pen.

Edited April 8, 2009 by Aysedasi

[Aysedasi]

No other thoughts then?

[Aysedasi]

I bet that OB writes sweetly. Got a writing sample?

 

 

 

Here you go.

 

 

 

[Blade Runner]

Thanks for the scan!

I'm impressed by the variation in line thickness.

I'm imagining how nice that would look and feel on my cotton stationery.

[PCS73]

I bought this pen on Ebay a few days ago -

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140310384109

 

As you'll see, the seller couldn't say if it was a 220 or a 221. Personally, I wouldn't have a clue. I was attracted by the likely finishing price and the OB nib. The pen arrived today and is very nice. The nib is seriously sweet.

 

It had no converter, so I have a cartridge in at the moment. Do I need a Mont Blanc converter or will any other proprietary converters work in it?

 

Any ideas how I identify the pen definitively? I can't see any useful identifying features on the pen.

 

This should be a 221, made between 1971-1979. I've a 220, which is a matt black finished, doing well with a Pelikan convertor.

Edited April 12, 2009 by PCS73

[penparadise]

I bought this pen on Ebay a few days ago -

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140310384109

 

As you'll see, the seller couldn't say if it was a 220 or a 221. Personally, I wouldn't have a clue. I was attracted by the likely finishing price and the OB nib. The pen arrived today and is very nice. The nib is seriously sweet.

 

It had no converter, so I have a cartridge in at the moment. Do I need a Mont Blanc converter or will any other proprietary converters work in it?

 

Any ideas how I identify the pen definitively? I can't see any useful identifying features on the pen.

 

This should be a 221, made between 1971-1979. I've a 220, which is a matt black finished, doing well with a Pelikan convertor.

 

Well :hmm1: , it has flat ends, it has two cap rings and it is glossy -> so if this pen was made between 1970 and 1979 it is a Montblanc 221 and not a 220. So far I agree.

But if this pen was made after 1979 until 1987, and the engraving on the nib looks definately like it, then the Model is called Montblanc "Classic" (not Classique!) . The "Classic" had exactly the same shape and size of the former 221.

 

Regards,

Axel

 

 

 

[FredRydr]

Axel,

 

Thank you for sharing this information. It is much appreciated.

 

Fred

 

 

Well :hmm1: , it has flat ends, it has two cap rings and it is glossy -> so if this pen was made between 1970 and 1979 it is a Montblanc 221 and not a 220. So far I agree.

But if this pen was made after 1979 until 1987, and the engraving on the nib looks definately like it, then the Model is called Montblanc "Classic" (not Classique!) . The "Classic" had exactly the same shape and size of the former 221.

[Aysedasi]

Thanks everyone, Axel in particular. I wouldn't have a clue when the pen was made, but I have to say that I am absolutely bowled over by the nib. It is, without doubt, the nicest nib I have ever written with. Now if only I could find this type of nib in a bigger pen - but at a reasonable price, I could well finally end my FP addiction....... Hmmm, not sure if that's good or bad - although I know what SWMBO would say.....

Edited April 14, 2009 by Aysedasi

[Blade Runner]

Modern MB Broads and wider will give you the same effect.

I suggest trying the 146 and 149 at a boutique.

[Aysedasi]

Modern MB Broads and wider will give you the same effect.

I suggest trying the 146 and 149 at a boutique.

 

 

Sounds good, but there would be no point my even going into an MB boutique, I couldn't justify that kind of expense on a pen.

 

[Blade Runner]

Modern MB Broads and wider will give you the same effect.

I suggest trying the 146 and 149 at a boutique.

 

 

Sounds good, but there would be no point my even going into an MB boutique, I couldn't justify that kind of expense on a pen.

In that case you could try it there to compare the different offerings, and if one or two are winners, you could look for them elsewhere.

 

[Aysedasi]

Yep, I could for sure. Trouble is, here in the UK, as far as I know, there are no MB boutiques south of London. Some of these companies think that life begins and ends in the Capital........