Montblanc reference websites -- Look here first!

[Kalessin]

Montblanc is over 100 years old, and has had many product lines and designs over the years. Many non-collectors can recognize the Meisterstuck series of pens, but many fountain pen enthusiasts may not know the details about the early hard-rubber series or the 1970s models.

 

There are some good information sites and articles available on the internet, and I've started this thread for easy reference on FPN. To keep things simple, it will be a single moderator-edited post, and will focus mainly on non-commercial sites with reference material relating to MB writing products.

 

If you would like to suggest a site or page for inclusion, please send it to me via PM (personal message).

 

Thank you,

Kalessin, aka Joel

 

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The official Montblanc corporate site has information on current models, warranty, service contact info, etc: http://www.montblanc.com

 

A tremendous reference site (though in German, the site is pretty easy to navigate) for great pen photos of all eras of Montblanc can be found at: http://www.fountainpen.de

 

Linked off the front page of fountainpen.de is the sales and reference site with many MB pens depicted: http://www.penboard.de

 

The pen repair site http://www.maxpens.de has pictures of an amazing number of rare and unusual vintage MB pens linked off the front page of the site, which is also mostly in German.

 

If you're trying to establish the year-of-manufacturer of a Montblanc 149, a good article about the evolution of the 149 can be found at: http://www.pentrace.net/penbase/Data_Returns/full_article.asp?id=405

 

There's an extensive list of MB models and lines at http://montblanc.parkerpens.org/montblanc.html (However, it's not edited perfectly and may contain an error or two.)

 

Another model overview can be found here: http://jim.griffiths.home.comcast.net/%7Ejim.griffiths/modeloverview.htm

 

This website has some good pictures and information in its Reference and Pen Reviews sections: http://www.az-pens.com

 

Though this is a commercial site, this particular page has a reference to current models by 5-digit model number: http://www.londonluggage.com/mont_blanc_model_locater.htm

 

Tom Westerich has posted some PDF's of old Montblanc publications (1956 repair catalog, 1973 pricelist, 1950 leaflet) and an article about the history of the Meisterstück line: http://www.caprafico.com/de/pens-88

 

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EDIT HISTORY (after 12/16/2012):

12/16/2012 Corrected link to az-pens

Edited December 18, 2012 by Kalessin