Hi, just received a 1980s 149, it is mint in box and has not been inked.

It has a sticker on the barrel labelled "Made in W. Germany but the clip is stamped Germany with no serial number, should it be stamped W.Germany?

The nib is marked 14K with a plating overlay covering the centre of the nib to the scroll work. The feed is ebonite and the filler threads appear to be black and not the brass I expected.

Is this filler the nasty plastic version or blackened metal? I thought the plastic fillers were a late 90s - 2000+ feature.

There is clearly a lack of Mont Blanc knowledge here. I have found MB history to be somewhat vague.

Ok self help and lots of digging I have finally found all the answers and a nice surprise.

It turns out my newly acquired 149 is new old stock (NOS) mint in box 1970s production, exactly what I was after - I was born in the 70s you see.

I found an excellent article on Pentrace written by Lex Villines titled "My Montblanc 149s - 1952 to 1990"

Please see link

http://www.pentrace.net/penbase/Data_Retur...icle.asp?id=405

This is just excellent for dating 149s.

Pictures below taken from the article show various nibs and fillers, the plastic fillers are not a recent production feature at all, modern 149 have brass fillers, the plastic threaded fillers are 1960s to late 70s. (according to the article)

Edited to include photos.

way to sort it out Jay!
I would have provided the exact same link to you, but i guess you got me first

Nice pen by the way !
nikolaos

Its a good one, I'm not so keen on the medium nib, I'll grind it to something more interesting and usable at the end of the week.

nice photo Jay!

sweet i just realized i have one from the 1970s, the one i am using today
the other one i have is from the 90s with the brass piston

Nikolaos

That's a nice 149. You did well.