Good evening. I was wondering if someone could please advise what model (e.g., 144, 146, 149, etc) my Montblanc is. I know it is not a 149 since those are the really heavy/fat ones, but unsure where on the pen I could find this information.

Thanks.

You are not going to find the number on the pen if it is a modern pen. We can help you identify it though with a little more information. The more you answer, the more specific I can get with what your pen is.

1) Does it use carts or does it fill from a bottle?
2) Is the nib just gold, or gold and platinum in color?
3) Is there a trim ring on the section just above the nib?
4) Does the cap snap on or screw on?
5) On the clip ring, does it have a serial number?
6) On the clip ring, do you see the words "Germany" or "W. Germany"?

Allan

144 - The only one with a push on cap. All others are screw on.

145 - next in size, screw on cap. C/C

146 - Next bigger in size, takes Cartridges only, called the Traveler.

146 - Piston fill only

149 - A BIG pen, no doubt what it is.

The traveler is actually the 147, then there is the 142 piston filler, and do not forget that the 146 and 149 both fluctuate in size depending on the year it was produced. That is assuming we are talking pretty modern, if you step back to the 50s and 1960, you will find several model 144s that are piston fillers with screw caps, such as the 1005, 1008, 1009 and 1010. Of course the 50s are also the home of the 64x, 23x, 24x, 25x, and many more families. Then if you go up to the seventies, we have all the 12x and 22x families.

Allan