Can This Pen Be Save? Or Is It Dead

[Leogrando]

Hello I found this pen in auction website, the pen is part of the meisterstuck. The Condition is listed as junk. but i want to know if it could be safe or fix? and also if you could help to identify the model number?

 

Thank you!

 

 

 

[Chrissy]

Montblanc can fix it. In fact a good soak in warm water with a spot of dish soap would work wonders. That is a 14ct gold nib there and it's a 146 piston filler. It's definitely not junk

 

Be very careful though, the piston might be stuck, so don't force it.

[Chrissy]

Actually, why didn't I say "Yes it's dead. Please send it to me so that I can bury it'

[Pravda]

This is a Meisterstuck 146. Definitely not junk. I would say after a nice flush and wash, maybe take it to Montblanc for a Service 1

[Leogrando]

Montblanc can fix it. In fact a good soak in warm water with a spot of dish soap would work wonders. That is a 14ct gold nib there. It's definitely not junk

 

Ahh, Thanks for the solution, I will try it. Btw, what do you think is the funny thing that cover the pen?

Thank you

 

Actually, why didn't I say "Yes it's dead. Please send it to me so that I can bury it'

 

No, Don't Bury it. I think it's still breathing...

[Leogrando]

This is a Meisterstuck 146. Definitely not junk. I would say after a nice flush and wash, maybe take it to Montblanc for a Service 1

OH NICE, Thanks friend. hope to recover it. Also, what usualy will service 1 do ?

[piscov]

Change any part needed except nib for around 90€.

[zaddick]

Probably just dried ink. People are assuming it is a 146 and a piston filler, but you should ask the seller. There are fakes of this pen that are filled with a converter.

[Chrissy]

Probably just dried ink. People are assuming it is a 146 and a piston filler, but you should ask the seller. There are fakes of this pen that are filled with a converter.

 

That one isn't a fake though. It has a clear ink window in the barrel.

[Raif79]

Far from junk. You lucky dog.

[CS388]

Nice find. Congratulations.

 

As others have said, a service from Montblanc could be in order...

 

BUT ... before you go there, try giving it a long soak. Just plain water, nib down and water up to the section (the bottom part of the barrel). Give it a couple of days and ... you never know, could be all it needs.

If it doesn't work, you've still got the MB service option.

 

Good luck.

[meiers]

And they can resurrect this pen, if all else fails.

[briang]

Nice pen. Nothing a bath can't fix.

[orfew]

Great find! Far from junk this would be a great pen after some TLC. Take the good advice posted thus far. Soak it and if it does not work send it off to MB service. You will get a fully functioning pen back.

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

If the piston is recalcitrant, this Topic may be of use, though removing the nib+feed assembly may be unwise: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/247577-removing-dry-ink-from-pelikan-800/?p=2702379

 

And then there's this : https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/229245-limit-to-soaking/?p=2453755

 

My approach to pen recovery is to 'do the most with the least', and often involves a few fills of ye olde Parker Quink with SOLV-X and much patience.

 

Bye,

S1

Edited June 28, 2016 by Sandy1