Montblanc Writers Editions

[Chrissy]

I once bought an Oscar Wilde and didn't like it so I ultimately resold it. I have decided that I will never own a Christie because they are too expensive, but I found myself admiring a reasonably priced Voltaire and a Dickens in a local auction house catalogue recently.

 

If anyone has either please can you confirm whether they have brass or plastic piston threads?

[Tom Kellie]

~ Chrissy:

 

After looking in a number of places, I was unable to determine any definitive confirmation concerning the Voltaire and Dickens pens.

Even two friends who collect them didn't know, as there's are in sealed boxes.

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/144250-montblanc-146-metal-vs-plastic-threads/

Your question caused me to think about this, which I've never previously considered.

I hope that you’ll receive the information you've requested.

Tom K.

[meiers]

I handled a Dickens WE years ago when it was first released. I have a vague and uncertain recollection of that encounter and believe that it might possibly have been a brass piston thread.

Edited December 10, 2017 by meiers

[meiers]

This mystery will no doubt be cleared up soon. And we will see how good my memory is these days.

[Ghost Plane]

There’s a thread in the MB archives where one of our former members collected ALL the WE pens and documented their measurements, weights, etc. This would’ve been pre-2010,I think. On a mobile at the moment, so I can’t search.

[EBGBs]

this one?

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/124029-montblanc-writers-edition-pens-1992-2009-review/

Goodguy made great reviews of these pens, too.

[Chrissy]

Thank you both. I found that review, but it doesn't mention the piston threads for any of them.

 

I know the Wilde I bought then sold had plastic threads. I assume that later editions had brass threads.

[Ghost Plane]

this one?

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/124029-montblanc-writers-edition-pens-1992-2009-review/

Goodguy made great reviews of these pens, too.

 

Goodguy was the very one. Thank you!

[penmanila]

i have a dickens and the piston thread seems plastic to me.

 

I handled a Dickens WE years ago when it was first released. I have a vague and uncertain recollection of that encounter and believe that it might possibly have been a brass piston thread.

[pwsuba]

Not to hijack this thread, but how can you tell or can you. Aside from taking the pen apart and physically seeing the parts.

[thygreyt]

Not to hijack this thread, but how can you tell or can you. Aside from taking the pen apart and physically seeing the parts.

X ray?

[Chrissy]

Not to hijack this thread, but how can you tell or can you. Aside from taking the pen apart and physically seeing the parts.

 

You can't tell from a picture, but I'm asking about the piston screw threads. So if you have a pen, you merely have to turn the end cone, like you would to fill the pen, and you can easily see if the threads are black plastic or brass.

[pwsuba]

 

You can't tell from a picture, but I'm asking about the piston screw threads. So if you have a pen, you merely have to turn the end cone, like you would to fill the pen, and you can easily see if the threads are black plastic or brass.

As soon as I read it, duh.

[meiers]

Thank you both. I found that review, but it doesn't mention the piston threads for any of them.

 

I know the Wilde I bought then sold had plastic threads. I assume that later editions had brass threads.

Thats what I am guessing too.

[dubhe]

I have a Voltaire, and have just checked to confirm it has brass threads.

It is a lovely pen, very similar in size and weight (with the cap off) to the Christie.

It is also listed in these Classifieds...

[Chrissy]

I have a Voltaire, and have just checked to confirm it has brass threads.

It is a lovely pen, very similar in size and weight (with the cap off) to the Christie.

It is also listed in these Classifieds...

 

Thank you.

[HermetiC]

I have a Dickens. Piston threads are made of plastic.

[jmccarty3]

The piston threads on my Edgar Allan Poe are brass.

[SpecTP]

the piston threads on my Jonathan Swift are brass too

[dubhe]

I once bought an Oscar Wilde and didn't like it so I ultimately resold it.

 

I love my Oscar Wilde; it's a large pen but not too fat, has wonderful depth and colour in the design, and a beautifully large MB star derby. The nib is a little plain, not helped by mine being M, but it's a keeper for me.