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I have been thinking of the various 'whites' lately. So far I know of 3 versions:

 

1) The Meissen porcelain collaboration which faced production difficulties and made a lot fewer pieces than intended.

 

2) The Tribute pen which was quite cool with the engraved section and MoP star.

 

3) A regular white resin, no MoP and clear section.

 

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Having compared the first two the other day, I noticed that the Meissen is practically the body (length / girth) of a 149 only difference is that it came with a no. 6 nib. Some say it is because the porcelain wraps 'thicker' and compare it to the Moon Pearl or the L'Aubrac, but no. It is 149 size completely.

 

You can also tell there's a faint color difference, never mind the heft/weight.

 

 

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Other white productions: Generation, Slim Line, Magic Beauty, Starwalker Ceramic, Mozart Jewel Rosé, Fitzgerald.

Of course and many more including the annual editions.

 

But I mainly meant the Meisterstuck / Solitaire / 146 series

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I'm not that familiar with the third version you mention. You're sure it's resin and not just a "Tribute" minus the tribute features?

 

I always thought it is lacquer over metal as well.

From the mentioned three I have two tribute pens (145 and 146); really nice pens. You might want to add that the star is made from snow quartz on the Tribute models. Looks slightly different from the mop stars when compared side by side.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

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I'm not that familiar with the third version you mention. You're sure it's resin and not just a "Tribute" minus the tribute features?

 

I always thought it is lacquer over metal as well.

 

From the mentioned three I have two tribute pens (145 and 146); really nice pens. You might want to add that the star is made from snow quartz on the Tribute models. Looks slightly different from the mop stars when compared side by side.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

Thanks Michael for correcting me on both accounts, the 3rd model appears to be in fact same material as the Tribute minus the engraving and a special star (which is also not MoP apparently).

 

Handling the Meissen vs Tribute was a strange experience, wasnt sure which was nicer as Tribute looked aesthetically more appealing but the former had heft/quality feel to it.

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I was quite disappointed the Meissen has a resin star. That combined with the potential for shattering the material kept me from buying it.

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I also have 3 Meisterstuck (mammoth) whites - sorry for OT ;)

Amazing!! Thanks for sharing Axis. I saw one in person and it was beautiful

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~ Last evening I asked a friend in Italy if she'd ever considered adding a white Montblanc fountain pen to her collection.



She replied that the several types of white Solitaires didn't appeal to her and the white Bonheur had a black section which seemed out-of-place to her.



We were discussing how to deal with vermeil tarnishing. I mentioned this thread and the lovely pen photos.



Less than an hour ago she sent me a brief message saying that her sister's good friend writes with a Montblanc cartridge pen which is all white.



I asked her if that was a vintage 1960s model. She wrote back that it's a Bohème Blanche with a blue sapphire-like clip jewel.



As I've never heard of that I asked if she'd seen it. She said that she hadn't but her sister's friend felt that it was a good writer.



Although this thread seems to be about larger, piston-filler pens, it seemed worth mentioning the Bohème Blanche here.



Tom K.


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