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Had a great day at the Cologne Pen Show, met many nice people again and was able to handle a few wonderful pens. Also I was able to talk to the owner of one of the nicest Montblanc collections (mostly prewar pens)!

 

If you look closely you can spot some nice and uncommon Montblanc pens ;-)

 

Pen Show pictures

 

 

I came home with an

  • early celluloid Meisterstück 149 with a long ink window from repair

as well as my

  • Meisterstück 124 K which underwent major surgery.

To close another gap in my collection I got a

  • Meisterstück 132 (bow-tie clip and long ink window from the private collection of Stefan Wallrafen the author of Collectible Stars 1)

and another "project pen". I will try to post pictures later.

 

Enjoy :-)

 

 

Cheers

 

Michael

 

 

 

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MontblancGeek Near Mint

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Wow, Michael! What a treat. Thanks for sharing the pics and congrats on your purchases. Havent had the opportunity of attending a pen show yet, not common on my neck of the woods, but it looks like I would have a blast.

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Thanks for those lovely pictures Michael, so many beautiful pens, plus inks.

"Storyteller, unfold thy words untold!"

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The Cologne pen show looks like great fun.

Your photos allowed me to enjoy it vicariously.

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Michael R. Antique

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Many thanks for the nice comments!

 

Here are a few quick and dirty (=neither very good nor very detailed) pictures:

 

39093732120_ecca459a32_k.jpgP1250964 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

26030926547_89338be88b_k.jpgP1250962 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

39093738610_0fa72f0f88_k.jpgP1250971 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

39093733220_b319a5b30b_k.jpgP1250966 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

39093734640_ca06be018e_k.jpgP1250968 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

40195201044_172898257e_k.jpgP1250978 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

40903508321_d77e932df9_k.jpgP1250982 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

39093754930_fea8f08740_k.jpgP1250984 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

I really must look if I have a few pictures of the original state of the 124K to show the difference of Max Schrage's work!

 

Cheers

 

Michael

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Fantastic pens - and kudos to Max for the work, they look superb!

 

Thanks for the pictures. What a feast of pens!

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You got a 139 nib on that 149. Congratulations. I am still looking for one in gold. The ink window is a little dark, but the lines look very good. Enjoy your pens.

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The 149 made my heart skip a beat. Wonderful!!! May we have another Writing sample and a photo of the feed please?

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Beautiful pens Michael. Thanks for sharing with us. I hope you enjoy using these pens for many years to come.

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The 149 made my heart skip a beat. Wonderful!!! May we have another Writing sample and a photo of the feed please?

 

 

41005570321_1ef70cd820_k.jpgP1000351 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

41005571521_2bf41b7d76_k.jpgP1000347 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

40112468685_e5b97c240c_k.jpgP1000345 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

40112470015_6177280c99_k.jpgP1000346 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

40112475595_feb5c7c613_k.jpgP1000340 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

39196437980_b6788f79b8_k.jpgP1000341 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

27134786648_b45fa6cee9_k.jpgP1000342 by pensninks, auf Flickr

 

So up to now it is a later (1960's) replacement feed; maybe I will be able to find a correct flat ski-slope feed which should be correct for a pen with the longer ink window, L139 nib and older imprint (149.G). I've included a picture of both correct older and more modern version of the celluloid 149s.

 

The nib is nicely springy as you would expect and has a generous ink flow.

 

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Michael

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Thanks for sharing! Congratulations on you beautiful Pens! And look at that lovely pair of 14x in gray striped and green striped :)

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