Is This Fake?

[etzbseder]

Im looking at this pen. I havent seen it in person yet, but next week the seller will meet me at MB boutique if necessary to help confirm authenticity. Its easier to do it on my own if I know what to look at/for. I am comfortable with the fountain pens, but not so much on the ballpoints.

[NickRS]

The center band is very strange, and is the most obvious indicator the pen might be fake. Also, the way the clip is made also is a giveaway. And finally, I know Montblanc makes a similiar LeGrande pen in blue, but this looks black.

 

Due to the very poor picture quality, I can not be positive that it is fake, but what I have seen tells me so.

[etzbseder]

One more photo

[Parker51]

I can not say definitively that it is a fake, but I suspect it may be one as it does not appear to match an identifiable model. Also, the aesthetic of the pen seems wrong, specifically the band appears clunky, something that might have been made I the 80s, but the material the pen body is made of is of a later period.

[etzbseder]

Thank you. The gentleman selling it says he inherited the pen, so especially with what I’m hearing, I will need to have it checked at my local boutique.

[Parker51]

Hello, I did a little searching and I was wrong about the age, but right about it being a fake. It is new fake as of 2018 and it retails for $22.98. Search under fake montblanc ballpoint and you will find it. The thieves have incredibly referred to them as replicas! And, they claim to have copywrited them. Oh how I wish they could be made to eat replica food. The kind made out of plastic.

[CS388]

Run away! It's a ballpoint!

 

In seriousness, I should admit my ignorance of the ballpoint range, but the pen pictured doesn't look like any I've seen. The workmanship looks a bit clunky?

 

but next week the seller will meet me at MB boutique if necessary to help confirm authenticity.

 

... could be interesting, if a genuine offer.

 

Good luck

Edited June 4, 2018 by CS388