Advice On Recently Acquired Mb Fountain Pen

[pipemakermike]

Through my door today dropped a padded envelope with a Montblanc Boheme pen, a gift from a friend who knows my interest in fountain pens. I don't have any information about this pen and would like to know more. The pen has a broken clip and I would like to mend this so any advice would be useful. I have looked on the listing of these pens on this forum but can't find one that looks like mine. I would like to know more about its age and anything else of interest.

 

The cap has a number etched into it - 04602/16500

 

When received it was thoroughly clogged with ink but a couple of runs through my ultrasonic bath has got it cleaned up ready for use. The nib doesn't look like it has had a great deal of use and I am looking forward to trying writing with it.

 

I have posted a couple of pictures and I have more if needed

 

Regards

 

Mike

 

 

[billykmd]

nib is a bit suspicious for a possible fake? I don't recall seeing anything like this, but I would trust the others on here first.

[SpecTP]

that is definitely NOT a Montblanc nib nor is that body a 'Boheme'. The MB Boheme are retractable.

 

on second look, that cap looks similar to a MB Writer's Edition F Scott Fitzgerald (though I do not spot a signature)

Edited July 20, 2018 by SpecTP

[zaddick]

The pen is a fake, a copy of a Writers Edition Fitzgerald. Enjoy it as a gift and I hope it writes OK. The value will only be sentimental.

[zaddick]

that is definitely NOT a Montblanc nib nor is that body a 'Boheme'. The MB Boheme are retractable.

 

on second look, that cap looks similar to a MB Writer's Edition F Scott Fitzgerald (though I do not spot a signature)

There was a Boheme made in a mid size that does have a fixed nib. As noted, this OP's pen is not one of them.

[kuli1961]

Inscription "Iridium point Germany" on the nib is enough for "+1" to SpecTP's and Zaddick's opinion

[Chrissy]

Zaddick is right. The pen is a very easy fake to spot. Not a Montblanc pen. Nothing like a Boheme, and a Chinese copy of a Fitzgerald type in a colour that Montblanc never made.

 

Iridium Point nib is another identifier should one be needed. Hopefully he didn't spend more than $10 on it and knew it was a fake.

[chunya]

+1 and the cost of a repair to the clip really would not be worth it. As Zaddick says, the value is sentimental, and so maybe use it with that in mind.

[A1979]

Through my door today dropped a padded envelope with a Montblanc Boheme pen, a gift from a friend who knows my interest in fountain pens. I don't have any information about this pen and would like to know more. The pen has a broken clip and I would like to mend this so any advice would be useful. I have looked on the listing of these pens on this forum but can't find one that looks like mine. I would like to know more about its age and anything else of interest.

 

The cap has a number etched into it - 04602/16500

 

When received it was thoroughly clogged with ink but a couple of runs through my ultrasonic bath has got it cleaned up ready for use. The nib doesn't look like it has had a great deal of use and I am looking forward to trying writing with it.

 

I have posted a couple of pictures and I have more if needed

 

Regards

 

Mike

boheme_1.jpg boheme_2.jpg boheme_nib_1.jpg

 

 

Unfortunately a fake.

[blottingpaperforlife]

This is helpful to know. I thought 149 was the only pen which is manipulated but was not aware that other fake Montblanc pieces could be out there. Along these lines, I am wondering if it is possible to know if a particular piece is real simply by holding and the tactile feel of it. I understand there are some key specifics that would identify a genuine Montblanc.

[zaddick]

This is helpful to know. I thought 149 was the only pen which is manipulated but was not aware that other fake Montblanc pieces could be out there. Along these lines, I am wondering if it is possible to know if a particular piece is real simply by holding and the tactile feel of it. I understand there are some key specifics that would identify a genuine Montblanc.

The 149 is among the least faked of the mass produced pens. The 145, most ball points, and the recent heritage editions and older writers editions are faked heavily along with starwalker models. If one knows the true model in detail, the fakes can be spotted. But a good fake can fool many people.

[blottingpaperforlife]

Thank you, Zaddick. Good to be aware of this issue. I had read that the Montblanc resin has a unique feel to it. In other words, a knowledgeable Montblanc collector would easily differentiate the real resin from ordinary plastic. Is it true that there are unique properties of MB resin/plastic material, making it difficult to replicate?

[zaddick]

I think it is feasible to create a close enough copy that looks and feels like the original, and even glows red with a backlight. Of course there are fakes that are so bad it is easy to tell. Usually for the better fakes it is the details where you can spoke a counterfeit. The clip is weong, the serial number is found many places on google, the clip is a little different, etc.

Edited July 20, 2018 by zaddick

[meiers]

It is not a Montblanc pen.

[Chrissy]

This is helpful to know. I thought 149 was the only pen which is manipulated but was not aware that other fake Montblanc pieces could be out there. Along these lines, I am wondering if it is possible to know if a particular piece is real simply by holding and the tactile feel of it. I understand there are some key specifics that would identify a genuine Montblanc.

 

I would have said this was the other way around. Like zaddick says the 149 is the least faked Montblanc.

 

Some regular fakes are very easy to spot, like the rubber grid pattern Starwalker: Montblanc never made it with a black plastic cone.