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Aaron, now it is my turn to apologize. My last line in the above post was intended as a comment on my own memory and age, one of which diminishes as the other increases. It was intended to generate laughter, directed at me and no one else.

 

Hope you have a great time at the upcoming San Francisco pen show.

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The "Dating Montblanc 149's" chart shows the 18ct tri-tone nib was used between mid 1990's and 2010. I've always known my 18ct tri-tone nib as being from mid 1990's.

 

The chart shows that there was a 14ct version in the 70's but not an 18ct one.

 

Chrissy, I think they are talking about the marking on the nib. You've got to delineate between 18C and 18K marking. I know it's really the same thing, but the C and K mean different production timeframes in Montblanc Land.

 

I wouldn't take that chart as gospel, at all.

 

Does your 18ct nib have the jeweler's mark on it?

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One thing that Aaron and I have noticed, is that there are more 18C nibs on late 1965-70 149s, than 14C, with groves on the feed face only. N=25 or so for me, but I think it was 24 of 18C and 1 of 14C. Of the very early 1960s 149s, grooves on the face & shank, they seem to be mostly 14C.

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Chrissy, I think they are talking about the marking on the nib. You've got to delineate between 18C and 18K marking. I know it's really the same thing, but the C and K mean different production timeframes in Montblanc Land.

 

I wouldn't take that chart as gospel, at all.

 

Does your 18ct nib have the jeweler's mark on it?

 

I can get there is a delineation between 18C and 18K. However, on the 149 chart there is no mention of the use of an 18C tri-tone nib after 1959 until it started as an 18K tri-tone in 1995. That's where the confusion lies. If the chart is wrong then that's fair enough.

 

I'm pretty sure my nib says 18K but I've not looked at it in ages and it's currently in my collector box in a different room.

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Great pen from the 70's . 18c was mostly seen on the French market and this one is a very nice example.

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One thing that Aaron and I have noticed, is that there are more 18C nibs on late 1965-70 149s, than 14C, with groves on the feed face only. N=25 or so for me, but I think it was 24 of 18C and 1 of 14C. Of the very early 1960s 149s, grooves on the face & shank, they seem to be mostly 14C.

The Kohinoor catalogue from the 1960s actuallly shows an 18 karat 149 with silver rings, and the catalogue was published by the distributor in San Francisco in English. I cant recall if it said 18C or 18k though

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The Kohinoor catalogue from the 1960s actuallly shows an 18 karat 149 with silver rings, and the catalogue was published by the distributor in San Francisco in English. I cant recall if it said 18C or 18k though

It would have been 18C. I bought a celluloid 149 with an 18C tri-tone nib at the SF pen show last year.

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It would have been 18C. I bought a celluloid 149 with an 18C tri-tone nib at the SF pen show last year.

I see. It is also interesting to note that the same catalogue from the 60s shows the 149 having silver rings. I thought the gold rings came in with the resin pens. Edited by siamackz

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I see. It is also interesting to note that the same catalogue from the 60s shows the 149 having silver rings. I thought the gold rings came in with the resin pens.

 

Yes, the resin pens are all gold-plated bands. You could sill have 149s sold in the 1960s that were left over celluloid production pens.

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