Montblanc Messed Up This Rollerball Stock Photo

[blackfinger]

Hello, everyone. Recently I bought this Montblanc rollerball Johann Strauss. Gorgeous pen! It has champagne gold fittings and a violin bow for a clip Although I'd never use it to clip anything since I am scared of breaking it

The cap screws on and you insert the refills from the end cap. It has a legrand look but it takes classique refills, which I like. Nothing wrong with the pen. However, there is a big flaw in the stock photos that Montblanc uses on their websites and even on the printed booklet inside the box: They used a fountain pen body for the rollerball model so that there's an ink window where it shouldn't be

This photo triggers my OCD... I wonder what went wrong at the design department that day and nobody noticed it. Maybe someone should make a refillable rollerball like this so it could hold a massive amount of ink and work like a fountain pen.

[Danny Kaffee]

So this is larger than a Classique and smaller than a Le Grand? If so, that would be my dream rollerball pen. I find the Classique too skinny and the Le Grand too plump.

[bobs51]

You mention the photos and the package insert, but what about the pen itself? Does it have the ink window or not?

 

If it does, I would assume they decided to make a matching rollerball without the trouble of producing a new run of barrels. If it does not, then you're right... they used the pen barrel for rollerball photos, possibly to be able to produce printed materials before the rollerball pen was actually produced.

[blackfinger]

You mention the photos and the package insert, but what about the pen itself? Does it have the ink window or not?

 

If it does, I would assume they decided to make a matching rollerball without the trouble of producing a new run of barrels. If it does not, then you're right... they used the pen barrel for rollerball photos, possibly to be able to produce printed materials before the rollerball pen was actually produced.

 

The pen does not come with the ink window.

[blackfinger]

So this is larger than a Classique and smaller than a Le Grand? If so, that would be my dream rollerball pen. I find the Classique too skinny and the Le Grand too plump.

 

I don't have a LeGrand rollerball but I think it might be the case. As I understand, the Donation series take Classique refills in a larger body. That's one of the reasons I bought it, so I could have more color options for the refills, including fineliners. Also, the seller was asking for a quarter of what was listed at Montblanc website...

Edited June 4, 2020 by blackfinger