Chopin: Does it have any unique markings?

[Johnson]

So I want to buy a Chopin because a) I like Chopin and I miss the feel of a Montblanc nib (I sold my 146 a short time ago). However, in all the pictures I see of it, I don't see "Chopin" written on it anywhere, or any other distinctive markings that separate this pen from a standard Meisterstuck. Am I missing something here?

 

Thanks!

[Shangas]

Montblanc Meisterstuck 145 Chopin.

 

Length - Capped - 14cm.

Length - Uncapped - 12.5cm.

Length - Posted - 15.5cm.

 

It looks like all other Montblanc Meisterstucks - Jet black, white star, gold (or platinum) bands around the end of the barrel and the bottom and top of the cap. 14kt gold nib. A brand new Chopin should come in a square cardboard box with piano-keys on the cover. Inside should be lined with (felt?) and have a special recess for the pen to rest in. It will have "FREDERIC CHOPIN", done up in Chopin's signature, in the bottom right hand corner, in gold. The pen itself is identifiable as a Chopin if it has a small gold (or platinum) band at the top of the section, just below the cap-threads at the base of the barrel.

 

 

Edited September 19, 2007 by Shangas

[Johnson]

Cool, thanks so much for the description! Exactly what I needed to know.

Edited September 20, 2007 by Johnson

[Shangas]

You're welcome. Have fun with your Chopin. I do!

[eckiethump]

Montblanc Meisterstuck 145 Chopin.

 

Length - Capped - 14cm.

Length - Uncapped - 12.5cm.

Length - Posted - 15.5cm.

 

It looks like all other Montblanc Meisterstucks - Jet black, white star, gold (or platinum) bands around the end of the barrel and the bottom and top of the cap. 14kt gold nib. A brand new Chopin should come in a square cardboard box with piano-keys on the cover. Inside should be lined with (felt?) and have a special recess for the pen to rest in. It will have "FREDERIC CHOPIN", done up in Chopin's signature, in the bottom right hand corner, in gold. The pen itself is identifiable as a Chopin if it has a small gold (or platinum) band at the top of the section, just below the cap-threads at the base of the barrel.

 

That is exactly the description of my Mont Blanc FP, the photo's fit as well. I do not have the box or papers, bought off e-bay etc.. I got it reasonably cheaply, the cap has a chip out of it on the lip of 1.5mm wide, triangular up to the first cap band.

 

It was identified in a pen store here as being an original, though a friend who is vey into MB's, but vintage and bigger models, had considered it a possible fake. It is a cartridge filler BTW. Would that fit with the Chopin, or is there anothe similiar model ?

 

Thanks

 

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[Shangas]

Sorry, would WHAT fit into a Chopin?

[frederic]

Sorry, would WHAT fit into a Chopin?

 

I supose he means would the description fit a chopin. I suppose it would. But a picture is better than a thousand words in this case!

 

 

[Shangas]

Oh right...

 

Yeah, the Chopin is a converter/cartridge filler. In the current range of Meisterstucks, Chopins are the smallest pens that allow TWO cartridges to be fitted into the same pen. That's another way to check.