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Mb 149: Real Or Fake?

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I bought if from ebay.

What worries me is that there's no "14K" or "18K" on the nib, although it has a Au750 mark. Has anybody have seen any 149 without "18k" mark?

I really want to know if it's authentic or not.

Thanks a lot!!

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Thanks!!!!!!

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The pen looks real to me. I gotta admit this is the first time I have seen a nib without either 14C, 14K,18C or 18K but I know there are exceptions. Au(symbol for gold)750(75%gold content), basically you have 18K nib.

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the pen looks real...and the modern one at that with serial no., pix , Germany metal all in place.

 

it may be possible that the nib is from an older pen or pen from another region...

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See here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/238213-why-is-my-recent-149-nib-only-marked-750-not-18c/?hl=%2B14k+%2Bmarking

 

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I see. The seller did say that he bought it 6 months ago new. Thanks for all the replies!

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looks like the last gen of nib

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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anyone notice a change in the StoD mark. the e from the older STeOD is missing?

I always thought it was StoD.

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I always thought it was StoD.

No, there was an e. Look here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/164529-149-question/

 

Ian's pic from that post:

 

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm225/ianmedium/mb33.jpg

 

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MCvBWiEoWE4/TGNJfJLS2zI/AAAAAAAAAsE/EMQ0a92dZwg/s800/IMG_2916.jpg

 

One of my pictures where the mark can hopefully be seen.

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/149%20nib/IMG_5323.jpg

 

the newer mark appears markedly different to the older ones, I await better closeup pictures.

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No, there was an e. Look here:

 

I've never seen that mark and wouldn't have recognised it as SteoD even if I had. The 'te' is so tiny and squashed up.

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No, there was an e. Look here:

 

I've never seen that mark and wouldn't have recognised it as SteoD even if I had. The 'te' is so tiny and squashed up.

are you saying that you had never seen the STOD mark before?

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Just found this interesting thread. I am not even sure the original mark is SteOD. In the attached pic, made with a stereoscopic microscope, the nib on the left (no hallmark) is ca. 1979, whilst that on the right is from 1994. The enlargement is from the right nib hallmark. The second letter may well be a "t", but also a "l".

 

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