Identifying A Fake Mb Pen.

[vaiowong]

My parents recently somehow found a 75th Anniversary Rollerball Meisterstuck, and for some odd reason I never thought that it might be fake. This is really the first time I've seen touched a Montblanc pen, if it happens to be genuine. I went to a boutique to buy cartridges for it, but the ones from the store would not screw into it. The worker there said that it was fake, but I'm really confused since the cartridge I found it with fits perfectly fine, and it has all of the same markings of the cartridge from the store.

 

There are also some other things I noticed. The diamond that is the "o" in the word Passion is not centered, being closer to the N than the I. The serial number is also slanted on the cap ring. And lastly, the words only say "75 Years of Passion" not "75 Years of Passion and Soul."

 

Any help seeing if this is real or fake would be nice.

 

http://s8.postimage.org/l2i1j0y91/2012_12_29_18_43_42.jpg

http://s8.postimage.org/xv65iy9ur/IMG_20121229_182331.jpg

http://s8.postimage.org/y97hijtyc/IMG_20121229_184120.jpg

[osnofian]

It is indeed a fake. Sorry about that.

[Soulmaker1]

It's a fake, they also make fakes of the refills, that's why the real ones don't fit.

[Brian C]

How do you guys know that it is fake? Not questioning your judgement, just for my own education.

[osnofian]

How do you guys know that it is fake? Not questioning your judgement, just for my own education.

 

1) the description (very common phenomenon)

2) the way the clip was made

3) irregularities in the star on top (shouldn't be pointy and should be symmetrical)

4) other stuff in the pictures (many many small details)

5) gut feeling, I've seen a couple of MBs over the years, I kind of know instinctively if something is ever-so-slightly off.

*) sometimes I'm wrong I don't think this is one of these cases though

Edited December 30, 2012 by osnofian

[vaiowong]

Thanks everyone for the replies.