Fake Montblanc Boheme, Right?

[jctsoares]

Was a very happy man when I left the fleamarket with a "Montblanc" at the price of a Safari ... but when I got home I found out there are so many fakes and after some reading here I'm 99.9% sure it's a fake. But damn do these counterfeit manufacturers put a lot of effort in convincing a greenhorn like me, it's got montblanc on the converter as well and on the section band it says montblanc boheme - germany. They even went through marking some signature and somo limited edition number on the cap! So I thought this might be a big find ... I had some doubt about the "irridium point paris" on the nib but then I saw the snow flake logo and thought if it's counterfeit they would go through all the trouble of engraving this ...

But still a nice looking pen ... if I could take it apart and clean it! I can´t take the section and nib out and when I tried to flush it with a bulb seringe it seems flogged and starts flowing water from the section ... so it's probably leaking as well if I can't fix it.

 

Here´s some pics, looking forward to your confirmation because I lost all hope of this being genuine ...

 

P_20160925_124119 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124503 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124748 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124705 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124615 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124431 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124440 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124515 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124158_1 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124343 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

P_20160925_124247_1 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

2016-09-25_01-03-45 by João Carlos Soares, on Flickr

 

Hope these pictures serve as a warning to others if they ever run into one ...

Edited September 25, 2016 by jctsoares

[jar]

Yup, not just a fake but not even close to what the Boheme looked like.

[jctsoares]

I had no idea what a boheme looks like, MB´s never were part of my budget so I never had a closer look, lol :-) Now I have ... well, maybe the converter is usable, looks like international standard. Will make my most expensive converter ... I guess this all makes part of the learning curve. I could also had spent a lot more on this so at least now I can laugh about it.

Edited September 25, 2016 by jctsoares

[Rowbo]

For anyone who missed the post back in April:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/306668-fake-writers-edition/

[Chrissy]

Definitely a fake Montblanc type pen, but nothing like a Boheme, and not much like a Starwalker. It's just a made up Chinese copy.

 

In fact it's more like the shape of the Fitzgerald copies, but not much like them either

[jctsoares]

For anyone who missed the post back in April:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/306668-fake-writers-edition/

Yep I got the green one ... couldn't read the signature, seems a bad attemp to Scott Fitzgerald. Can't blame them, I can't write chinese either ...

Edited September 25, 2016 by jctsoares

[Vlad Soare]

I can't figure out from the pictures - does it by any chance read "iridium point Germany" on the nib, or something like that? Most fakes do.

[Chrissy]

I can't figure out from the pictures - does it by any chance read "iridium point Germany" on the nib, or something like that? Most fakes do.

 

Maybe most old fakes used to, but Chinese fakes have come a long way since they always had Iridium Point nibs. It's fair to say that all Montblanc look alike pens with nibs that say Iridium Point are fakes.

[jctsoares]

Mine says "Irridium Point Paris"

[Vlad Soare]

[jctsoares]

what I hate the most is that it seems to leak at the section and I can't even take it apart for repair otherwise it would make a decent looking pen, now I'm stuck with only an expensive converter ... if that works. What a piece of junk

Edited September 27, 2016 by jctsoares