Montblanc 149 Platinum 950 Barley From 1970S For Review

[twism94]

Hello Gang,

 

Very happy to share with you my latest acquisition. Here is what i know about the pen and please correct me if i am wrong(not a lot of info available)

 

Montblanc 149 Platinum 950, form 1970s, most like made by Pierre Lefèvre in Paris as all precious overlays from Montblanc in 1970s. 18C Broad nib. Pen is Unused, which is amazing, although leather box might not be correct.

So i guess my question is: what was the procedure for ordering such a pen from Montblanc at the time? Was there catalogs or something? And when Montblanc started to produce their own overlays?

I highly doubt that it was mass market item which you could buy in the store, but i might be wrong.

Any additional info and history is much appreciated.

 

Big Thanks!

 

DG

[GardenWeasel]

I'm speechless. That pen is gorgeous !!

[penparadise]

It's an absolute fantastic and stunning overlay on a 149 of Montblanc — but I'm afraid to say that this overlay was not authorized by Montblanc and these pens were not sold by official Montblanc distributors.

[Pen Nut]

Lovely looking pen you have there. Lefèvre did some great overlay work although how they were marketed and by who etc is something I never really researched that much.

 

If these pens were not authorised by MB I am surprised that the overlay is allowed to bear their name. Below is a 149 in gold by Lefèvre, I do have some other pictures some where but do not recall any in platinum. Bet there are not that many of those around.

 

 

 

 

[twism94]

I never saw Barley pattern in precious metal in Montblanc, mostly pinstriped or smooth or 2 tone braided.

[Kalessin]

I never saw Barley pattern in precious metal in Montblanc, mostly pinstriped or smooth or 2 tone braided.

 

They're out there, just look on fleaBay or web search.

[penparadise]

OK, funny things happened in the 60's and 70's. And Montblanc was not a luxury brand at that time. So I doubt that Montblanc did care much about that some jewelers used their pens to put precious overlays on them. It may even be that Lefèvre asked Montblanc and got the authorization to make overlays on Montblanc pens - I don't know. But I definitely know that these pens were not sold by the official Montblanc distributors and they never appeared in any catalog of Montblanc since the 1960's.

[penparadise]

I never saw Barley pattern in precious metal in Montblanc, mostly pinstriped or smooth or 2 tone braided.

Oh yes, there have been lots of different models with the Barley corn overlay.

Edited December 15, 2016 by penparadise

[twism94]

Oh yes, there have been lots of different models with the Barley corn overlay.

i was talking about Solid Gold or Platinum, i know there are bunch in Silver, i own a couple

Edited December 15, 2016 by twism94

[Pen Nut]

Been lucky enough to own two of what I would class as 'solid gold' 149's as opposed to those that have overlays, suppose it does beg the question of what lies beneath the gold on the "herringbone" two tone 18ct gold 149.....maybe precious resin eh

 

The picture below kind of inspired me to get one, this was taken after I did and it is stood in the bottom righthand corner of the frame.

 

[Joe in Seattle]

Beautiful

[luckduck369]

Is this the pen sold off the bay last week? It looks very similar. I was very curious so I asked Max Schrage and he said "The design is the early design, made semi official in the area of Pforzheim. Later MB made these pens in Gold with little design optimizing and not with barley pattern."

 

So hope this helps.