Montblanc 333 1/2 owners can you show me

[Dr.X]

a picture or two of the stock feed? I'm repairing one I bought from the Bay, and it's only missing the feed.

 

I plan to re-construct the feed by hand from some ebonite rod stock. 

 

A side and a bottom view would help.

 

Danke,

 

Nick

[Karmachanic]

From Michael R  The feed on my 234 1/2 looks like the one on the left. Same era - should be the same feed?

 

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/Montblanc 146/Mb146oldfeed.jpg

Mb146oldfeed.webp

[rennfahrer]

Hello!

 

Montblanc 333 1/2 had a flat feed with no grooves. I will take and post some pics later. The 234 1/2 had the same flat feed unit until early 1950s when they came with either the flat, grooved ski slope that the previous member posted or the thicker and more angled feed. These later ones somewhat overwhelm the nib on these 234 1/2’s from both an aesthetic and ink flow perspective.

 

Cheers,

Patrick

[Dr.X]

Thank you both so much.

 

Karmachanic, the one on the left looks a lot like a feed that's on e-bay now for a 144 (supposedly). And that model is from the '50s, I believe. Whereas the 333 1/2 is from the 30s, right?

[rennfahrer]

Hello!

For starters I wanted to share my two examples of 333 1/2 - the white metal nib is a wartime model but I use a different cap. You can see the shape of the feed. I can send more pictures of the feed if you want. Then, for comparison, I wanted to share the 333 1/2 with the 334 1/2. The feed is the same as the same period 234 1/2 - it is a little bigger to accommodate the larger nib but the shape is the same. These flat feeds were used on all models including 13x into at least mid-1940s, and I “think” until the introduction of the 14x models and the new ranges at the same period - then it went to the grooved - at first flat, ski sloped, and then a deeper groove - more like a ramp - I can show you that one from my collection as well on later 234 1/2.

 

Cheers,

Patrick

[Karmachanic]

Beauties!

[rennfahrer]

Thank you!

[Dr.X]

Beauties indeed! Thank you so much for your time and help.

 

Remarkable how the MB feeds changed so little over time. 

 

For example, this Montblanc 20 from the early 1930s I just finished restoring has the same flat bottom on the distal end of the feed, and the top part looks identical to that 144 feed from eBay from the 1950s.

 

I guess if it works, why mess with it...