Montblanc solitaire geometry questions

[james566clugston]

Hello,

 

I wanted to ask a questions questions relating to a newly purchased Montblanc Montblanc Solitaire Geometry that I picked up last Friday (purchased in November 2021 but had to wait for a B nib to be fitted by MB). 

 

First thing I will say this I think this pen is stunning and much nicer in person and the nib writes excellently. I have not owned a solitaire MB since owning a Solitaire Silver Fibre Guilloché years ago. Before this pen I had a 90th anniversary special edition but let it go due to constant flaking of the rose gold plating. But I brought this pens because I loved the design and liked the idea of the metal section as it felt very sold and no longer metal over resin.  

 

But it seems MB have changed these Solitaire pens a lot over the years and I am wondering if anyone know how well the platinum plating ("platinum coating") holds up and partially around the section and nib collar.

 

The other question I have is what is the base metal of these pens? I assume maybe stainless steel or even Brass?   

 

I have attached some images of the pen and would appreciate some help. 

 

Regards James

[Kyrtaax]

I was told that these geometry solitaires are machined from brass, as are most of Montblanc's solid metal pens these days.

 

You can find some reports of the plating on the nib collars flaking off somewhere on this forum. However, they seem to be very isolated reports, with only one or two occurrances on the internet for probably tens of thousands of pens sold. 

 

You have a beautiful pen indeed! That two-tone nib design is my favourite of any nib I've ever seen. I too have a Montblanc with a metal section, and I think they're much nicer than those old part-resin-part-metal solitaires.

[agentdaffy007]

I was going to pull the trigger on this pen until I found, MB POA JP Morgan. Very good looking pen.

[james566clugston]

@Kyrtaax thank you so much. Great to know. It is a very nice pen indeed and I am very pleased with it.