18k nib on a 146

[gvl]

I have just purchased a standard black resin and gold 146 with an 18k nib. The pen dates from the mid 1990s.

 

I was rather surprised as I thought that this model of pen always came with a 14k nib, the 18k being found on the 149.

 

Can anyone enlighten me ?

 

Thanks

Edited March 26, 2008 by gvl

[Kalessin]

Depending on year of manufacture and market, the 146 can come with 14k or 18k, single-tone or two-color nib.

 

[penparadise]

I have just purchased a standard black resin and gold 146 with an 18k nib. The pen dates from the mid 1990s.

I was rather surprised as I thought that this model of pen always came with a 14k nib, the 18k being found on the 149.

Can anyone enlighten me ?

Thanks

Hi,

 

There are two possibilities:

1.) someone mixed the caps of a "Meisterstück Solitaire Doué Sterling" or a "Meisterstück Solitaire Doué Steel" with a standard Meisterstück so that you got the barrel with the 18k nib.

2.) this pen was produced for the French market as at that time the French only accepted 18 carat gold as real gold.

 

In all probability the second version will fit

 

Axel

[gvl]

 

Thanks to you both.

 

Axel, you are spot on. The pen was purchased in Paris.

 

The market it was produced for was the key point.