149 with Triangle Cap

[bernardo]

Bluntly (which I was trying to avoid)... the "Arab" or Middle-Eastern market sees the symbol as reminiscent of the Jewish Star of David... apparently, the Germans did not.

 

Of course they don't. It isn't a star at all. That logo is intended to resemble the snow on top of the Montblanc, the highest peak in Europe.

[Multiechelon]

Thanks for the nice comments on the pictures. It was fun to take them.

 

I don't know any of the pen's history. As far as I know, egretsrus bought the pen off ebay. I think it slipped under the FPN radar becuase the ebay seller did not disclose the triangle cap.

 

Like anyone with a new toy, I have spent the past two days writing with it. The nib is a 14C and it is very smooth.

 

Sean

[egretsrus]

Hi, everyone, especially Sean!!! Here's all I know about the pen: I bought it on ebay, there were only two photographs, neither of which showed the cap. (Hmmmm) After I unwrapped the pen which was hand-delivered by the seller who lives nearby, I noticed the cap and was shocked by the white triangle. I emailed the seller who knew nothing but had been told by Paradise Pen that the pen was worth $700-800. The seller was not aware that MBs usually have a very different design on their caps. When I emailed her with the controversy and questions about the pen's history, she told me it had been a gift from a realtor who was grateful for a favor. At this point, I started researching what I could about the pen and FPN by far had more info than anyone else. Even MB.com wrote back to me that they've never put anything other than the snowy mt. top on the caps. WRONG! That's how unusual this pen is! I suspect the pen is worth far more than Paradise Pen suggested and I'm so delighted that a "family member" at FPN got it.

Happy Holidays to all of you! Lesley

P.S. Sean, so delighted you're having fun with it! And it does write "like butta" :-)

[egretsrus]

P.P.S. Do you think FPN also should stand for Family of Pen Nuts?

[Multiechelon]

Hi Lesley,

 

Thanks for this information. That is a great back story on the pen. I can just picture the MB customer service rep that fielded that question thinking "why is this person even asking me this?"

 

This is my first "real" 149. I have had a few pens based on the 149 shape, but I have never had a 149 until now. It is a true story that I have had a modern 149 sitting in the MB Boston Boutique for over six months. I have paid for it but it is sitting there because I could not decide on the nib size. I kept going back and forth between F and B (or BB). Now that I have this F nib, I have narrowed down my choice to B or BB.

 

The Boston Boutique's manager is really knowledgeable so I look forward to showing her the triangle pen. Even at this hectic time of the year, I expect she will be genuinely excited to see it.

 

So yes, I think this is all an implicit admission that pen nut is a fair description of most FPN members.

 

Sean

[egretsrus]

LOL, I think I'll add the initials P.N. after my name.

Please let us all know what the manager at MB says! I agree that the person who fielded my email at MB.com didn't do any research before firing her answer back at me. WE know better, don't we?

[Yurigia]

Thank's Sean for the beautifil pictures...!! :clap1:

 

Great pen and great story about this strange triangle on the cap... I saw the same pen on a Pen Show here in Italy, but the seller doesn't explain me the motivation of this symbol... he tought that the pen was only customized by one of the previous owner...

 

I visited a lot of pen show in my life and I see only two time one pen like this, so I can say that you have bought a really rare pen... and in my opinion the real worth are more than 700-800 USD... it is like to have a Rolex with a Saudi Arabia personalized dial.... more rare and valuable than a normal one...!!

 

Nice catch...!!!

[meiers]

The decision to use the triangle on the cap for marketing reasons strikes me as really bizarre.

Is MB still using the triangle in some markets or have they seen reason and phased it out?

 

Matt

Edited December 23, 2009 by meiers

[hcsk8ter]

Funny how the nib still has the star...

 

But the cap can't ??

[niksch]

The decision to use the triangle on the cap for marketing reasons strikes me as really bizarre.

Is MB still using the triangle in some markets or have they seen reason and phased it out?

 

Matt

It was only used for a few years in the late 70s and early 80s.

[niksch]

Funny how the nib still has the star...

 

But the cap can't ??

 

It's all about perception. But then again, there are one or two folks here whose poste are all about perception. (General rant, not anyone in this thread)

[Ed Ronax]

Thanks for the pictures, have been dying to see what it looks like after reding about them.

[meiers]

The decision to use the triangle on the cap for marketing reasons strikes me as really bizarre.

Is MB still using the triangle in some markets or have they seen reason and phased it out?

 

Matt

It was only used for a few years in the late 70s and early 80s.

 

 

Thanks. I was wondering.

 

Matt

[Chompy]

The decision to use the triangle on the cap for marketing reasons strikes me as really bizarre.

Is MB still using the triangle in some markets or have they seen reason and phased it out?

 

Matt

It was only used for a few years in the late 70s and early 80s.

 

 

I think it may have been used for longer than this. I have just sent my 146 with a triangle cap to MB for a repair quote and they state it's from the 1950's manufacturing period. Mind you, I'm new to all this so I stand to be corrected!

[daenghafez]

The decision to use the triangle on the cap for marketing reasons strikes me as really bizarre.

Is MB still using the triangle in some markets or have they seen reason and phased it out?

 

Matt

It was only used for a few years in the late 70s and early 80s.

 

 

I think it may have been used for longer than this. I have just sent my 146 with a triangle cap to MB for a repair quote and they state it's from the 1950's manufacturing period. Mind you, I'm new to all this so I stand to be corrected!

 

Based on my reading of the old posts, it's good to remind Montblanc repair centre not to swap any part of the pen unless necessary or with your instruction. If my memory serves me right, I recall one FPNer got a whole brand new pen after sending same for repair.

 

Congrats for having one, the triangle star pen is an interesting pen and I too am looking for one..

[Chompy]

 

 

I think it may have been used for longer than this. I have just sent my 146 with a triangle cap to MB for a repair quote and they state it's from the 1950's manufacturing period. Mind you, I'm new to all this so I stand to be corrected!

 

Jury is out on the age, could be as late as the '70s based on the photos of my pen I posted on here elsewhere today. Who knows! Hopefully whoever repairs mine will give a definitive answer.

[goby]

Another example is the Hindu (?) version of a swastika I saw in SE Asia a couple of years ago... freaked me out until it was explained to me!

 

They are a very ancient sun symbol as well. It's only very recently that it's become taboo.

[sarahfar]

Niksch is absolutely right. In that period of time, many of the Arab countries had a heavy embargo on Israel based anything. If you wanted to do business in many of the Arab States, especially SA you had to have goofy language on everything from shipping documents to LC's. Thank God the world has changes some since then.....

[Sasha Royale]

Since Arabic is written right-to-left, I wonder if any other features are different.