Mercedes 100M Fp ?

[Sblakers]

Anyone know anything about these pens.. There is a Mercedes 100m with chased barrel from the 1940's that is a piston filler that looks pretty nice. It has a snake clip. Are these pens of any quality ? Anyone know if they Re decent writers.? Any info would be much appreciated. When I look at pictures of the pen it looks almost identical to a montblanc 136

[handwriter]

Hi, I have seen these auctions, the seller has already sold some almost identical pens in the last few months, as you can see looking at the "completed listings", got good ratings so everything seems fine. There is very little info on the brand, although it is listed among German makers. I was about buying one myself, but other pens required my attention (and my money ). If you get one please let us know about it.

[Sblakers]

I will. Looks like a very interesting pen. Any idea of the nib material ?

[handwriter]

Says something about "chrome" nib, so I guess the nib is a steel nib; "chrome" would refer to chromium, and chromium is the "ingredient" of stainless steel that makes it stainless.

[Kaweco]

Ou Lord - won`t ya buy me - some Mercedes pens.....

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Hi sblakers and others

E. E Koenig, a worker from the "Matador" works in Elberfeld founted his own fountain pen and propelling pencil factory - "Mercedes" - in Heidelberg 1924. They made cheaper fountain pens but all in all well made in a very good craftsmenship. They had nothing to do with MB. The material could be hard rubber, the nibs write smooth. The firm was filed in the branch list until 1978. But it is possible that they hold the name to sell it to the merchandising shop sales articles of the car producer with the same name.

I could talk to the last owmer of Mercedes in the late 90th and he gave me some pens of the last production series.

Who sells these pens? How much do they cost? (no personal interest...I have enough pens from this trade mark )

Kind Regards

Thomas

[Uncle Red]

Ou Lord - won`t ya buy me - some Mercedes pens Kind RegardsThomas

My friends all have Porsches, I must make amends. :ltcapd:

[handwriter]

Hi, Thomas,

"Who sells these pens? How much do they cost?"

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FOUNTAIN-PEN-MERCEDES-75M-D-R-G-M-BLACK-CHASED-c-1940-NEAR-MINT?item=270966526650&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8088388164012060842

[Sblakers]

Very interesting. Do you think the quality of these pens are comparable to tr bigger named pen companies. Ie Pelikan montblanc ?

[Kaweco]

Very interesting. Do you think the quality of these pens are comparable to tr bigger named pen companies. Ie Pelikan montblanc ?

No. In my opinion. 1.) The cork seal: It is a natural material and you will never know about the state. It can be brittle it can be stiff. I have several of these pens in NOS but the wax coating the cork had hardened within the decades. So, what to do? Insert silicone oil as some guys do? Never! The oil will pollute the feed and is nearly never removable. I dismanteled some fountainpens to applicate a micro bit of silicone grease directly inside the barrel. But I damaged some pens because the material had shrunk and had become brittle. But all these noxes are usual for historic fps.

2.) the nib: It is a wartime steel nib (but it first has to be proved if the production year is actually 1940) There was a shortage of rare steel incredients. Some nibs break and some nibs corrode

3.) The color: There are many black pens out there (IMHO)

4.) the price (high IMHO !) A few time ago I bought 3 Pel 140 with gold nib for the same money. But the German market could not be compared with the American or Spanish market.

I am very satisfied with my Pel M 200, vintage Kaweco Sports and Böhlers. I never had written with a MB

Kind Regards

Thomas

[Sblakers]

Well I bought one for 110.00 usd. Probably over spent but it looked really nice to me.. I have a mb 136 that I absolutely love, it's my grail pen and this Mercedes looks very similar to it so I took the plunge.. Once I get the pen I will compare it to my 136 and come back here and describe my findings.

[PensRollei]

I have two Mercedes Fountain Pens. Both are piston, One is a 100 and the other a 50. The 50 is marked Mercedes on the cap, not the clip, the 100 is marked on the clip and the blind top. Both have chrome plated nibs. The snake clip on the 100 is EXACTLY like the clip on the "Sidekick: Adtler, which looks like it was made by Matador. Mr. Koenig must have access to the same clip supplier. The 100 is much better than a Pelikan 140 or 200.

 

PensRollei

[Bo Bo Olson]

That is a very pretty pen, one of mine is from the '50-60's. Thomas and or some one else told me they had a factory (or a warehouse) on Hardstrasse in my village on the edge of Heidelberg.My nib is a nice semi-flex 14 K nib.

I have a second one late-30's-40's, where Thomas says it has the wrong clip on it. The clip is a Kawaco one. It's not in your shape, the black rubber is still nice but for the tips of the cap and piston' which are now oxidized into olive green.

 

I need that clip.

 

That is a great looking clip, nice chasing. Hopefully it will be repairable. I had some NOS Austrian piston pens early-mid 50's in they were still made with cork, I should have soaked cork in them in water or water glycerin first. But I inked...and when I wanted to change inks I soaked it in water and had seepage of color from the cork.

 

If your cork re-hydrates, do add some glycerin and let it soak in, before inking up.