Montblanc 139 Long Inkwindow - A Complete Restoration

[Opooh]

Absolutely stunning! A star is reborn.

[kaushla]

Thank you. Besides being a demonstration of the mastery of older materials, a source of encouragement for the faint-hearted.

[waisun]

Totally and absolutely incredible!! Such masterful work! Tom, you are a Meisterstück yourself!!

[rvthof]

Amazing craftmanship Tom !!

[HermetiC]

Fantastic and superb work!

[provis]

Wow this is beautiful work! Tom rebuilt a barrel for my Pelikan 100 and what beautiful work it was, but this is completely on a different level!

[Chopper88]

Great work Tom, I love these kind of posts. I know you can do this, but it still amazes me every time!

Edited January 20, 2014 by Chopper88

[musashi]

すごいです！ Very good job! Simply amazing.

[jslallar]

i must haev caught my breath when i saw the broken pen but i dont remember doing that, what i do remember is that i started breathing again after a few scrolls of the mouse and seeing the restoration being done by steps. beautiful work Tom, thanks for sharing.

[MBFan]

Incredible. Thank our lucky stars that old pens have people like you about!

[Montblanc owner and lover]

Nice work. Are you God? Cause you bring things back to live perfectly

[Croma]

Hello:
A perfect restoration work. They are rare pieces and any recovery of ancient pieces is welcome.
Congratulations and continue with the good work.

Regards.

[tomgartin]

That's incredible. The first photo really looked like a lost cause. I hope you were compensated well!

[Dickkooty2]

erstaunlich. in der Tat!

 

Your feeling for those old materials and craftsman techniques and your empathy for the pen itself are astounding!

[rustynib]

Congratulations!!!

[dallasjarrell]

Thank you for your nice photos.

 

You used black celluloid instead of black ebonite for new threads.

It is a very interesting choice as old 139s are usually made of both.

 

I just wonder how you "weld" the newly made thread with celluloid barrell.

Heat plus chemical glue?

Celluloid is very difficult to glue as its burning point is 170 degree.

If the celluloid sandwiched between nails rotates so fast, it surely gets heated.

 

If the glued parts are fragile enough to receive pressure when finger-grabbed for writing, the pen would be bent where the thread is glued.

Therefore, doubled area with new and old celluloid should be long enough to avoid being cracked.

I also wonder how to make transparent celluloid with vertical stripes. This is a highly technical knack MB has kept until today.

I hope I make a complete replica of 139 including piston mechanism in one or two years.

 

 

 

[georges zaslavsky]

great job tom does it have a flexible fine steel or palladium nib?

[KAC]

A beautiful and classic pen and and elegant, expert restoration!

[MrBlack]

Incredible- Grail Pen

Edited May 4, 2017 by MrBlack