Identifying This Burgendy Mont Blanc Meisterstuck

[jeremyaus10]

Hi there,

 

I obtained this MB FP recently. I don't know every much about it.

Could some one please help me find out more about it?

I was looking at the recent articles on identifying fake MB, but couldn't find anything on this model.

 

I have attached some photos of the pen.

 

Many thanks

[piscov]

It´s a MB 144 known also as the Classique.

It is original for sure!

 

Made during the 80´s and 90´s I believe.

[jeremyaus10]

It´s a MB 144 known also as the Classique.

It is original for sure!

 

Made during the 80´s and 90´s I believe.

 

Thank you

[FredRydr]

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/286795-what-model-do-i-have-here

Edited March 22, 2015 by FredRydr

[Chrissy]

It's a 144 Classic but it's not completely original as Montblanc made it, as the original would have a bordeaux section, barrel and cap.

 

Montblanc never issued their bordeaux pens with black sections. So if the section is black, then it's a replacement from a black pen

[farmdogfan]

Nice nib!

[Maxpens]

It's a 144 Classic but it's not completely original as Montblanc made it, as the original would have a bordeaux section, barrel and cap.

 

Montblanc never issued their bordeaux pens with black sections. So if the section is black, then it's a replacement from a black pen

 

Hello Chrissy, this is not correct, the first 144 in bordeaux have been delivered with a black grip section. Later, after the second view ( from the marketing ) to this pen, there was the decision to make it also in bordeaux. It took more or less 18 month for the decision.

 

kind regards

 

Max

[piscov]

Thank you for clarifying it Max!

[Chrissy]

 

Hello Chrissy, this is not correct, the first 144 in bordeaux have been delivered with a black grip section. Later, after the second view ( from the marketing ) to this pen, there was the decision to make it also in bordeaux. It took more or less 18 month for the decision.

 

kind regards

 

Max

Thank you for clarifying that fact too.

 

I once asked someone who was selling one on ebay, about the fact that it had a black section, and that information was what I was told. Maybe I shouldn't have just believed it.

 

Maybe that seller had swapped the section over and that's why he gave me that information..

Edited March 22, 2015 by Chrissy

[jar]

Thank you for clarifying that fact too.

 

I once asked someone who was selling one on ebay, about the fact that it had a black section, and that information was what I was told. Maybe I shouldn't have just believed it.

 

Maybe that seller had swapped the section over and that's why he gave me that information..

 

IIRC the black section was only on the 144s too. The burgundy 146s were all burgundy from the getgo.

[PaperDarts]

 

Hello Chrissy, this is not correct, the first 144 in bordeaux have been delivered with a black grip section. Later, after the second view ( from the marketing ) to this pen, there was the decision to make it also in bordeaux. It took more or less 18 month for the decision.

 

kind regards

 

Max

I'm no expert, but will confirm that my 144, purchased in the early 1980s, has a black section.

[sd10521]

I never knew they did that.

I think the black section really gives it an elegant look.

[Frank C]

I bought my burgundy 144 in the early nineties. It is all burgundy, including the section.

 

Your pen appears to have a broad nib. It would have also come with a converter.

[jeremyaus10]

I bought my burgundy 144 in the early nineties. It is all burgundy, including the section.

 

Your pen appears to have a broad nib. It would have also come with a converter.

Yes it has a converter.

There is a bit of rust on one of the rings. Wondering whether to get it replaced..?

[Chrissy]

Yes it has a converter.

There is a bit of rust on one of the rings. Wondering whether to get it replaced..?

Commonly on the 144, the ring on the end of the grip gets corroded as it's dipped in ink, and maybe not cleaned.

 

If you asked them, Montblanc would replace it for you as part of their level 1 service. They would make the whole pen look almost as good as new too within that price.

[FredRydr]

Bordeaux, not burgundy. The darker burgundy is found on far fewer Montblanc model pens. (I realize this is like whipping a dead horse.)

 

Fred

Edited March 30, 2015 by FredRydr

[Frank C]

Bordeaux, not burgundy. The darker burgundy is found on far fewer Montblanc model pens. (I realize this is like whipping a dead horse.)

 

Fred

 

I originally wrote bordeaux in my post, but switched to burgundy because that is the term jar used and he knows everything.

 

As for whipping dead horses, I believe that is illegal in some jurisdictions, now.

[fireant]

 

Hello Chrissy, this is not correct, the first 144 in bordeaux have been delivered with a black grip section

 

 

 

I just pulled three montblancs from storage-two fps and one rollarball. The bordeaux looks just like the OP's and I bought it from the Military Base Exchange while stationed in Germany in the late 80s early 90s.

[jar]

 

I originally wrote bordeaux in my post, but switched to burgundy because that is the term jar used and he knows everything.

 

As for whipping dead horses, I believe that is illegal in some jurisdictions, now.

 

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[Frank C]

 

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