Fake Or Real Montblanc?

[Jonknott]

Hello

I have recently purchased a fountain pen at an estate sale. There was a box of pens for sale and as I was sifting through them when a familiar symbol caught my eye. It was of course Montblanc six sided white star. I quickly asked the seller how much he was selling the pens for, and he said three dollars. Real or not I was willing to pay three bucks for a fountain pen. I've been into fountian pens for about two years now, and when it came to purchasing expensive pens I generally purchased Visconti Pens, hence that is where a good chunk of my knowledge lies when it comes to high end pens. I can tell a fake Montblanc Meisterstuck 149 from a real one, but when the model of pen moves away from there so called flagship pens my knowledge unfortunately diminishes. After some research I've come to believe this is a real Montblanc and the seller was not aware what he had, although several aspects of the pen are throwing up some major red flags. The center band is not ornate as I have seen on many Montblanc pens, it's a German iridium point nib, and the sections material feels a little on the cheap side. I've have uploaded some pictures of the pen below, any insight on the pen being real or not would be much appreciated. As well as if it is a genuine Montblanc what model it is. Thank you

[Wolverine1]

I am not too knowledgeable, but, it looks like a Chinese made fake MB pen. Sorry.

[Jonknott]

I am not too knowledgeable, but, it looks like a Chinese made fake MB pen. Sorry.

thanks for the insight

[orfew]

Montblanc has never made a pen that looked like that. It is a fake.

[alaskazimm]

Kind of a pretty pen, though.

[I like mango cheesecake]

Yup as fake as fakey can fake

[chunya]

As everyone has said ... a fake. It is such a shame that some of these fakes are really very attractive!

 

Not sure whether we are allowed to post URLs for the Bay anymore (there was something a while back about posting URLs?), but if you search for Mont Blanc White Pen, you will see an interesting design there ... (now with a starting price of £200, down from £300). Unfortunately Ebay have ignored Reports about it.

[HermetiC]

Totally fake

[chunya]

Out of interest, where did you research which might have suggested it was real? There is a lot of misinformation out there.

 

Apart from the fact that MB have never produced pens with this design, it would also be very unlikely to find a genuine MB with a Germany Iridium nib, unless someone replaced an original MB for it. That would be the first warning flag.

[fountainpende]

This is one of the "older" fakes, its from the early/mid 90ties ... costs for such pens in Chine would be about 1 Euro

[Ahmad Kareem]

Its fake, no doubt about that.