Material Question About Montblanc Regular Edition

[WillyVanDerKuijlen]

I am really interested in talking about materials of montblanc regular edition.

 

I email official for many time, but some results really make me confused.

http://www.montblanc.com/content/dam/mtb/products/writing-instruments/111/037/111037/191338-ecom-retina-01.png.adapt.500.500.png

Montblanc STARWALKER EXTREME STEEL FOUNTAIN PEN

 

its description lacks the material of pen's grip and clip , so I emailed the official website and got this reply:"The grip is made of steel,

 

the clip is platinum plated. " However, it still lacks the vital part: plated what? brass or steel?

 

After saw the second starwalker pen, the things made me more confused.

http://www.montblanc.com/content/dam/mtb/products/writing-instruments/109/341/109341/191096-ecom-retina-01.png.adapt.500.500.png

Montblanc StarWalker Carbon Fountain Pen

 

Its description is "Platinum plated",so its grip can be made of platinum plated? These pens are exactly the same in grips!

 

After I bought a very vintage pen 146, I knew that Montblanc Meisterstuck regular edition's metal is made of gold-plated

 

brass, the same as Boheme regular edition. But, starwalker is totally different from those two series.

 

I also go to the local montblanc store, the Clerk told me the clip is made of Germany nickel...after I bought Starwalker EXTREME

 

STEEL FOUNTAIN PEN, I know the black part is rubber...But the item description seem to lose this introduction...

 

Luckily, I got a official PDF about material, but the Johnny Lennon edition says the clip is stainless steel...

 

So I just want to know which is the true inside material under the platinum-plated surface about

 

starwalker carbon fountain pen's grip,clip and cap and extreme steel pen?

 

Besides, Are starwalker all made of steel or just the extreme steel series?

 

Of course I cannot use sandpaper to remove its cladding material to see inside material, it's really a waste.

[Chrissy]

This is a question that maybe you should ask Montblanc.

 

However, since they call the pen the Starwalker extreme steel, one might naturally assume it starts off as steel before it's plated.

 

I believe they either plate brass or steel depending on whether they want a gold plated finish or a platinum plated finish. You can usually tell which material they start with on C/C pens by looking at the screw threads inside.

 

They won't have plain brass screw threads on the inside of a pen that has platinised or steel fittings because they wouldn't match up. They are quite fussy about things like that.

[WillyVanDerKuijlen]

This is a question that maybe you should ask Montblanc.

 

However, since they call the pen the Starwalker extreme steel, one might naturally assume it starts off as steel before it's plated.

 

I believe they either plate brass or steel depending on whether they want a gold plated finish or a platinum plated finish. You can usually tell which material they start with on C/C pens by looking at the screw threads inside.

 

They won't have plain brass screw threads on the inside of a pen that has platinised or steel fittings because they wouldn't match up. They are quite fussy about things like that.

Thank you. I hove emailed them and just wait for another reply. I hope I can get a good answer.

[ASL]

Hi Willy ..Would you kindly share the PDF received from Montblanc ! Sounds to be interesting new information there!

Edited January 17, 2016 by ASL

[WillyVanDerKuijlen]

Hi Willy ..Would you kindly share the PDF received from Montblanc ! Sounds to be interesting new information there!

Of course! Here it is!

I upload it in Google Cloud Disk

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B83iwdcEyehCMV9MVk81aXplUEk/view

[ASL]

Thanks

[WillyVanDerKuijlen]

This is a question that maybe you should ask Montblanc.

 

However, since they call the pen the Starwalker extreme steel, one might naturally assume it starts off as steel before it's plated.

 

I believe they either plate brass or steel depending on whether they want a gold plated finish or a platinum plated finish. You can usually tell which material they start with on C/C pens by looking at the screw threads inside.

 

They won't have plain brass screw threads on the inside of a pen that has platinised or steel fittings because they wouldn't match up. They are quite fussy about things like that.

They told me it's a business secret......

Edited January 27, 2016 by WillyVanDerKuijlen

[Pen Engineer]

I had a look at their catalogue. As always, they are boasting, not really supplying much information. I tried to enlarge the images, but the resolution is too low in order to derive at any specific information.

 

I assume, looking at the thread and the sharpness of the ornamentation that the metal pieces of the body parts are nickel/tin or aluminium alloy injection moulded with subsequent machining, then electro coating and more machining... laser cutting.