Did Mb Really Make This Ink Bottle Gun?

[Studio97]

 

It does look like a Baby Growing...

Baby Browning 25 cal. Just sayin'.

I would still like to know the value of the ink bottle.

[Michael R.]

> 1000 € ...

 

I saw one for sale a few years ago and if I remember correctly it was around 1000-3000 €.

 

Please correct me if I‘m wrong.

 

And yes, it‘s a Browning replica. Even says so on the box.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[Astronymus]

Hm, I want to sign some paper in this bank but by fountain pen ran dry. Let's refill it right here at the counter with my cool gun ink dispenser... Why is everyone lying on the ground?

[meiers]

Have seen that in very old Montblanc ads, but never a photo of the actual traveling inkwell. Excellent condition! Thank you very much for sharing, OCArt.

Just imagine taking this traveling inkwell through airport security.

Edited October 22, 2017 by meiers

[Studio97]

1000 is a chunk of change.

[inkstainedruth]

Frankly, the only people buying this thing should be museum curators, for a display of "Why WWII happened...." Of course, my personal opinion is that the only *real* place for this is in an incinerator.

I'm now betting a moderator will swoop in any time now to lock this thread. And you know, I'm okay with that.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[dapprman]

Would be the first time I'd have to provide my UKARA registration to buy a bottle of ink ...

 

(UKARA registration - required (well main proof of validity) for purchasing realistic airsoft weapons in the UK)

[Tweel]

Frankly, the only people buying this thing should be museum curators, for a display of "Why WWII happened...."

 

Given that it's a replica of an American gun, with a silencer, produced in 1929 -- it was probably Montblanc cashing in on garish pop culture (American gangsters) for amusement, not a symbol of Fascism.

 

Of course, my personal opinion is that the only *real* place for this is in an incinerator.

 

That's how I feel about Leni Riefenstahl's wonderful work... but that's OT.

[Astronymus]

That's how I feel about Leni Riefenstahl's wonderful work... but that's OT.

Destroying historical artifacts is always a sin. That's what museums and libraries were build for. If you destroy the past no one can learn from it for the future.

Edited October 22, 2017 by Astron

[Tweel]

Destroying historical artifacts is always a sin. That's what museums and libraries were build for. If you destroy the past no one can learn from it for the future.

 

I understand... and of course the Nazis did too, when they stole Europe's non-"Aryan" libraries. But it's how I feel.

[Astronymus]

 

I understand... and of course the Nazis did too, when they stole Europe's non-"Aryan" libraries. But it's how I feel.

I understand the urge to wipe everything about them and others from the globe. But always stick to logic. Feelings a treacherous.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

That's all.

Live long and prosper.

[meiers]

> 1000 ...

 

I saw one for sale a few years ago and if I remember correctly it was around 1000-3000 .

 

Please correct me if Im wrong.

 

And yes, its a Browning replica. Even says so on the box.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

Thank you. This item would date from the 1930s, would you say?

[Michael R.]

c. 1932 ... original selling price 4 Reichsmark

[Kalessin]

Ladies and Gentlemen: This topic has run its course, and has now been closed.