Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte Signs With A Mb Fountain Pen

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

I don't own a MontBlanc, I just wanted to share this.

 

https://www.facebook.com/SkyTG24/videos/2060284044045205/

 

To start the video, click anywhere on it.

 

Conte takes the pen out of his pocket at 1:00 into the video.

 

Another angle:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E167KA5kJMg

 

The pen shows up at 1:21.

 

Just out of curiosity, what model is this?

Edited June 1, 2018 by RoyalBlueNotebooks

[kandarp]

Meisterstuck I'm guessing a 145. Its not a 146, 147 or 149 and does not appear to be a 144 or 114.

[BlueJ]

I would say 146, platinum trim. Interesting he spurned the desk pens in favor of his own. He also posted the cap.

[niksch]

Looks like a 146 to me.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Thanks, all. I was wondering about the model.

 

To BlueJ, there's some (a lot, depending on the website) vitriol about Conte ignoring the offered (very elegant) desk pens. In my humble opinion, for such an important gesture as to sign one's own mandate as a Prime Minister, a person is free to choose their own favourite pen.

[Blueberry567]

I think it's a 145 and not a 146. At 1:23 you can get a clear view of the grip section and it is much longer than the 146 and it has the characteristic severe tapering of the 145's grip section.

[kandarp]

  On 6/1/2018 at 11:32 PM, Blueberry567 said:

I think it's a 145 and not a 146. At 1:23 you can get a clear view of the grip section and it is much longer than the 146 and it has the characteristic severe tapering of the 145's grip section.

That's what I based my guess on. It's clearly a Meisterstuck. He unscrews the cap. And the section appears to be more tapered and less cylindrical like that on a 146 (and 147). Too thin to be a 149. So that leaves the 145. Who knows it might even be one of those really good fakes that seem to have infested ebay recently.

Edited June 1, 2018 by Fountainpencrazy

[kandarp]

  On 6/1/2018 at 10:04 PM, RoyalBlueNotebooks said:

Thanks, all. I was wondering about the model.

 

To BlueJ, there's some (a lot, depending on the website) vitriol about Conte ignoring the offered (very elegant) desk pens. In my humble opinion, for such an important gesture as to sign one's own mandate as a Prime Minister, a person is free to choose their own favourite pen.

 

If I become the prime minister of a country then a considerable amount of my time will be spent selecting and prepping the "right" pen and ink for every document I sign. I don't think I'll get any work done. Ever.

[Tom Kellie]

  On 6/1/2018 at 11:45 PM, Fountainpencrazy said:

If I become the prime minister of a country then a considerable amount of my time will be spent selecting and prepping the "right" pen and ink for every document I sign. I don't think I'll get any work done. Ever.

 

*** PRIME MINISTER's DAILY SCHEDULE ***

9 am Desk pen review

10 am Rearrange pens

11 am Consider possible ink change in two Writers Edition models

12 noon Lunch at a 5 Star hotel, using a platinum 149 OBB to sign the bill

2 pm Look through eBay and FPN Classifieds for the mythical 139R OBBB

3 pm Flush a Patron of Art Octavian OB nib

4 pm Look through zaddick's FPN “Welcome to the Broad Side”

5 pm Send an e-mail to Mr. Axel Nier of Montblanc Hamburg, asking about progress on the Bespoke Extra-Large Signature nib

6 pm Return to the Prime Minister's Mansion, to rest after an exhausting day and read through Barry Gabay's 149 article again while sipping Grands Échezeaux

10 pm Crossword puzzle in bed using a treasured 3-42 G F nib received from grandpa decades ago

[kandarp]

Hahah that's an apt summation of my prime ministerial activities.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Tom,I applaud your accurate Prime Minister schedule!

[gmax]

  On 6/1/2018 at 10:04 PM, RoyalBlueNotebooks said:

Thanks, all. I was wondering about the model.

 

To BlueJ, there's some (a lot, depending on the website) vitriol about Conte ignoring the offered (very elegant) desk pens. In my humble opinion, for such an important gesture as to sign one's own mandate as a Prime Minister, a person is free to choose their own favourite pen.

Well, at least he didn't try to snag one of those desk pens

 

Now he will always have the pen he used on this important occasion

Edited June 2, 2018 by gmax

[A1979]

Probably the same pen used to write his exams at the New York University...

 

He claims to have spent at least a month every summer between 2008 and 2012 at New York University, perfecting and updating his studies. But a spokesperson for the university told the New York Times: A person by this name does not show up in any of our records as either a student or faculty member.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/22/italys-five-star-party-forced-defend-pick-prime-minister-questions/

Edited June 2, 2018 by A1979

[bbs]

What? He didn't use a Vis...conte???

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

  On 6/2/2018 at 11:28 AM, A1979 said:

Probably the same pen used to write his exams at the New York University...

 

He claims to have spent at least a month every summer between 2008 and 2012 at New York University, perfecting and updating his studies. But a spokesperson for the university told the New York Times: A person by this name does not show up in any of our records as either a student or faculty member.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/22/italys-five-star-party-forced-defend-pick-prime-minister-questions/

This controvery is open to 6-7 other foreign Universities actually.

 

  On 6/4/2018 at 12:16 PM, bbs said:

What? He didn't use a Vis...conte???

A major point in the vitriolic comments that Conte's gesture received is that the fountain pen is not Italian-made.

 

Personally, I understand how this was possible. If you stroll around any big city, there are shop windows with Pelikan, Montblanc, Kaweco, Lamy fountain pens, even pens by Japanese manufacturers, but there's almost nothing on display by Visconti, Aurora, Montegrappa, Omas. Plus, Montblanc owns dedicated retail points in strategical points in the city centers, so it's easier to come home owning a Montblanc fountain pen after a shopping trip than, say, spot an Aurora pen on display.

This is just my assumption. He could very well own a Montegrappa or an Aurora and still decided to sign his mandate with a MB.