Thought on Montblanc

I know that Montblanc is forged more than any other pen. Most people
would not know the difference from the real deal. Could the bad
reputation Montblanc has gotten of late be due to fakes?

Earl Camembert writes:

I know that Montblanc is forged more than any other pen. Most
people would not know the difference from the real deal. Could the
bad reputation Montblanc has gotten of late be due to fakes?

The fakes are generally better made, at least in terms of durability.
Usually laquer over brass or plastic rather than "precious resin." I
assume that the 144 is the most commonly faked, since it's a cartridge
filler.

"Tim McNamara" wrote in message ...
Earl Camembert writes:

I know that Montblanc is forged more than any other pen. Most
people would not know the difference from the real deal. Could the
bad reputation Montblanc has gotten of late be due to fakes?

The fakes are generally better made, at least in terms of durability.
Usually laquer over brass or plastic rather than "precious resin." I
assume that the 144 is the most commonly faked, since it's a cartridge
filler.

I love the light feel of my 144 stainless steel doue, but I've
already broken the "precious resin" once, and it was it was
like 40 or 50 bucks to fix -- pretty much outrageous. It
was only dropped from about 6 inches too.

M.

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:48:24 -0600, Tim McNamara
wrote:

Earl Camembert writes:

I know that Montblanc is forged more than any other pen. Most
people would not know the difference from the real deal. Could the
bad reputation Montblanc has gotten of late be due to fakes?

The fakes are generally better made, at least in terms of durability.
Usually laquer over brass or plastic rather than "precious resin." I
assume that the 144 is the most commonly faked, since it's a cartridge
filler.

The reason I brought this up is I just bought a fake Montblanc
ballpoint from eBay. This is the first fake I got from the auction. I
bought seven Montblanc fountain pens all real and all nice. Even the
broken one I bought for parts. The "precious resin" is soft but it
buffs up nicely to a smooth no scratch finish.

"Earl Camembert" wrote in message
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The reason I brought this up is I just bought a fake Montblanc
ballpoint from eBay. This is the first fake I got from the auction. I
bought seven Montblanc fountain pens all real and all nice. Even the
broken one I bought for parts. The "precious resin" is soft but it
buffs up nicely to a smooth no scratch finish.

If the precious resin is soft, how on earth does it break so easily?

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On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 15:08:43 +0800, "Free Citizen"
wrote:


"Earl Camembert" wrote in message
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[snip]


The reason I brought this up is I just bought a fake Montblanc
ballpoint from eBay. This is the first fake I got from the auction. I
bought seven Montblanc fountain pens all real and all nice. Even the
broken one I bought for parts. The "precious resin" is soft but it
buffs up nicely to a smooth no scratch finish.

If the precious resin is soft, how on earth does it break so easily?

I have not had any brake.

The reason I brought this up is I just bought a fake Montblanc
ballpoint from eBay.

Lemme guess. 25.00?

:-)
delete what doesn't belong there

Satrap
I find delusions of grandeur to be absolutely true

40-$50 is alot?
"Michael" wrote in message
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"Tim McNamara" wrote in message
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Earl Camembert writes:

I know that Montblanc is forged more than any other pen. Most
people would not know the difference from the real deal. Could the
bad reputation Montblanc has gotten of late be due to fakes?

The fakes are generally better made, at least in terms of durability.
Usually laquer over brass or plastic rather than "precious resin." I
assume that the 144 is the most commonly faked, since it's a cartridge
filler.

I love the light feel of my 144 stainless steel doue, but I've
already broken the "precious resin" once, and it was it was
like 40 or 50 bucks to fix -- pretty much outrageous. It
was only dropped from about 6 inches too.

M.

On 01 Nov 2004 12:23:52 GMT, range (so what) wrote:


The reason I brought this up is I just bought a fake Montblanc
ballpoint from eBay.

Lemme guess. 25.00?

:-)
delete what doesn't belong there

Satrap
I find delusions of grandeur to be absolutely true

One hundred dollars, ouch. Learn the hard way.