It doesn’t help, that Mont Blanc actually reuses some of its serial numbers and didn’t keep the best records of who got which serial number and where the serial numbers were sent.Īnother detail to look for on authentic Mont Blanc writing instruments is the word “Pix” written under the clip. The vast majority of fakes leave out the serial number. Only the very best fakes include a serial number, and that only started in more recent years. Since 1991, Mont Blanc has included a tiny serial number on the clip band of its pens. There are 3 obvious details to search for when you look at a Mont Blanc pen made of precious resin. Look closely at the gold-plated clip band of the cap to see a finely machine engraved serial number. Please see the picture of the fake below.Īs always, we hope this helps you spot fake Montblanc pens in your quest for inky glory as a writer or collector. Papers for the legit pens are stored between leather box and the outer cardboard box. The black leather Mont Blanc cases have a padded beige or tan cloth lining, which you aren’t intended to get underneath. Annnd, the pad that holds the pen is a cheap cardboard with a paper tray beneath it. On the inside the company name is poorly silk screened on with some black ink bleeding into other parts of the name/logo. Most simple MB boxes similar to this have a leather or faux-leather outer casing in black.
We received two pens in one box that is made to look like a true Montblanc box. True Copernicus pens have a seamless logo that is lacquered over to look like one piece regardless as to whether it really is. This one is a soft plastic that looks odd in real life, and you can see the edges of the hole they glued it into on the tail. The last big thing they got wrong is the company brand logo of the 6-point star or snow cap representing the mountain. One sneaky thing the pen forgers got right is that it uses real Montblanc ballpoint refills. On Montblanc’s high-end pens, there are no seams that are detectable, and we think the original pen had a mother-of-pearl star instead of a white plastic star. It is difficult to see in the photo, but you can see the edges where the white part was glued into the black part of the logo. Lastly, the pocket clip has a more obvious weld to the cap. While that pocket clip does have a serial number, it is a two-part number with a gap between numbers, which Montblanc doesn’t do. Plus, there is no “Pix” written under the pocket clip. We can’t get a good enough photo of it, but the floating star inside the clear cap topper is scratched. The biggest visual error you can spot is that the tail is black and not platinum or rhodium plated like the original.
Those cheap, 1990s Sensa office pens with the huge “ergonomical” rubber grips decomposed to a sticky mess all the time, just like this pen. We haven’t experienced that in the originals, but this is common in cheaper rubbers and plastics. The first thing you can notice in real life, and not online, is that the rubber material is very sticky as it decomposes. BUT! A closer inspection proves it isn’t. At a glance, it looks like it could be the real thing. Up first is meant to be a rubberized Montblanc Starwalker fineliner.
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For collecting purposes, the regular Meisterstuck series is not limited by any means and therefore, you only have a certain degree of appreciation over time, however, if you go with limited editions from Mont Blanc, you can look at those as an investment just like maybe art, musical instruments, or stocks.A close inspection of this pen reveals that it is a reproduction of the rubberized Montblanc Starwalker fineliner pen. My personal preferences aside, if you look at the value development of ballpoint pens and rollerballs, the fountain pen is always higher and appreciates more, therefore, I think the rollerball and ballpoints are not as worth it unless you really hate a fountain pen or you travel by plane a lot.
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