Our Take We’ve teamed up with star designer Marc Newson and legendary luxury brand Montblanc to offer the Newson-designed M Pen exclusively with a Montblanc crafted pouch, sold only in the HODINKEE Shop. DetailsAustralian designer Marc Newson is known for his modern approach to design, particularly in the way that he blends form and function with fluid lines and sloping curves. He’s designed everything from the Atmos 561 (a limited edition for Jaeger-LeCoultre’s 80th anniversary of the Atmos clock) to Sunbeam toasters to a concept jet, and remains on contract with the likes of Apple. Aesthetics and touch are paramount in Newson’s designs, and several have become icons of product design. The M Pen is no exception, and serves as the entry-point into a Newson-designed object.The polished black resin case is shaped using a diamond tool, which allows for absolutely no breaks in the lines of the pen.
Even the Montblanc emblem has been welded ultrasonically at the top of the cap and the end of the barrel in order to preserve the fluidity of the design. Beyond the looks of the pen, it also just feels great in hand. The forepart of the pen is ruthenium-plated, adding weight to balance out the whole piece.
Getting back to Newson’s penchant for combining beautiful aesthetics with functionality, one of our favorite features of the Montblanc M is the alignment of the clip with the “plateau” at the end of the barrel. No matter how you position the cap when closing the pen, a magnet pulls the clip to line up perfectly with the Montblanc logo at the base of the pen barrel. Specifications. Writing system type: rollerball.
Platinum-coated clip with individual serial number. Black precious resin barrel and cap inlaid with Montblanc emblem. Black full-grain calfskin pouch with jacquard lining, with HODINKEE and Montblanc branding.
I received a Montblanc rollberball pen as a birthday gift from a client a while ago. I was not really interested in pens. The box and papers disappeared after a move, so now I have no idea which model it is and I don't recall how much it cost (or what it is worth today).
I never really liked the pen much because it didn't post firmly and the cap would fly off the pen. I found too small to comfortably write with unposted, so it has been a box queen most of its life. I would like to sell it at some point, but I have no idea how to price it. I brought the pen to the MB boutique on Long Island a month ago.
It was an underwhelming experience to say the least. The sales people seemed to know more about (and were more interested in) selling watches, leather goods and jewelry than pens. I wanted to try out a starwalker with a fine nib. They didn't have any starwalker testers, so the salesperson gave me a 146 fine and told me it wrote the same (just as all MB's do-so he claimed).
I am hardly an expert, but it doesn't take a fountain pen guru to see the nibs are completely different. Sorry for digressing, but these geniuses could not tell me what the reference number and apparently didn't have the ability to look it up by its serial number. Hell, what's the hell is the purpose of having the reference no. On the clip then if they can't use it to authenticate the pen and tell me what model it is???Based on the serial number, it looks like it was made in 2006 (but I don't have a loupe handy) so I might be reading it wrong.
I tried to get it in the pictures, but I wasn't having much luck with my Nexus 5 camera. When I have a loupe later today, I'll see if if I can give you the rest of the serial number. Here are the pictures:Hopefully one of you MB maestros can help me figure out what I have sitting in my box. It's actually a pretty good fake.
I have the exact same model (although authentic) and it's fairly accurate.The most obvious sign it's a replica (at least for me) is the fact that it's too shiny. Unless you never use the pen and still polish it every day, an authentic sterling silver pen is going to dull over time. I have five sterling silver Montblanc pens and no matter how hard I try none of them are going to look that presentable.I would love to see a picture of the genuine article. For silver findings and any non-plated metal with polished finish, I like to use cape cod cloth for a quick swipe followed followed by a good rub down with a micro-fiber cloth. I takes the tarnish off in seconds without damaginw surrounding material. Work the process a little longer and you can take out scratches too. I use it all the time on my watches.:-).
I just got a loupe and it's serial number XY2006108. I just looked googled the serial number and, guess what??? It's a fake!!!! That sucks!!!
I was hoping to sell it and get a MB 146. Now, I have a pen that's worth $10, which I guess is the value of the real MB cartridge that I put in it a year ago. Needed now and, yes, now I feel like a true idiot myself. I guess I am now qualified to work for my local MB boutique.O noz.No reason, though, for you to feel like an idiot.
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How were you to know? The people at the boutique, well, maybe. I just got a loupe and it's serial number XY2006108. I just looked googled the serial number and, guess what??? It's a fake!!!!
That sucks!!! I was hoping to sell it and get a MB 146. Now, I have a pen that's worth $10, which I guess is the value of the real MB cartridge that I put in it a year ago. Needed now and, yes, now I feel like a true idiot myself. I guess I am now qualified to work for my local MB boutique.O noz.No reason, though, for you to feel like an idiot. How were you to know? The people at the boutique, well, maybe.Course I seem to notice a trend that people receiving pens as a 'gift' especially from a Client, that the pens end up being fake usually.
Just like the Starwalker the other day that someone said they received from a neighbor for work they had done.
Contents.History A Hamburg banker, Alfred Nehemias, and a Berlin engineer, August Eberstein, produced simple pens in 1906. After a short period of time Wilhelm Dziambor, Christian Lausen and later Claus Johannes Voss took over the business. Their first model was the Rouge et Noir in 1909 followed in 1910 by the pen that was later to give the company its new name, Montblanc.
The name (English: 'Masterpiece', the name used for export) was used for the first time in 1924. Today, the Montblanc is on other goods besides pens, including watches, jewellery, fragrances, leather goods and eyewear.The company was acquired by in 1977, following which lower price pens were dropped and the brand was used on a wide range of luxury goods other than pens.Today, Montblanc forms part of the group.
Its sister companies include luxury brands,. Montblanc is owned, through Richemont, by the South African.Branding.
Hi everyone,I'm not sure where to post this but i'm uncertain if I have received an authentic or fake mont blanc individuel. I purchased the 50ml bottle online for $37.95 (AUD). Never smelt the fragrance so this doesn't help.Here are some photos I took of the bottle.The last picture seemed to raise my suspicion as there seems to be a part of the labelling missing. Also, there is no batch code on the bottom of the bottle unless it's somewhere else.?:/I decided to spray the bottle onto a piece of cardboard and see how long it lasts. It lasted around 4 hours until i decided to throw it out after I got annoyed from the smell. Projection was average/crap (possibly because I sprayed it onto cardboard instead of skin).Any help would be much appreciated.Thanks.
Hi everyone,I'm not sure where to post this but i'm uncertain if I have received an authentic or fake mont blanc individuel. I purchased the 50ml bottle online for $37.95 (AUD). Never smelt the fragrance so this doesn't help.Here are some photos I took of the bottle.The last picture seemed to raise my suspicion as there seems to be a part of the labelling missing. Also, there is no batch code on the bottom of the bottle unless it's somewhere else.?:/I decided to spray the bottle onto a piece of cardboard and see how long it lasts. It lasted around 4 hours until i decided to throw it out after I got annoyed from the smell. Projection was average/crap (possibly because I sprayed it onto cardboard instead of skin).Any help would be much appreciated.Thanksmine does not look like that on bottom. You may have a fake one.
Alot of people wonder why someone would fake a cheap fragrance. (Or item in general)Well, to be honest.
I often thought that's exactly why they'd fake it.Mass appeal, consumer base less likely to question it, 99% of people wouldn't suspect it was fake as they would say to themselves exactly what most people say. 'why would anyone fake a $15 dollar fragrance'. Counterfeiters are sneaky in those respects.Same with so many goods. One I've seen is a trade I'm involved in. Musical instruments. They fake cheap, beginner stuff like Epiphones because nobody ever expects them to. Plus the market they're aimed at isn't generally that knowledgeable about the product to begin with.
Most people who buy an Epiphone aren't musicians. They're unknowing kids or unsuspecting parents buying their kid a birthday present. You see more fake $250 Epiphones than you see fake $5000 Gibsons.Kind of like how you see so many fakes of Cool Water, 1 Million, etc. The majority of people who buy those aren't generally fragrance heads or as knowledgeable about fragrance as say people who buy something like Clive Christian or by Kilian.But to be fair, I'd be highly surprised to see a Mont Blanc fake. Not because of its low value though. More because of its. Well I'd assume it's not exactly a top seller.
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Counterfeiters want to flog something to the ignorant masses so they'll go with something like the high street scents I mentioned. However, we are indeed seeing more and more higher end brands popping up as fakes (probably due to their increased popularity) such as Creed.