Montblanc button filler

This pen took a little work and a little time to identify, but with the help of Claus Holten, co-author of ‘Montblanc in Denmark 1914-1992: The Untold Story‘ I found out that at least part of this pen is known as a ‘late wartime model’, but probably the end result of one or more repairs that were performed over the past 80 years.

This pen is a button filler. The section/grip has the same asymmetrical curve as the Danish Montblancs of the time. It’s similar to the 226, but is about 3 mm longer from the top of the section to the end of the the ebonite blind cap.

The cap is similar to German Meisterstücks like the 136 or 138, however, the gold band is flat and lacks the characteristic extra lines around the edges. The clip is probably original, but some of the plating has worn off at the tip. The nib is a gold ‘4810’ medium tip, which means that it was likely made in Hamburg.

The star in the cap finial looks more hexagonal than a star, but this is because it was a very-worn hole when I purchased the pen at a local flea market. I filled the star using the method I’ve described here.

Claus also provided a little extra interesting information to accompany the advertisement shown above:

“Montblanc got a new agent in Sweden 1942, Carl Erling Persson – he had stationary stores in major swedish cities named “Pennspecialisten”. Later he founded H&M – his grandson still running the business.”

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