Category: Germany
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Geha Gold Wing 735
The Geha Company was started in Hannover, Germany in 1918 by two brothers, Heinrich and Conrad Hartmann. (The company name is a shortened form of Gebrüder Hartmann, or Hartmann Brothers). The company, which...
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Dating a Montblanc 146 or 149
Some people do a great job of reverse-engineering the past… This page has a good chart showing the various dimensions and identifying features of the 146 over the years. This...
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Montblanc 146
The Montblanc 146 is one of the icons in the world of fountain pens, with a long history running from a start of production in 1950 through to the present...
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Orion 474 / Montblanc hybrid
I bought this pen on an auction in Sweden, taking a gamble that it was a Montblanc #2 Safety pen from the early 1900’s. Once it arrived, I could easily...
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Montblanc 144
The Montblanc 144 is a smaller pen than the 146, and has a snap-on cap as opposed to the screw-on version like the Chopin 145, which replaced it. This is...
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J.S. Staedtler MARS no. 4290
This is a J.S. Staedtler MARS no. 4290 chased piston filler that needed a new cork gasket. I made a new one using the same procedure as I used on this pen....
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Montblanc 256
This piston filler from the 1950s is the largest in the 25x series. It was designed by Albrecht von Goertz, a German-American who primarily designed cars for manufacturers such as BMW...
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Haro II
The Haro brand was named after the first two letters in the name of its founder, Hans Roggenbuck. The company was started in 1926 in Pomerania where they produced fountain...
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Montblanc 232 desk pen
This pen is very similar to the Montblanc 34 pictured here, however, the piston knob is extended, and the logo is placed on the side instead of the end. Oddly,...
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Montblanc Masterpiece 20
This is a Montblanc Masterpiece 20 in coral red made in Germany around 1940 for export. Import restrictions on German items started in 1933 in Denmark, which meant that Danish...