Montblanc 146 Restoration: Passed Down From A Father | Ft. Coppertist.wu 

Touching nibs like that at work could lead to a harassment accusation. You did a great job with that 146. Your attention to details is amazing.

Forget the snake. Very detailed restoration work . Truly a labour of love.

What a lovely video! I hope the pen's former owner gets to see this video because I'm certain he would be moved by the care you took in bringing this pen back to top condition.

Yes, older MBs have that kind of nib. 149s specially. The 149 EF I got from 70s is full on Architect. Also an EEF that is super sharp and super scratchy. But not misaligned. They are good. This one is probably mid to late 80s. Earlier [70s] ones have different feeds. Newer feeds are garbage [fins are so fragile] ! Piston knob play is normal. I wish you greased the piston 😀.

13:56 “Should I touch em’?” 😂 Oh, Doodlebud! Just the tip. 😂 I’m dyin’!

I love watching pens get restored! But that rattlesnake is getting me rattled every time I see it.....its so fucking beautiful. Haha if he makes more kinds of snake pen holders...I WANT THEM ALL!!

Thank you for teaching us how to do this. That nib design looked art deco and really clever. It seems to allow for more writing angles! As always, very cool video!!!

Great sanding and polish job on that

Excellent demonstration on how to revive a wonderful pen. One day I will acquire a 146. It is certainly worth the time and effort to make this pen a glorious pen. Thank you again.

Hey Doodle Buddy, keep it up man. I really enjoy your content. That rattle snake holder is a dream!

Were the nibs sparring or just trading fluids? Either way it’s going to lead to a heavier HR file. So satisfying to watch the shine come back!! Well done. One thing I learned is that some caps still said W. Germany even into the early ‘90s despite the reunification in 1990. MB is special.

I just bought this exact pen. Also has "Germany" on the band (without the W), split ebonite feed, gray ink window, brass parts. Thanks for giving a tutorial on cleaning it up. Now I need to decide if I've got the confidence to repair micro-scratches on the cap myself

Great job restoring the pen!!

Just for the art without holding a pen, the holder is worth having. Thanks for sharing it. ✌️🦁

What a labor of love. Well done. Better you than I.

Job reall well done and a great video as a result. Done everything necessary and nothing that wasn't needed and got the pen up and running.

Great video. Enjoyed every second of it. You did a great job. Thank you for sharing. 😀👏🏻👍🏻

Brilliant restoration!

I just picked up a used 149 this week. It doesn’t look like it needs much restoration, but I’ll be sure to put it in the ultrasound cleaner before I ink it up.

Great video, DB! I was wondering if you were gonna remove the nib section, pull the nib, & remove the piston. That takes a couple of specialty wrenches, or a couple of paper clips if you’re very brave. But looks like you cleaned the pen very effectively without disassembly. BTW, my 146 has a bit of play in the piston knob as well. Thanks for all the great content!

Touching tips???!!!???😂😂😂 I mean nibs…. 😂 Super awesome video! Pen looks wonderful!! Can I send you my 80’s 149???? (Let me know where to direct myself if that’s an option😆)

Nicely done, you restored her beauty.

Really nice video of a very iconic pen. I will always be wondering when I will get one just like this (1980's era?). Also, loved the work on the nib!

Thanks for showing us

Looks awesome, man. Good job. 👍

Amazing video! One of my fav fountain channels 😁

Hi great video as usual. Most interesting. About to acquire a 1970’s MB149 so extra fascinating for me. Fingers X’d mine will be a good one.

11:04 THANK YOU for pronouncing "Mont Blanc" correctly!

My 146 along with my Pelikan 800 are my two smoothest writing pens. i would say your pen comes from the 80's, but no later than late 80's as they were transitioning to two tone nibs then.

There is a great deal to learn n this video !!

Excellent job. You did not have to completely disassemble the pen so you did only what was necessary since the cleaned piston worked fine. That’s what excellent restoration is all about. If it isn’t broke don’t fix it 😊. That ink widow puts that model in the mid-eighties I think. Not 100% sure. Thanks!👍👍👍 PS: did the piston seem lubed enough to work really smoothly? Just wondering.

Das a hawt pen 🎉 good on you for helping!!!

The label "West-Germany" must have been in any case before 1989 (Germany's reunification). Nice work and funny video! 🙂

I always love those vintage monotone nibs. If I had to guess, I'd say the pen is from anywhere between the mid 70's to the late 80's, since that's when they had monotone nibs for that model.

As soon as someone wills me a Montblanc 146 or 149, I'm sending it to you for fettling, DB! 😆

Suggestion for the cheapest tool to take out piston without damaging? I don't think I need to take the nib out, though it does have quite the patina on it that I'd like to restore to its original brightness if possible.

G'day, Doodlemate. Thanks for a really enjoyable post. The pen holder is quite impressive. Some say Renaissance Wax is bad for pens--what has been your experience? All the best from Dead Wombat Creek.

13:33 The gap you’re talking about in this timing it’s because the iridium tip is soldered by laser and then a very thin saw cuts surface until the hole. This is after the nib has been molded. When that cut is done, both wings of the nib spreads to right and left respectively. Once it’s mounted to the final pen, an artisan adjust it with a very fine plyers without scratching the surface. I think that these tools are made of stainless steel. In this adjustment process it’s possible that both iridium half tips can be moved up and down, right to left and viceversa, and maybe needs some oblique movement. I thing that the gap you’re referring to, it’s caused by last movement said.

Polish it up, then rest it on a rough textured metal stand 🥴 I'm sure it was fine, but it just reminded me of polishing a car and having the customer come over and run their finger down the side of the car to say how nice it is and all i can see is a big scratch all the way down the newly polished car simply from their finger

13:19 I have a vintage Parker 51 with a tip like that, it's broader when the angle is flatter. I am not sure if it's factory or if that was made by somebody, no idea where the pen exactly come from beside being bought from a shop in Serbia

So W Germany stands for West Germany. East and west unification was Oct 1990 so this pen would have been produced prior to that.

Did you want to know why the back of the nib was flat? From what I have read, it is decorative. I searched and searched to find the reason for it, and that's all I could find. Surprized you haven't seen that before, because Montblancs and Pelikans have their nibs cut like that. Check your MB 149, Lamy Dialog and M800. My MBs, Lamys, and Pelikans have it, in addition to Sailor. On my OMAS so do, and some don't, but I like it.

Dear Doodlebug: 2 things, masking tape is much better for covering, leaves no glue, easy to remove. Also, I have found the micro mesh pads to be the best way to polish. Flexes around the pen.

The extended "blade" or "chisel" shape to the tipping is an old Montblanc characteristic--another tell of the stock grind is the flattened circle on the top side of the tipping. It is ground this way to keep the nib writing smooth even when the pen is held at angles close to perpendicular. Have you been able to get a smooth nib without touching the inner tine walls? In my experience, rubbing away on micromesh does more damage than good because it re-squares the inner tines, making them cut into the paper. It only works well if the original grind is a little too generous on the inner tines and not flat enough on the writing surface. Ironically, it helps a lot to gently take the edge off the top side of the nib, 7000 grit sandpaper with the pen held feed-side up in writing position, then gently rolled against the abrasive, edges first. A few very gentle swipes may be all that's needed.

I have that exact pen from 1989.

considering from the time this pen was made in I recon that w-germany stands for West Germany. Quite a lot of things here do have something similar to that. One of my Vintage lighters says made in west germany.

maybe that's a naginata togi longknife nib? I think they were developed by Sailor to be like a sideways architect nib.

W. Germany is West Germany so the Parts from France England and US 1989 was the " Mauerfall" people from East Germany had enough so even tho the guards had to shoot they dropt the wall after that West and East Reunited in the end of 1990 so i would assume the Pen without the W is made after 1990 Its the Same with German tools in most Workshops you will find some old Tools marked "Made in W. Germany"

Hi there - do you offer a service that restores 146/149’s or tunes the nib? I loved how you restored this 146 to its full glory. Thank you

The Berlin Wall fell in November of 1989 and East and West Germany United some time after that. The pens were marked W-Germany before they were united and just Germany after that. So I'd say it's in the early 1990s. It looks very much like the 146 I got back then too. I have a 120(? also called Classique) which is the smallest/thinnest of the Meisterstück line and a cartridge/converter pen that is marked W-Germany and which I got in the early 1980s. Hmm... I guess that means I'm OLD!

So beautiful That Visconti Homo Sapiens... Makes me think!!! BaDaBamm

I have that exact pen. The ink leaks on what I believe is the trim ring where it leave ink on the left side of my middle finger (right handed). How would I go about fixing that?

I have a question. I recently purchased a couple of Jinhao X159 with the #8 nibs. And I got one in Maroon or burgundy. Whatever they are calling it. But when I got mine it looks brown. Also it looks flat and lacks luster. I question if it’s possessed that I got a knockoff of an already cheaper pen? Because I saw Inkquiringminds Jinhao x159 and it looks beautiful. It’s actually a deep beautiful red and has depth and is shiny. Mine is everything opposite and am very dissatisfied. Now I’m considering purchase another one from someone else in the hopes I just got a knockoff the first time around. But what product can I use to shine this up? Do I literally do exactly what you just did in this video? Idk what this thing is actually made of. So I don’t know if it would take to sanding and everything. But what simple and easy way can I try to take out the scratches and maybe give this some depth of color and shine without spending tons of money? Also is it the creams you are putting on along with the cloth you used that shines it up and removes the fine scratches? Maybe it’s because I haven’t slept all night that nothing is entering my brain and understanding what is explained in your video. Sorry for the rambling. Any help would be much appreciated. @Doodlebud

How's and what is the finish of the pen holder/pen rest? Won't it scratch the pens?

I like European fountain pens like the Mont Blanc but Ican't use their 0.7 mm nibs. Does Mont Blanc make pens with less than 0.7mm nibs ??

Do you do pen restorations as a side gig? I have a Parker Duofold Junior that I found at an antique store that needs restoration.

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Speaking of a wobbly piston knob, I have two Narwhals and both have wobbly knots when you turn them to loosen them. They have been that way since I purchased them. I never liked that they did that. Idk if this is normal for Narwhal piston fillers or if I got two lemons. And they are sloppy. Not just a little loose. I mean they literally turn about - quarter turn in either direction when I turn them to open the piston up to fill. I don’t know if there is anything that can be done to fix this issue. But every time I fill them I feel disappointed and feel like I got broken pens. And I’m concerned that this issue is just on the edge of it breaking right off or something. If you have any idea about this or if anyone has this same issue with any Narwhals or any piston fillers, please let me know. Cheers

Any chance you can share the names of the products you used for sanding/polishing? Links would be even better!

10:58 I was wondering how you know what shim to use on each nib? I have seen you use .0015 before. This time 0.04mm. Wait is that the same? Idk. Lol. If it’s not, how do you know what she size to use? Cheers @Doodlebud

Do you have an affiliate link to the ultrasonic cleaner you use?

Just send it back to Montblanc for servicing.

thats def a 1985-1987 in my opinion, Ive got a 1970 149 and a 1985 149.

Not much restoration going on in this video. You didn't dismantle the section or the piston.

That pen holder is a nice tool to scratch your pen.

Unfortunately, I think you overdid it. You didn't really need to sand the entire surface. Just using the polish cloth over and over would have done the trick. Also, you've over-sanded the tip as it's no longer and EF but an F. If you look at the before and after shots of your writing samples, you can clearly see that you've changed the width of the nib.

Please ban me I don’t want your videos coming up in my search any more

You touched the tips