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Too Good To Be True? $900 Montblanc M Fountain Pen Bought for $20! 

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I saw this pen posed on Facebook Marketplace for only $20. I thought this was going to be some type of scam, but turns out this was a real Montblanc M Series Fountain Pen! It just needed some work to get it up and running. What an amazing pen & a unique find!
Thanks to the viewer Flexi Colon for his helping me confirming the legitimacy of this pen along with @ink_farts on Instagram for sending me pics of a fake one.
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@manifunk1
@manifunk1 Год назад
This happened to me two years ago I was in a charity shop and saw a Mont Blanc 146 in the display cabinet going for £20. I assumed it was a fake and took a risk and bought it like you did and it turned out to be real! Well done buddy!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Saaaaaweeeeeeet! And everytime you use it, you remember spotting it for the first time in that display case 😉
@cdgarcia
@cdgarcia Год назад
I’d feel bad for getting a great deal from a charity 😆 😅
@r.vincenta.9678
@r.vincenta.9678 Год назад
I'd offer to pay more if I spot a real one from a charity.
@jimb4549
@jimb4549 Год назад
@@r.vincenta.9678 then they’d get curious and look up the real price and change the price
@charlesbrough6185
@charlesbrough6185 Год назад
Not only did a good guy get a treasure he appreciates, he also has the expertise to give it the care it deserves.
@johnsanabria3279
@johnsanabria3279 Год назад
I have an interesting story: Back in 2005 I was visiting an antique store and asked to look at the fountain pens they had . Didn't see much, but then spotted what I knew to be a Parker pen from the 1930s. I looked at the imprint on the side and it was labeled "Vacfiller". This was a pen from around 1932 and fairly rare....value estimaion was at least $250. Asked the owner what he wanted for it and he said, "It's a Parker. I'll take $20 for it." I couldn't hand him the money fast enough!!!
@slo_carry
@slo_carry Год назад
Very cool, and what an amazing find and restoration!! Definitely the coolest pen story I've heard so far.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Same here 😉
@digitaldoc1976
@digitaldoc1976 Год назад
OMG. You are an artisan for sure! Thank you for this post!! How the entire world doesn't know and love these instruments is beyond my comprehension!!
@beedee4466
@beedee4466 Год назад
Dang . . . That’s incredible!! We all need a story like this. Well done and thank you for sharing!!
@user-gl5ld9vm7i
@user-gl5ld9vm7i Год назад
DB! Great find. I once got 2 used, vintage, Lamy Studio palladium gold nib pens on the "Bay for $50.00. They worked. Apparently, the seller got them at an estate sale. They retail brand new at around $170.00 each
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Nice find 😎
@paulmchugh1430
@paulmchugh1430 Год назад
Even with all the flaws, errors or abuse from the original owner, this was a great find.
@Michelt007
@Michelt007 5 месяцев назад
It is difficult to find any empathy for the original owner. He started his fountain pen journey with a Montblanc, while anyone knows you should gradually go there, starting with 5$ pens, then, not knowing anything about fountain pen, decided he was good enough to fix a pen, ending nearly destroying it. Good job with restoration! Very interesting video, as usual!
@misswoodhouse5720
@misswoodhouse5720 Год назад
Hi Mr Doodlebud, well I'm glad I gave you that 10mins of my life because you probably gave hours to make this video. I'm so happy it worked out for you, it's lovely that you restored this pen. Now, I wish I studied engineering, with yourself and Chris rap52 all that knowledge. Maybe post arts to engineering haha.
@kenshinhimura3014
@kenshinhimura3014 2 месяца назад
nice find and lovely pen !!! love the way it writes 💪💪
@johnlopez3996
@johnlopez3996 Год назад
Yes,I believe that you received fountain pen karma because you did a great job with that Montblanc 146. It looks like the previous owner of that Montblanc M decided to use steel wool to polish that nib. Congratulations on your find. You really are a nibmeister.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Yeah I don't know what happened to it or why, but its all good now and its an amazing writer!
@joaquinmendoza1127
@joaquinmendoza1127 Год назад
DB, great find, that proves there is nothing wrong with taking a chance. Enjoy it.
@bobberry5452
@bobberry5452 Год назад
Excellent! I get a vicarious thrill from just watching this. Finding these screaming deals is part of the satisfaction of this passion, so congrats! I can’t top that, but early this year I found an 18K $450 Parker Duofold in pristine condition for $50.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
The hunt makes it fun 😁 That's a smoking deal buddy! A guy in our club found a 1920s Duofold never used with matching pencil for the same price..... At a furniture shop! 🤣
@derekdavis5720
@derekdavis5720 Год назад
Genius work. What a find. Staggering and well deserved. Excellent work. Really pleased for you. D
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
That serial number blew my mind! 🤯
@cebukitty
@cebukitty Год назад
What a beautiful restoration! :) Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed watching the video :D
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I was pleasantly surprised this turned out to be a legit Montblanc pen. I found out he was trying to sell it for several years and his price kept coming down, but there were no takers as everyone figured it needed a new nib. I guess I caught him at a point of frustration and just wanted what the gold in the nib was worth. Turns out it just needed some work done and it now its one of my BEST writers!
@laoc5270
@laoc5270 Год назад
I haven’t inked mine in so long I decided to clean mine out just now and put in a new ink cartridge! Fantastic video!!!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Hope you enjoy using it again
@paulherman5822
@paulherman5822 Год назад
These gems are out there. 😁 My experience is with eBay. You just have to hunt for pens from estates that the reseller knows nothing about. Preferably never used a fountain pen. 😈 Exactly how I got my 1912 Mabie Todd Swan C2. Antique shop that knew nothing about fountain pens. Wasn't sold as any brand, even. Lots of hunting, plenty of patience... And sales tend to be cyclic. Unless it's super rare, price is too much, wait for another one. Most of my pens are vintage. Ain't afraid to restore myself, and don't have a life, so I can afford to wait (disabled. What else do I have to do? 😁) I've only paid full price for a pen I wanted (Parker 51 Vacumatic) because I wasn't comfortable doing the restoration myself (somewhat specialized tools tend to be needed.) Great job on a great deal! Thanks for showing it!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I'll never find that deal again!
@paulherman5822
@paulherman5822 Год назад
@@Doodlebud You never know. 😉
@thomasmorrison675
@thomasmorrison675 Год назад
I was walking thru a large department store that had a Mont Blanc boutique and I saw a document marker in the case by itself. The sales lady showed it to me and said it was $75.00. it was part of a set that was missing a m pen and it had to be sold separately. I now have a $500 document marker for $75.00. Authenticity guaranteed by Mont Blanc.
@KunalVaidya
@KunalVaidya Год назад
Awesome luck , congratulations. and loved your capless pilot and lamy pen comparison video
@johntoledo4438
@johntoledo4438 Год назад
Congratulations! That is pretty awesome. I would add your work to the overall price. You're average pen user wouldn't get that kind of restoration result. Very nice!
@syedafahd
@syedafahd Год назад
Wow. Amazing. Great job. 👏🏻 you now have a pen that you always wanted. How cool is that. Same thing happened to me once. I saw a Parker 25 SS version and something inside me just went like: i want this pen. 2 weeks later I went to see an Antique collections show and on one shelf, there it was in all its glory: The Parker 25 SS version.. I bought it for 15 NZD. I was so happy i can’t even tell you.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I know exactly how you feel buddy! Pretty damn happy 😁
@Richard_Barnes
@Richard_Barnes Год назад
"Mango Chutney"! 😆 brilliant video. That was so good to watch. Great work on the nib too 👍🏻
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Turned out wonderfully
@SoulWatcher72
@SoulWatcher72 Год назад
Wow! Congratulations! I was so excited for this one when I saw the post in my feed. That was sometime in the middle of the night. Anyway. Here I am and I was here for it! Amazing story, amazing pen, restoration, and gift from the heavens for all of your good karma! Wow. I am very happy for you. Hopefully one day, if I’m lucky, I will find some treasure too. I have a question for you? What did you do with the nib to stop it from rattling like it was and being all bent? I’m assuming you reshaped it somehow. But how? Looking forward to hearing about it. Cheers Edited
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Thx! Crazy random 1am find. As I polished the nib I did some "gentle squeezing" to certain parts just to manipulate the from a little bit here & there until it sat securely on the feed. Just like with polishing, a slow process making incremental gains
@strshooter7399
@strshooter7399 Год назад
Wow, I must have missed this one... . Nice :-) You did a super job figuring out why the nib got hammered in the 1st place, and then polishing the nib up where it LOOKS MAR-VEL-OUS ! Then you fixed the nib so it would write proper, so cool 🙂 (I'll have to view your video on how to fix nibs that are scratchy) Super job DB {U da Man Cho} 🙂
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
The bonus reverse writing was extra cool. Best $20 pen yet! 🤣
@majajamie
@majajamie Год назад
"This is Germany, not Italy." 🤣Thankfully the clones have a totally different nib on them lol. Yours writes like a dream after the nib magic you used on it. Congrats again on acquiring a sharp-looking pen for an amazing price! 👏
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
It is a prized pen in the collection for the pen itself but also for the whole story & experience behind. Lots of fun!
@majajamie
@majajamie Год назад
@@Doodlebud Yeah, it's quite a story lol. Use it in good health, as we say! 😁
@larsdragl670
@larsdragl670 Год назад
Absolutly amazing deal!!! Glad you restored the nib like you did and is now functioning great. I got a pelikan 140 OB gold nib for 20€ which convert to 27 CAD which is a good deal but nothing like yours. And once i saw a pelikan/chronoswiss m800/syloscope for 200€/270cad which is super rare but passed it on because i would never write with it and im not a collector...
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Good score on the 140!
@cynthiaalvarado8610
@cynthiaalvarado8610 Год назад
Heck yes, DB. Amazing find. I knew it was a steal of a meal with the real deal! That was indeed good karma from the 146 restoration. Thanks for sharing, DB
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
"life is like a box of chocolates..."
@basta.dotto_
@basta.dotto_ Год назад
@@Doodlebud 🍫Woohoo! What a find indeed! 👏❤
@pantalonious3984
@pantalonious3984 Год назад
I say this turned out even better than you could have imagined!!!! That’s one heck of a nib job you did there !
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Same here!
@Angelwrites
@Angelwrites Год назад
Good find! I was thinking of getting that one because it matches my Visconti by the magnetic cap. Subbed. Thanks for sharing!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
If you find one for $20..... I HIGHLY recommend it 😁
@saxgirl93
@saxgirl93 Год назад
this was such a cool video to watch! i havent seen a restoration video before, so this was a great first one! im too scared to even try tweaking my twsbi eco 😅i can't imagine trying to do anything to a montblanc! amazing! (also that cap design!!! yikes!)
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I'm glad this pen was able to have the nib saved
@DowntheBreatherHole
@DowntheBreatherHole Год назад
My brother in law bought a Montblanc at a yard sale for about $0.10. Then he gave it to me. It's pretty beat up on the outside, but it's still a great writer.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Wow, thats a sweet find! Like putting a dime into one of those old turn type candy machines and instead of getting 3 peanut M&Ms you get a Montblanc pen!
@markritchie7059
@markritchie7059 Год назад
Holy moly I know this listing; I was looking at it for at least a week on FB marketplace and was a little suspicious about it, yes, all the same reasons you listed. Also I couldn't get to Vancouver anyway... Nice score.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Glad I got the scoop! Yeah nothing seemed right about it in any way.... but just had to roll the dice!
@Javi_C
@Javi_C Год назад
Wow, what a find!! Well done!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Crazy find
@Johan-vk5yd
@Johan-vk5yd Год назад
Congratulations to this exquisite pen, landing in your likewise blessed hands at a steal of a deal!
@KendallW
@KendallW Год назад
Wow! Such a cool story. Blessings from the Fountain Pen gods very well earned. :)
@RVK87
@RVK87 Год назад
An amazing story and a wonderful find!
@LBY-Media
@LBY-Media Год назад
Awesome video! I think you deserve a proper macro lens now!
@red2432
@red2432 Год назад
Imagine paying retail price for this LMAO. Same goes for anything montblanc. Good catch!
@sun_buddy
@sun_buddy Год назад
was about to comment this LOL
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Haven't paid full price for any MB yet, but this was the best deal by a mile. They are really well built & great working pens in general I find. My MBs never miss, but the full new price to me is far too much. Hence I always have my eyes peeled for a deal 🧐
@abrazor
@abrazor Год назад
good find. If I had bought it then I wouldn't have been able to restore it and so would need to pay for a new nib. Awesome!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
There was no way I wasn't getting this thing to work!
@Bearcwy
@Bearcwy Год назад
Great find on a killer pen! I'm waiting on some supplies to restore a vintage Montblanc Meisterstuck 144 from I bealive is the early 1950's. It has the telescoping piston. I'm going to have as much in tools and supplies as I do in the pen, but what the heck. Got the pen for around $170 USD. It is celluloid but it has a OB nib from the factory, (stamped on the piston cap with 144 on the opisite side) and it looks to be a fine nib. can hardly wait for everthing to arrive so I can restore it. It's only problem is the cork seal has gone bad.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
New cork shouldn't be too bad to replace. Sounds like a sweet pen and their factory OB nibs are wonderful! I have a MB24 with an OB & it's so good!
@Bearcwy
@Bearcwy Год назад
@@Doodlebud Thanks, I have many fountain pens but this is my first Montblanc and my first piston filler pen. A bit nervous about working on such a potentially expensive pen, but I've done many pens and bought the special tools so here goes nothing. LOL
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
You'll do a great job
@neilspector9221
@neilspector9221 Год назад
Beautiful, nice find!
@ericwee7959
@ericwee7959 Год назад
2 years ago, Montblanc Meisterstuck 144 burgundy finish in exellent condition came into my hand from local marketplace with only $20. How lucky it was!!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Oh wow that's a great find 👍
@pauloalmeida3243
@pauloalmeida3243 Год назад
Epic - yes. Karmic - certainly. Congratulations, keep up the good work, and enjoy good fortune.
@MrAndrew1953
@MrAndrew1953 Год назад
Congratulations on a great find. Looking at the Osprey description of their customised nibs, they give a description of a Zoom nib. This sounds to me like a Fude nib the way the line changes according to how much angle 📐 you use when writing with the pen . A very thin line @ 90 degrees versus a thick line at 45 degrees.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
A Fude is like a Zoom to the extreme. The tipping ball is ground to accommodate the changes in line thickness on a Zoom. The Fude takes a completely different approach with the "bent nib" look to it
@MrAndrew1953
@MrAndrew1953 Год назад
@@Doodlebud Hongdian make some very good everyday writers with Fude nibs. Probably the default manufacturer for fude nibs for me. They make a nice brass 1861 fountain pen with a fude nib.
@TheCreedBratton
@TheCreedBratton 5 месяцев назад
Very nice work! 👏👏👏
@BrandonCarson
@BrandonCarson Год назад
Great find. Do you think you should give the guy a little more because he didn't know what he had? Would tha tbe fair? I've never seen this model of Mont Blanc, but looks interesting. Kind of like what Lamy is doing to bring fountain pens to the masses?
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Oh he knew exactly what he had. He bought it new for about $850
@TheAtl0001
@TheAtl0001 Год назад
This reminds me of that Spanish woman who botched that painting, fresco restoration. However here Doodlebud comes to the rescue.
@pen_journal
@pen_journal Год назад
Always loved your excitement about any pen Doddlebud!!! We can give you a potato pen, and you will still present it with gusto! Loved they way you break down the story and the technicals!!! LOVE IT bud!!!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Well I was pretty damn excited about this pen to see whats up. As soon as I grabbed it it felt legit so as soon as I got the kids to bed I went down and started working on this beauty! I probably wouldn't have been this excited with a potato pen LOL
@claytonsanders508
@claytonsanders508 Год назад
Hey Doodlebud! What kind of microscope camera are you using to get a super closeup look at the pen? I would love to know. Thanks!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I have a link in the description
@bikeman123
@bikeman123 Год назад
I inherited a Mont Blanc pen set. It looked unused and wrote ok but the nib wasnt split centrally which seemed to me quite disappointing. Anyway I sold it to a dealer who seemed happy and gave me a fair price.
@davidmcguigan5497
@davidmcguigan5497 Год назад
Congrats, DB! I was waiting for the drop, i.e. fake after all. But NO! The real deal. Wonder why someone would knowingly (???) let go of it for $20.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
There's a long story I heard from someone else last night who checked out the same pen from the same guy a few years back asking $200 for it. "It needed a new nib" so nobody would bit. Price was widdled down to $20 to at least get something for it & I found it for the first time at like 1am on a restless night. Turns you the nib just needed some TLC 😍
@davidmcguigan5497
@davidmcguigan5497 Год назад
@@Doodlebud You're at 1.8k views and I suspect that @ that number of fountain pen geeks are scouring fb marketplace, today.
@cobwebsandcatnip
@cobwebsandcatnip Год назад
I'm so very pleased for you! Well done. I really envy you that beautiful nib, what a lovely writer! Definitely karma my friend 😌 And I haven't had any luck like this as I've only recently started using fountain pens, maybe one day the ink God will smile on me
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I don't expect I'll ever find a deal like this again!
@archivist17
@archivist17 Год назад
You lucky, lucky Doodlebud! Well done on good instinct and a sporting attitude.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Gotta have fun. The hunt is the best part of it!
@philnaunton7181
@philnaunton7181 Год назад
Amazing necromancy. What a work of art.
@coffeeguyd
@coffeeguyd Год назад
Doesn't quite beat your story, but I bought a Montblanc 149 Calligraphy (the original Expressive version) from a pen shop in Italy on eBay. It went for a bit over $500 USD, which was still a bit steep (and still currently my most expensive pen), but I figured I'd take a chance, considering what they were retailing for at the time. My worry was that it was used (although marked new), or even worse, a counterfeit. Turns out it was indeed authentic and NIB. They are apparently no longer available through MB, and I see used ones going fairly regularly for about $2k-3k USD online. Figure I made out pretty well!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Sounds like an amazing pen. There is some hate out there for MB because they are so expensive. And I do agree they are priced higher than what they should be, but they are great pens. I only have 3 MB pens, all are used, all I got a great deal on, and they are all fantastic. There for sure are other pens out there that are fantastic as well, but I really do love my MB pens for more than just the "prestige" of the brand and owning one.
@coffeeguyd
@coffeeguyd Год назад
@@Doodlebud Indeed... would NEVER pay retail for an MB, and in fact, was never very interested in them to begin with, as I'm typically all about function over form (the snob factor just pushed me away even more) but I did like the way the Calligraphy version seemed to write, according to reviews I'd seen, and couldn't help but take the plunge when I saw the deal! It has since become my favorite flex pen, although it can run a little dry after a while, but a momentary twist of the filler knob to prime the feed is all it takes to get it going for another session. I will say that my Pilot Custom 743 with the FA nib and Flexible Nib Factory feed (my regular EDC) is a very close second, but just lacks some of the springy response and character that the MB has, and moreover, the ink capacity (although at half the cost of what I paid... about 1/5 of retail when new... those are small concessions to make, lol 🙄)
@johnsanabria3279
@johnsanabria3279 Год назад
What you have is a Montblanc M fountain pen( the "M " stands for Mark Newsom) . The pen shape is as it is; the flat area at the end of the barrel is as it's supposed to be .....the one thing you can't do is post the cap on the end. The gimmick is The magnetic cap. You could have it fixed by a pen restorer and you still would be ahead. I liked the pen,but I'm a guy that likes to post the caps on my fountain pens and I can't do that with the "M".
@StardustTrumpeter
@StardustTrumpeter Год назад
I don't have any pen deal stories here, but I've always loved your restoration videos, glad this turned out to be real. How do I reach you, Doodlebud? I'd love to ask you something.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Sure send me an email at thedoodlebud@gmail.com
@peterpuleo2904
@peterpuleo2904 Год назад
I got a Pilot Elite F nib in excellent condition at an auction for about $29.00 as I remember. They now sell new for about $135.00, so I did well on this one.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Solid find. I have a vintage elite and its one of my favourite pens.
@eleanor.shadow
@eleanor.shadow Год назад
This is the pen equivalent of finding a lost puppy and giving it a good home. I’m so happy you “adopted” this Mont Blanc and made it work 😅
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I'm very happy about it too! 😄
@saurabhdahat8991
@saurabhdahat8991 Год назад
Oh my! Congratulations
@vnikyt
@vnikyt Год назад
This story is nuts. I gotta get out more
@ElveyGooch
@ElveyGooch Год назад
Great video-I learned a lot. Which model Montblanc did this turn out to be?
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
As I explained in the video it is a Montblanc M
@ironmic9244
@ironmic9244 Год назад
I think I've mentioned to you this before, but nothing good comes from shopping after 12 am 😄 If it's not real, it certainly is a good fake, but from you showed, and me comparing it to pictures, the details do give it away, and should very well be an MB. Did you do the light through the resin test? Perhaps the fellow thought that with the damage, one would replace the nib, and that would cost as much as a used M, so maybe that is why the $20 price tag?????? Now you can add fountain pen sleuthing to your resume. Awesome find, and time spent on it. Congrats on that one, I think you deserve a beer.🍺🍻
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Checked it with the light, but forgot to do it for the vid. Met a guy last night who knows this pen. Apparently the owner has been trying to sell it for a few years for around $200. But guess nobody would bite since "it needed a new nib." Turns out didn't need a new nib, just needed some TLC
@ironmic9244
@ironmic9244 Год назад
@@Doodlebud So you saw the burgundy glow? Did you have a Pelikan Hub in Vancouver? I attended our last night. Pretty good turnout, got some Pelikan notepads, won a couple of raffles for a Tomoe River notebook and a couple of gift certificates for Wonderpens. Pelikan did give us any ink though.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
@@ironmic9244 yup nice ruby colour, the same as in my other pens. There was a Pelikan hub event here but I wasn't able to attend
@ironmic9244
@ironmic9244 Год назад
@@Doodlebud Whops I mean't Pelikan didn't give us any ink. You guys got ink? Because they said no ink this year. Or you talking about the color of the Montblanc resin? you, Doodlebud didn't attend?
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Talking about the color of the resin. I wasn't able to attend the Pelikan hub. I've yet to attend any pen show 😕
@pauldavidartistclub6723
@pauldavidartistclub6723 14 дней назад
Terrific video, many thanks
@poulpuz
@poulpuz Год назад
wow! doodlebud this video was great ! thanks so much :D happy inking
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Had so much fun finding out if I just scored the deal of a lifetime or not. Glad I was able to turn the nib into something special. I tweaked the reverse just a touch more the other night and its even better now. The italic on the reverse is so good! Total trick pen!
@poulpuz
@poulpuz Год назад
@@Doodlebud :) had a lot of fun watching the video and just nicked my homo sapiens nib whilst filling the monster pen ... scared for a bit then took out a nice light source, some courage and tools and repaired it. fun but scary :D
@nitina8564
@nitina8564 Год назад
That's a great pen for almost nothing. Great video again and i hope you have fun with this lovely pen.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Using it DAILY!
@fossilimprint2954
@fossilimprint2954 Год назад
Congratulations!
@AG-en5y
@AG-en5y Год назад
My grandma said ..:If it’s too good to be true….: but my mom also said hope for the best prep for utter destruction
@antoniopedrogimenezlorenzo3517
I found this pen in Aliexpress, but with a standard nib. Please, can you inform where do you order your pen?
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
The one on Aliexpress is a replica. An original one has to be bought from a Montblanc dealer or in the 2nd hand market like I did.
@dennis19461
@dennis19461 Год назад
Congrats on your find. Where would I find a genuine Mont Blanc? What is the price or an entry level Mont Blanc?
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Just go to the montblanc website. It will show you all models & authorized dealers
@mikeburk2411
@mikeburk2411 Год назад
Awesome dude.
@eno88
@eno88 Год назад
I don't usually use the word jelly, but I'm jelly.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I'm writing with it right now.... 😉 Such a unique feel from my other pens, the nib is exceptionally smooth and my best writer. I was at a pen meetup shortly after I fixed the pen and passed it to someone to try out. He travels a bunch and has an extensive collection of very high end pens. After a couple of strokes he stopped writing and looked up with me with wide eyes. Gave a bit of a "woah" and got back to writing. He finished off, passed it back, and just said "that is just fantastic!" This was such a strange ordeal finding, buying, and then working on this pen. I ended up getting more details about the pen as it was trying to be sold several years ago for more but nobody would bite since "it needed a new nib." I guess I found it when the owner was just done with it and nobody was willing to buy it so he sold it for how much the raw gold is worth in the nib. I turned out to be the right person to get their hands on it and get it working.
@Makingthetransition
@Makingthetransition Год назад
Really happy for you Brother
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Thanks buddy 👍
@jaredsurato4213
@jaredsurato4213 Год назад
crazy find!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Insane find! 🤣
@eugenborcan
@eugenborcan Год назад
Well then, congrats on the deal of the century - I guess you finally won that lotto ticket :). 🎉
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I would take winning the lotto over the pen any day! 🤣
@eugenborcan
@eugenborcan Год назад
@@Doodlebud HAHA - same! But at least this one came with a cool story attached to it! ;) :D.
@JohnnyLabrosse
@JohnnyLabrosse Год назад
Both of my sailors (profit light and pro gear) have this design flaw where they can catch the inner cap, but not a cheap zebra or a preppy?? Makes you wander why you pay so much only for the manufacturer to make it more likely for you to mess up the nib if its so easy and inexpensive to prevent
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
It's just a little detail that can be tweaked in the initial design stage. I always try to think: what will make this break & what will make it explode LOL. Just like with equations; when does it break down & go to 0 or go to infinity? Catching something like this can save one of those extremes from happening
@martinlebl631
@martinlebl631 Год назад
@@Doodlebud I think they assume the cheap pens are going to be abused, so they idiot proof them, but expect nice pen to be cherished and babied, so not so much idiot proofing. You really gave to be rough with the pen for this flaw to bite you, but it is present on many pens. You could also catch the nib on the clutch of the cap in many a slip on cap designed pen if you went in with a weird angle.
@dartharc3572
@dartharc3572 Год назад
Got my montblanc 164 and a vintage parker fountain pen at a japan surplus here in the philippines for ₱20 each... and found another mont blanc with the label 320, in burgundy though I gave it away to a classmate... Too late to realize twas a mont blanc
@Kwstr42
@Kwstr42 Год назад
im gonna tell my kids, and my grand kids, and my great grand kids.... "you kids got all the luxury... Back in my day we had to make our own pens out of sawdust and spit!!!"
@sunilsharma-kg6dy
@sunilsharma-kg6dy 10 месяцев назад
From where you have brought?
@FGBFGB-vt7tc
@FGBFGB-vt7tc Год назад
Found a MontBlanc Scenium Rollerball for 5 USD at my local Antiques Market. It is not a Fountain Pen and Scenium were their entry level line in the 90's, but it is still a steal. Also found a 1930's - 40's MontBlanc 334 1/2 for 10 USD. It needs a lot of work as the piston is stuck and Tender Loving Care but it is still a win. Congratulations!!!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Wow those are some GREAT finds!
@FGBFGB-vt7tc
@FGBFGB-vt7tc Год назад
@@Doodlebud I am blessed 😃 . Still have to send the 334 1/2 to restoration and probably will get a Monteverde refill for the Scenium (if I don't go the FrankenRefill route). It is a pleasure to find a RU-vidr that reads and answer comments!.
@grzhoppa
@grzhoppa Месяц назад
Good find
@shane6242
@shane6242 Год назад
Really cool!
@albertow.7755
@albertow.7755 Год назад
Lucky! Awesome ✌🏻
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
☮️
@thebull9434
@thebull9434 Год назад
Check the color of the resin under a light, its must be a very dark red and not black resin
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Oh it's got that dark ruby glow 😍
@apropostt
@apropostt Год назад
That kink in the nib could be tooling marks when the previous owner was messing with it.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Yeah there was a lot of wrong that was done to this nib. Glad I was able to get it working
@daskraut
@daskraut Год назад
an 800 bucks pen for mere 20 - that's good, yes. but the geha-pen i used for 10 years in school, i found that *for free* in the school yard. it was nice, sturdy, smoooooooooooth... (too bad pelikan bought geha!)
@michaels3429
@michaels3429 Год назад
What microscope do you use?
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I did a nib grind using the microscope system so can learn all about it in the video. The info about it is in the video description: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yVJ2HlZakf4.html
@eunhjzjined3795
@eunhjzjined3795 Год назад
These are available for about 20$ new from a certain overseas marketplace.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Yes fake ones are, but those are not real ones
@-o-The-Duke-o-
@-o-The-Duke-o- Год назад
Awesome Score!!!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Indeed it is
@ichirofakename
@ichirofakename Год назад
1. Does anybody know where I can buy a fake one of these? 2. I've always liked that pen, but the retail price is ludicrous. Yours is a super bargain, but only because restoring it for you is a labor of love. For this non-engineer, I like to imagine charging for my time when it is a task in which I take no pleasure. $100/hr (time is money). So if I spent 10+ hours restoring it, it would 'cost' more than a new one. Of course I'm a weirdo.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
1) Aliexpress 2) If it takes 10hrs to fix up this pen, you're not at a level of craftsmanship that warrants $100/hr 😉
@ichirofakename
@ichirofakename Год назад
@@Doodlebud "Incompetent AND overpriced" is my middle name.
@TravisTerrell
@TravisTerrell Год назад
@@Doodlebud As to B: I had to read it twice, but I think he's talking about his economic l opportunity cost. I.e. His limited time is worth $100/hr to him and it would take him 10 hours to fix it up, so it would make more sense for him to buy it. My free time is definitely worth less 😂. (Though I love doing this kind of stuff, so I'd consider the time to be value-added, haha.)
@kencur9690
@kencur9690 Год назад
Wtf would you buy a fake one? To impress? Clearly you don’t want a real MB, so you just want the bragging rights... of having a fake MB. Makes no sense.
@ichirofakename
@ichirofakename Год назад
@@kencur9690 Actually my thought process is quite the opposite. I like the looks of the pen but can't afford the real thing, so I wonder if I can get the looks, but not the quality, somewhere else. Just like I was curious about the big nib on the 149, so I bought the Jinhao x159 to get a similarly sized nib. When I want quality, I buy Sailors.
@BO-kh1iz
@BO-kh1iz 5 месяцев назад
Wow, that´s nice. The rest of us has to buy these Montblanc M for $20 in China 😁. Or rather not...
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud 5 месяцев назад
It was one hell of a find
@sugarmit
@sugarmit Год назад
My sister got a pilot vanishing point from my grans house because we were emptying it. Gave my sister €1 and traded her a cheap pilot that’s probably ment for kid. Idk if that counts hahaha
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
That was a pretty slick move ;)
@LlamaKingGaming
@LlamaKingGaming Год назад
The beginning of the video he says $800 pen. Then one minute later says $850 Canadian pen. The title says $900. Which one is it??
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Depends on where you buy. But I left a link in the description from MB. Their price is $900
@LlamaKingGaming
@LlamaKingGaming Год назад
@@Doodlebud Fair nuff. Nice job on restoring the pen.
@matthiasbode9737
@matthiasbode9737 4 месяца назад
Can you ask the former einer what happend to the pen....lucky shot buddy 😅
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud 3 месяца назад
Don't have anyway of contacting him anymore. I happily gave him the $20 and was on my way to fix it up :)
@dennismanning3964
@dennismanning3964 Год назад
amazing!
@sathishrao7926
@sathishrao7926 Год назад
After all it’s just 20 Canadian $, so don’t worry even if it’s a copy.. I’ve paid 100USD for Hero H718 knowing that it’s a copy of MB Heritage 1912 and 60USD for Moonman X1 knowing that it’s a copy of MB Boheme !!
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
Yup thats the way I looked at it, but no that I know its a real one its crazy. I found out more info about the pen from someone locally. Apparently he's been trying to sell the pen for some time. Couple years ago he was asking $200 for it but no takers as "it needed a new nib." So guess it kept getting lowered in price, eventually down to $20. Turns out the nib just needed some work and it runs great now.
@CarthagoMike
@CarthagoMike Год назад
I will never understand how one could use a Montblanc as their first fountain pen... and then decide to tweak the nib themselves. If you got the money for one, you might as well use a bit extra to have a nibmeister look at it.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I'm not sure either but I'm happy I scored it for $20 and knew how to fix the nib! LOL
@CarthagoMike
@CarthagoMike Год назад
@@Doodlebud yes, you got an amazing deal there. Lady Fortune has an eye for you!
@philnaunton7181
@philnaunton7181 Год назад
Had to laugh at how a cheap Zebra overcame a fundamental design flaw where a pricey Montblanc stumbled over its own feet.
@fastwalker128
@fastwalker128 Год назад
That could be an Aliexpress special. There’s a tonne of sellers selling that pen.
@Doodlebud
@Doodlebud Год назад
I'm aware that. That's why I looks for the details on the real & fake ones. Also there's other checks I didn't show. And also learned more about the pen from someone else who knows the seller. It's a legit MB
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