Montblanc 254

[kent1915]

No longer available (sale pending)

vintage Montblanc 254 with BB wing nib (14c). I bought this from a pen shop in Germany with piston seals having been redone. It's a great pen, but I have a hard time with the flex. Pm me with questions or interest, shipped in CONUS. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180119/aba2cc17b2ede73b22dbaf8a4d2dc837.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180119/cbc5a58049fe4372dc2113b5778b921e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180119/1341026a27b6b573e0975273b428e60d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180119/0acc4c2239d3d4e7340d7659568adcd2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180119/760756cc5cebac47bc0a1df8168dbd5a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180119/530955a09156f84d2d8ee18a47bdf1fa.jpg


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[Ego Id Veto]

You sure that's a BB nib? It looks quite fine...

[kent1915]

It does look fine but writes wider than you think it should. The mark on the end to fill has bb mark. No other indicator on nib or pen.


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[Ego Id Veto]

Owning several Montblanc BB nibs, I definitely don't think that's a BB.

I think the nib must have been exchanged.

[JLS1]

Owning several Montblanc BB nibs, I definitely don't think that's a BB.

I think the nib must have been exchanged.

I think Ego Id Veto is right; I looked at my MB 25X series pens and they have MB nib with a different design; see here (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/269591-montblanc-254/)for an example. My guess is that the nib is from an MB 24 that also had a #4 sized wing nib, but had a more hooded nib section, like this (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/250435-is-this-a-mb-221/), which would have covered most of the nib lettering.

FWIW (and IMHO), this doesn't mean the pen is not a good pen - I LOVE my 252, 254 and 256 - or is even a franken-pen for that matter (since AFAIK the pen has a genuine MB nib)...just that the current nib is not the original one and might be a different size than what's indicated on the piston knob.

That being said, are there any hairline cracks on the cap? (The 25X pens were notorious for a having a slip-cap with a design that caused hairline cracks to develop over time)