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    Default 50s Montblanc 144, 254 and 264

    In this thread I reviewed a 146 from the 50's and in this thread I looked at a 264 from the 50's so now I'd like to look at the 144 and 254 from the same era.

    At that time the 144 sold for about $10.75, the 254 sold for $6.75 and the 264 was a bargain at just $5.95. They were all about the same length and width, about the same size as a modern Pelikan 200 or 400.



    The 144 had the traditional two narrow cap bands surrounding a wide central band but the 2xx series pens had a different arrangement of two bands, instead of the two narrow bands found on the 24x pens they had a narrow band above a wider band that extended down to the cap lip.



    The 144 had a traditional open two tone 14C nib with the concave section, screw on cap and a striped ink view window.






    The 254 though was a complete departure from the traditional Montblanc screw cap/open nib design. It maintained the cigar shape and the white snow cap but became a slip on cap and a new wing nib.






    The new wing nib though is one of the most enjoyable of all my Montblancs to write with, lushly wet, very controllable with a small amount of flex. But it looked "different" and was not immediately accepted and had a fairly short life. The caps also are very subject to cracks and so it's fortunate to find one that is in perfect shape.




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    Nice write up. That wing nib does look awesome! I wish some company made nibs with cool shapes today...(bock has taken over (though they really haven't because if I remember correctly they've been providing lots of nibs to lots of makes for a while..)).
    The Aurora Kona is probably the only other pen I can think of that has a truly unique and beautiful nib shape. Designed by a famous designer--go figures!
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