Originally Posted by
Pterodactylus
It is very unlikely that G stands for Glanz.
Imo G stands for Gold and I´ve never heard something different anywhere.
The gold nib pens were tagged with G.
If a G marked pen has no Gold nib in it for me that would mean that the original nib was replaced some time (valid for at least Montblanc pens)
When they use
Edelharz as the descriptor for their resin, I would not be surprised that the "G" stood for
Glanzig or
Glanz. On that note, I've now seen multiple forums with multiple contributors heavily into MB collecting all more or less agree that the "G" stood for
Glanzig or
Glanz so that you "never heard something different anywhere", this thread included, means you are either not looking very hard or are assuming that people are wrong across multiple platforms.
Edit to add: "G" representing
Goldfeder is a likely possibility, but it doesn't make sense to see a "G" delegation on something like a 244 where it wasn't offered with a steel nib at all. There would be no need to stamp it "G" when the 2xx line was assumed to be the second tier pen that would have gold nibs vs. the 3xx lines that could come with either.
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