On the comprehensive strength of the fountain pen, the world was once divided into Germany, Italy, the United States, and Japan's four major factions, and now the United States collective, which focuses on industry, is in decline, and only Germany, Italy, and Japan are still strong. The Italian department is good at the creativity of the pen barrel, the Japanese is heavy on the nib, the German fountain pen in any aspect has come out on top, and it can even be said that if the pen is three points in the world, the German dragon and bird may be able to account for two of them, of which Montblanc is a well-deserved first.
 
Montblanc's rise to prominence in the world of fountain pens was in 1924 with the launch of the Meisterstück collection. The Meisterstück series is made of solid materials, excellent quality control, and not a single small scratch is not allowed to appear, and it has been popular in more than 60 countries as soon as it was launched. The opportunity to rise to the top of the fountain pen industry was the production of the Taipan 149 in 1952. The 149 was so well received for its Taipan quality and steady stature that it was even given priority in exporting to repay Germany's war reparations to other countries, and Montblanc fountain pens were not even available in Germany at the time.
 
As Montblanc's most valued flagship product, the 149 has undergone more than 60 years of changes, and the nib has completed eight generations, becoming thicker and thicker, and the iridium polish has gradually become fuller, and has developed from the earliest soft elastic tip to today's hard and smooth tip. The current 149 is equipped with a precious 18K three-color nib, which has a smooth running and smooth writing, and combines the square head polishing to enhance the sense of damping, and the writing feeling is just balanced. The warmth of the high-grade resin barrel is a decisive factor in the clapping of Montblanc fountain pens for many people. In other configurations, the piston of the 149 achieves a large ink storage capacity, and the maximum diameter of nearly 17 mm makes it the first of the five fountain pens of the "Dragon Bird Pai Rhino Water", except that people with small hands are not easy to control, the 149 has almost no shortcomings.
 
If you can't control the 149, there are still 146, 145 and 114 in the current production, which have been renamed as luxury, classic and Mozart respectively, and only 149 has retained its original name due to its transcendent status.
 
The Meisterstück series has always been a bestseller, but in the 80s, when it was hit by keyboard input, Montblanc adjusted its business strategy and produced low- and medium-to-medium fountain pens, but it seriously damaged the brand image, and the product was once in the dilemma of clearance, and after being acquired by Richemont, it began to reshape its brand image.
 
Since being part of the Richemont Group in 1993, Montblanc has cut its low- and medium-priced products, moved its focus from stationery to jewellery fairs, and developed product lines such as leather goods, jewellery and watches. Montblanc has a total of 8 limited series, among which the Great Writers series and the Art Patron series have been continuously released since 1992 are the most popular, and the Art Patron is one of the luxury representatives, with a low issue price of 20,000 yuan and a high allocation of nearly 70,000 yuan, positioning collectibles, but the low distribution is limited to as many as 4,810 pieces, which is obviously not sincere.
 
In contrast, it is more recommended to have an acceptable price and a strong literary heritage of the Great Writers series. Every year, the Great Writer series will launch a limited edition pen with the theme of a writer and his representative works, with the issue price of 7 or 8,000 yuan for the low-profile version and more than 30,000 yuan for the high-profile version. The oldest of the first Hemingway and the only sterling silver barrel Proust are all sought-after models, and the price is getting higher and higher. Homer in 2018 is the first big writer pen based on 149, and it is foreseeable that the price increase will not be small. The pen body of Homer 149 well restores the grandeur of the Trojan War, and the high-end version weighs 111g, which raises the sense of stability of 149 to a new level.
 
After the positioning was upgraded to luxury, the expression of spirit has become a new vane for it to compete in the fountain pen market. Montblanc is almost the most active fountain pen brand in the design cell, with nearly 10 collections, including the Meisterstück basic and limited editions, the Muse for women, and the UNICEF series in collaboration with UNICEF in 2017. Almost every Montblanc fountain pen has a cultural symbol behind it, and with the blessing of recognized excellent quality control, you don't have to worry about buying a dragon pen that you don't want to use.
 
Montblanc's supply channel control is very strict, can only be purchased on the official website, offline stores or authorized retailers, so the market price is stable, the issue price of different countries is slightly different, the euro area is the lowest, the United States is second, China and Japan are basically the same, the issue price of the low-profile version of the great writer is generally about 1000 yuan higher than the euro area.