After watching the video, I was so fascinated by the work and the pen that I decided to investigate, after a few hours I am almost sure that it is a Montblanc L139 manufactured from 1939 to 1951 (yes, before and after ww2), the current model of that feather is the 149, basically the same with rounded edges. model 139 has an approximate value of 4000 euros and is made of celluloid
yes, you are right! This is a 139 model. in this particular case, this is the model from the last 40's , with the metal telescopic mechanism and the nib that looks like the 149 nib, but with the '139' inscription on the botton. The early model of this pen has more parts made of hard rubber instead of celuloid, and the mechanism is black rubber. The nib in the older models have the '250' inscription on it.
you can see it's celluloid because in some parts it has almost a translucent quality. Old fountain pens have such a beautiful feel about them, it's hard to describe with words
that moment when i see a pen that is at least 3x older than i am, being worked on and making noises like that. Big props to eizo fujii for even daring to do such a risky restoration
Consummate artisanry; clearly, this man takes his work to another level; cork replacement in a telescopic fountain pen is always fraught with risk, but as I have found with many pen restorers from Southeast Asia, there is an inherent philosophical approach (as well as one of pragmatics). Mr. Fujii demonstrates patience, attention to detail, & a degree of professionalism not often seen today. Superlative stuff !! Thank you for sharing this gentleman's skill.
It is amazing to see such a vintage pen brought back to such beautiful and useful conditions. I’m pleased that there are people dedicated to saving these wonderful pens.
i remember there being a video in this series of a businessman at fountain pen shop in a snowy time of year. was helped by a woman salesperson, probably my favorite but has been lost to time
Yep, I grabbed copies of all the parts I could. I know there were at least 3 that I'm missing. I really wish the guy that originally uploaded them hadn't vanished from the net.
i read the description of one of the videos last night and noted that it said it was produced by a professor at a japanese museum. i wonder if contacting them would be worth its salt@@1972Russianwolf
Remember when you were a kid and, while bored at school, you disassembled and riassembled ballpoint pens pretending to be an engineer? This guy here is your God.
the piston mechanism on this vintage is amazing! the fact that the piston rod retracted even further compared to modern pens is intriguing! I wish modern companies made it like this including montblanc
@@jamesmuffins3330 There are lots of piston filler pens still being made, but most of them don't have telescoping rods, most of them are stiff rods, so half the length of the barrel is just storage for the mechanism that pushes the rod up and down. A telescoping piston rod is very rare these days.
Almost certainly the extra costs in tooling for a more intricate mechanism have led to its demise------- great shame! who among us doesn't yearn for a huge ink load??!!😁
Thank you for this: so calming (mostly) to watch, and I love it when beautiful old things are repaired so they can continue to be used & enjoyed. A very skilled and patient man!
I would love to apprentice under this genius nib/pen meister. He is a credit to patience, his craft, and the fountain pen world. The information one could glean and the stories he could tell!
That was really amazing and interesting. I love to write with a fountain pen ~ The nib on that was a work of art in it's own right. I don't think about the anatomy of my writing instruments ~ I load them and begin to write ... change a nib as necessary or I wish .. and just carry on. It's brilliant to see these ancient pens and that they can be put in beautiful use again! I wish I knew whatever happened to the first fountain pen I used 60+ yrs ago .... on my Grandfather's desk. I have the other desk items: paper weight, letter opener, envelope stand ... but never found the fountain pen after he was gone. It was the kind that had a bladder inside and you pulled up / folded down this little metal arm that emptied and then refilled the pen. I can see it now, and it had a lovely aroma of india ink.
If I am reading that big white tube correctly it is bath caulking. I wasn't clear that he was using that for anything in this repair job, but it makes me wonder if he sometimes does. By the way, the Japanese word for fountain pen is a 3-character word that translates as "ten-thousand year brush," pronounced something like "man-nen hitsu."
Mr Fujii both skilled and brave to take on this repair. Opening the section from the barrel always nerve racking. Yes, whether it is one's own pen or much more stressful, a paying customer's. A vintage Mont Blanc? If my own, maybe attempt. The latter? No.
Guess a lot of rich people own fountain pens, and are willing to pay good money to restore it. And with so few specialists available, each of them can cater to a pretty wide geographic area.
Appreciating good craftmanship hopefully will endure for years to come .Prototypically in a sense is where mass production got started, although we can reverse the process from machine made to hand made.
i find these videos highly instructional and a pleasure to watch. these gentlemen with their skill and attention to detail and most of all, the care they take are amazing to watch. i wonder where i can find those soft jaw pliers he uses.
Master: hello I would like to ask you a question about how to take out 585 SHEAFFR 14K pen tongue. Because the ink has not been used for a long time and the water is not smooth, I would like to open the pen tongue for cleaning. Thank you very much for your advice.
This looks like such detailed, patient work. It's so interesting. His handwriting at the end is very nice too. Deliberate and smooth. I love how even though that pen is probably 60-70 yrs old in the video, it's still meant to be used. Wonder why he couldn't replace the cork though? Wouldn't it absorb ink and get warped in another fifty years? Why not use silicone or something, like modern piston fillers? And the sound of the cork too... that squeaking was scary. Guess they couldn't lube it?
el corcho esta mal lijado, ya que no tiene que quedar paralelo al cañon del cuerpo, tiene que tener los bordes redondeados para que sea mas facil el explulsar y el chupar de tinta, mas alla que tieniendolo paralelo en la entrada de hijos de rosca se puede deteriorar, y hay que jugar con el espacio de la luz, ya que el corcho con la tinta y el agua se engorda y desp hace mucha fuerza el sinfin de la bomba, este modelo tiene una bomba telescopica que en los años 30 era normal pero hoy no es muy buena ni tan fuerte.
Land Rovers have made master mechanics of the owners of their cars since WW2. Mont Blanc: Yes. On a serious note, I think Mr Fuji forgot to apply silicone grease to the inside of the barrel. That squeaking sound apart from being annoying, will likely wear down the cork in a few years depending on how much the owner uses the pen and then it is back in for repair again.
Respected sir Eizo... im Dr raza. ( PH.d.. literature)..im from Pakistan... its a humble request of mine that is there any chance that i could learn how to make these wonderful pens from you. .. these pens always fascinate me.
藤井栄蔵 if anyone's interested in the kanji of his name. lately going down in the fountain pen rabbit hole as well as Japanese handwritten letters for mostly reading, if not having to need to write for additional literacy since I've been doing correspondences with doujinshi circles. might become part of the job requirement idk, I do work as figurine customiser and there are parallels to the craftsmanship like safely popping open stuck plastics with heat, cleaning, refitting and redoing stuff that might be broken, and there are the similar risks of permanent damages. fingers crossed that clients don't think that services like this is a way to cheat something.
Maybe it's the size/shape that the owner is used to/finds comfortable? For some of us as we get older (or injured) it can be more difficult to hold narrow things maybe?
there's something incredibly relaxing about watching a video like this
It's called ASMR
@@dualia-s74m No, it's not. It's called a relaxing video. Not everything relaxing is ASMR.
After watching the video, I was so fascinated by the work and the pen that I decided to investigate, after a few hours I am almost sure that it is a Montblanc L139 manufactured from 1939 to 1951 (yes, before and after ww2), the current model of that feather is the 149, basically the same with rounded edges. model 139 has an approximate value of 4000 euros and is made of celluloid
This comment for some reason made the asmr better
@@sebby5574 Don't.
Fascinating!
yes, you are right! This is a 139 model. in this particular case, this is the model from the last 40's , with the metal telescopic mechanism and the nib that looks like the 149 nib, but with the '139' inscription on the botton. The early model of this pen has more parts made of hard rubber instead of celuloid, and the mechanism is black rubber. The nib in the older models have the '250' inscription on it.
you can see it's celluloid because in some parts it has almost a translucent quality. Old fountain pens have such a beautiful feel about them, it's hard to describe with words
that moment when i see a pen that is at least 3x older than i am, being worked on and making noises like that. Big props to eizo fujii for even daring to do such a risky restoration
Alex G p
Well, he warned the costumer that his fountain pen could go Kaput. Costumer ran the risk for it.
@@kylofoster5560 The customer happened to accept the risk however.
Consummate artisanry; clearly, this man takes his work to another level; cork replacement in a telescopic fountain pen is always fraught with risk, but as I have found with many pen restorers from Southeast Asia, there is an inherent philosophical approach (as well as one of pragmatics). Mr. Fujii demonstrates patience, attention to detail, & a degree of professionalism not often seen today. Superlative stuff !! Thank you for sharing this gentleman's skill.
Thanks for posting. Hope you can find more.
Japanese are masters in everything. In automobiles, electronics and everything this is why I love Japan.
It is amazing to see such a vintage pen brought back to such beautiful and useful conditions. I’m pleased that there are people dedicated to saving these wonderful pens.
i remember there being a video in this series of a businessman at fountain pen shop in a snowy time of year. was helped by a woman salesperson, probably my favorite but has been lost to time
Yep, I grabbed copies of all the parts I could. I know there were at least 3 that I'm missing. I really wish the guy that originally uploaded them hadn't vanished from the net.
i read the description of one of the videos last night and noted that it said it was produced by a professor at a japanese museum. i wonder if contacting them would be worth its salt@@1972Russianwolf
I really admire their craftsmanship!! I wish to meet them sometime.
Fujii-san is a master, indeed! Wonderful to see somebody so skillful and patient being able to breathe life back into a relic of a bygone era.
Remember when you were a kid and, while bored at school, you disassembled and riassembled ballpoint pens pretending to be an engineer?
This guy here is your God.
Ok redditor
the piston mechanism on this vintage is amazing! the fact that the piston rod retracted even further compared to modern pens is intriguing! I wish modern companies made it like this including montblanc
There is a japanese company named TSWBI who mainly do piston filler pens.
@@jamesmuffins3330 Taiwanese...
@@jamesmuffins3330 There are lots of piston filler pens still being made, but most of them don't have telescoping rods, most of them are stiff rods, so half the length of the barrel is just storage for the mechanism that pushes the rod up and down. A telescoping piston rod is very rare these days.
The reason they don't make telescope rods anymore might be the telescope structure are more fragile and hard to maintain.
Almost certainly the extra costs in tooling for a more intricate mechanism have led to its demise------- great shame! who among us doesn't yearn for a huge ink load??!!😁
Thank you for this: so calming (mostly) to watch, and I love it when beautiful old things are repaired so they can continue to be used & enjoyed. A very skilled and patient man!
Amazingcraftsmanshipthanksforposting😊
I would love to apprentice under this genius nib/pen meister. He is a credit to patience, his craft, and the fountain pen world. The information one could glean and the stories he could tell!
Such patience and focus! That's craftsmanship.
Always wonderfully satisfying to watch a craftsman at work.
This guy's penmanship is great! Really beautiful cursive kanjis there.
10/10
Fantastic. Mr. Fujii is an artist.
That was really amazing and interesting. I love to write with a fountain pen ~ The nib on that was a work of art in it's own right. I don't think about the anatomy of my writing instruments ~ I load them and begin to write ... change a nib as necessary or I wish .. and just carry on. It's brilliant to see these ancient pens and that they can be put in beautiful use again! I wish I knew whatever happened to the first fountain pen I used 60+ yrs ago .... on my Grandfather's desk. I have the other desk items: paper weight, letter opener, envelope stand ... but never found the fountain pen after he was gone. It was the kind that had a bladder inside and you pulled up / folded down this little metal arm that emptied and then refilled the pen. I can see it now, and it had a lovely aroma of india ink.
感動。愛を感じる。
目の前の品、それを使う人への愛に満ちている。
A master at work .
This is good.👍
I am a clumsy sticks for fingers. I love watching artesans.
Prezado Eizo Fujii, parabéns! Seu trabalho foi simplesmente excelente !
I was half expecting this video to be 90% him unscrewing the tip and it breaking last second, troll video of the century.
Totally awestruck to watch a master and his craft. Love the fingers with ink stains.
If I am reading that big white tube correctly it is bath caulking. I wasn't clear that he was using that for anything in this repair job, but it makes me wonder if he sometimes does. By the way, the Japanese word for fountain pen is a 3-character word that translates as "ten-thousand year brush," pronounced something like "man-nen hitsu."
I was holding my breath watching him work on this pen. Such delicate and intense craftsmanship 😮
Pure beauty! Thank you.
Fascinating to watch. Thank you ✒️.
Mr Fujii both skilled and brave to take on this repair. Opening the section from the barrel always nerve racking. Yes, whether it is one's own pen or much more stressful, a paying customer's. A vintage Mont Blanc? If my own, maybe attempt. The latter? No.
Who knew.... he's using a Snap On spark plug puller and nib extractor.
Always fascinating to see experts in action.
Enjoyed watching this master at work.
How could there possibly ever have been any money in this work? Even back in the 80's\90's? I'm fascinated this guy even exists.
Guess a lot of rich people own fountain pens, and are willing to pay good money to restore it. And with so few specialists available, each of them can cater to a pretty wide geographic area.
Beautiful work.
Meeting this guy is my dream
Appreciating good craftmanship hopefully will endure for years to come .Prototypically in a sense is where mass production got started, although we can reverse the process from machine made to hand made.
Fascinating. A fountain pen mechanic.....
que bueno poder ver estos videos
Good job please keep making
Awesome!
i find these videos highly instructional and a pleasure to watch. these gentlemen with their skill and attention to detail and most of all, the care they take are amazing to watch. i wonder where i can find those soft jaw pliers he uses.
I would rather convert it in an eyedropper by the end than taking the risk of damaging the pen for good.
I think the gentleman in this video has since retired. I think bought something from his son who has kept the business open.
These videos are at least 15 years old at this point, so I wouldn't be surprised.
@@1972Russianwolf I knew they were old, but not that old.
Master: hello
I would like to ask you a question about how to take out 585 SHEAFFR 14K pen tongue. Because the ink has not been used for a long time and the water is not smooth, I would like to open the pen tongue for cleaning. Thank you very much for your advice.
Always great to see traditional items being kept alive in this disposable world.
Ciao Eizo! Greetings from Florence!
This looks like such detailed, patient work. It's so interesting. His handwriting at the end is very nice too. Deliberate and smooth. I love how even though that pen is probably 60-70 yrs old in the video, it's still meant to be used. Wonder why he couldn't replace the cork though? Wouldn't it absorb ink and get warped in another fifty years? Why not use silicone or something, like modern piston fillers? And the sound of the cork too... that squeaking was scary. Guess they couldn't lube it?
Vintage items go up in value when restored as closely as possible to their original specifications.
what a delicate jobs!
1:42 Using the ultrasonic tray to clean the stuck ink
A very interesting video. Thanks.
This is the most breathtaking video on youtube.
It’s a lovely video but you take exaggeration much to far.
Amazing
El medio hueveo, notable el trabajo de este artesano.
Brilliant
That sounds very expensive!
Ill love to do this job
This is similarly scary like looking at a surgery :) !
Scary? Really?
👌👌👌😍😍🍃🙏
This is fantastic but why does this talented gentleman look like the Japanese Mads Mikkelson
el corcho esta mal lijado, ya que no tiene que quedar paralelo al cañon del cuerpo, tiene que tener los bordes redondeados para que sea mas facil el explulsar y el chupar de tinta, mas alla que tieniendolo paralelo en la entrada de hijos de rosca se puede deteriorar, y hay que jugar con el espacio de la luz, ya que el corcho con la tinta y el agua se engorda y desp hace mucha fuerza el sinfin de la bomba, este modelo tiene una bomba telescopica que en los años 30 era normal pero hoy no es muy buena ni tan fuerte.
Land Rovers have made master mechanics of the owners of their cars since WW2.
Mont Blanc: Yes.
On a serious note, I think Mr Fuji forgot to apply silicone grease to the inside of the barrel. That squeaking sound apart from being annoying, will likely wear down the cork in a few years depending on how much the owner uses the pen and then it is back in for repair again.
peak comfy
Excelente mecanico reparador de estilograficas.
Cool
Good
Евгений Сундиков y did i read that as gucci
The nameplate on his door is in the Death Note font lol
What do you think he does with all of his pens?
❤
omg that creaking sound is killing me.. if that's my pen, it's already dead for me. why didn't he put some silicone grease fcs..
Michael Harto I thought the same thing
откуда у них , там, силиконовая смазка?
My guess is that any sort of grease could possibly gunk up the nib. Also, pretty sure it’s nice and silent once the pen has been filled with ink.
I’m sure it will wear in and be silent in a short period of time.
IDK. It might be fun to have one pen that talks to me. {Maybe not a prized MB....}
Where to purchase this pen??
I have a bic biro you can have for £10 ? only chewed a little bit.
@@HULLGRAFFITI is the biro still available? Very interested
Este las hace y las vende su colega de hiroshima
Respected sir Eizo... im Dr raza. ( PH.d.. literature)..im from Pakistan... its a humble request of mine that is there any chance that i could learn how to make these wonderful pens from you. .. these pens always fascinate me.
Dear Dr Raza (PH.d..literature). He is restoring the pen....which is profoundly different from making them.
@@rayzimmerman6740 ... oh... its ok... anyhow... to see him to do this work always fascinate me... and so so much thanks for response
藤井栄蔵 if anyone's interested in the kanji of his name. lately going down in the fountain pen rabbit hole as well as Japanese handwritten letters for mostly reading, if not having to need to write for additional literacy since I've been doing correspondences with doujinshi circles. might become part of the job requirement idk, I do work as figurine customiser and there are parallels to the craftsmanship like safely popping open stuck plastics with heat, cleaning, refitting and redoing stuff that might be broken, and there are the similar risks of permanent damages. fingers crossed that clients don't think that services like this is a way to cheat something.
He must have a lot of confidence in himself if he takes on the restoration of a vintage Montblanc
Such wonderful japanese pen, japanese ancient fountain pen master... wait. This is German pen and "master" just repairs it. 😂
Big man
Back then quality was a priority! Ones lucky to get a year out of todays high end pens.
That pen looks terrible to write with. Its the size of a magic marker.
Maybe it's the size/shape that the owner is used to/finds comfortable? For some of us as we get older (or injured) it can be more difficult to hold narrow things maybe?