I have this exact ink bottle and never noticed where it was made. Gotta check it again.
TimAndHisDeadCat on
West Germany still exists. As does East Germany. And North Germany.
Suspicious-Basis-885 on
Bought a used fountain pen online and found out it came with yesterday’s ink still in it looks like it wrote its past life too.
Dangrukidding on
I’m genuinely curious as to what you do professionally or recreationally with this. Do you just take notes? Or are you an artist?
genericgod on
German reunification was “only” 36 years ago. There’s still plenty of stuff like this around.
Consistent_Crew_4215 on
Good ink, must have been an expensive pen.
KaidaShade on
I love finding stuff like this. I bought a sewing box second hand and it came with a bunch of sewing machine needles made in West Germany. Needles older than me!
jerkface1026 on
Germany and Japan really excelled at pens & inks post war.
karateninjazombie on
I can’t find the reference. But do remember reading somewhere the one or two countries still only buy specifically made in West Germany bits and pieces for something or other. Some kind of machinery iirc. But as West Germany isn’t a separate thing any more they just stamp them with made in West Germany instead of made in Germany for that small market segment. And it works apparently as they keep using them as a supplier. Even though Germany’s been unified for a long time and that’s no secret.
SirWitzig on
This doesn’t necessarily mean that the ink was produced before 1990. It could be that the manufacturer had ordered lots of these labels and used them in the 1990s.
mainjet on
Made in Western-Germany products are plentiful in Europe. Items ‘Made in GDR’ are tougher to find. Even tougher are goods manufactured in Germany when it was divided in four occupation sectors by the Allies at the end of WW2. The stamped marking Germany-US. zone appears on one such product.
traderncc on
Mont Blanc brand ink sounds expensive
StampMan64 on
West Germany, best Germany.
Arty_S on
German-built BMW VINs still start with “WB” – West Berlin.
MoccaLG on
before 1989 then.
turlian on
My Mont Blanc that I inherited from my dad was also made in West Germany.
lauruhhpalooza on
I have a boar bristle brush I took from my dad years ago that was made in West Germany. Very cool find!
ansible_jane on
I have my great grandma’s measuring tape (for sewing) with a “W. Germany” imprint. Love these little pieces of history.
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I have this exact ink bottle and never noticed where it was made. Gotta check it again.
West Germany still exists. As does East Germany. And North Germany.
Bought a used fountain pen online and found out it came with yesterday’s ink still in it looks like it wrote its past life too.
I’m genuinely curious as to what you do professionally or recreationally with this. Do you just take notes? Or are you an artist?
German reunification was “only” 36 years ago. There’s still plenty of stuff like this around.
Good ink, must have been an expensive pen.
I love finding stuff like this. I bought a sewing box second hand and it came with a bunch of sewing machine needles made in West Germany. Needles older than me!
Germany and Japan really excelled at pens & inks post war.
I can’t find the reference. But do remember reading somewhere the one or two countries still only buy specifically made in West Germany bits and pieces for something or other. Some kind of machinery iirc. But as West Germany isn’t a separate thing any more they just stamp them with made in West Germany instead of made in Germany for that small market segment. And it works apparently as they keep using them as a supplier. Even though Germany’s been unified for a long time and that’s no secret.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that the ink was produced before 1990. It could be that the manufacturer had ordered lots of these labels and used them in the 1990s.
Made in Western-Germany products are plentiful in Europe. Items ‘Made in GDR’ are tougher to find. Even tougher are goods manufactured in Germany when it was divided in four occupation sectors by the Allies at the end of WW2. The stamped marking Germany-US. zone appears on one such product.
Mont Blanc brand ink sounds expensive
West Germany, best Germany.
German-built BMW VINs still start with “WB” – West Berlin.
before 1989 then.
My Mont Blanc that I inherited from my dad was also made in West Germany.
I have a boar bristle brush I took from my dad years ago that was made in West Germany. Very cool find!
I have my great grandma’s measuring tape (for sewing) with a “W. Germany” imprint. Love these little pieces of history.