Montblanc vs Faber Castell

It seems no matter how hard I try, I just can not seem to avoid getting into comparing brand name writing instrument companies. It seems almost as though this assignment was truly meant for someone like me. I have been a retail manager for 20 years working mostly in the Dallas Galleria, however also spending time working in California, Colorado, and New York. I have cut my teeth on the writing instrument business working for Montblanc, because of my vast knowledge of this brand I will be comparing Montblanc to another German writing instrument manufacturer with a rich history Faber-Castell. By 1906 the energy and promise of the first few years of the "modern" new century had already had a stimulating effect on inventors and craftsmen. Ingenuity, imagination, and a sense of exploration and discovery helped the fountain pen make its technical and commercial breakthrough as a writing instrument. The first practical fountain pen had been patented as early as 1884, and the revolutionary lever filler was only two years away from introduction. In Hamburg, stationer Claus-Johannes Voss, together with banker Alfred Nehemias, and the Berlin engineer August Eberstein, recognized the “signs of the time,” and decided to produce fountain pens, their joint venture setting the cornerstones for the future internationally successful company, known as Montblanc. In 1906, After a short period of time Wilhelm Dziambor, Christian Lausen and later Claus Johnannas Voss took over the business and thus laid the foundation for the future internationally successful company Montblanc. At first, the small new company was called Simplo Filler Pen Company. The name 'Simplo' was doubtless derived from the word 'simple', which referred to the new pen design with a 'built-in' inkwell. A year later, in 1909, a technically improved fountain pen, "Montblanc," was introduced. The name "Montblanc" was registered as a trademark, and the name used for all writing instruments produced by the company.