Curved Nib - Montblanc Calligraphy Collection 2020

[neverforget]

 

 

Dear nickycat, even though some of our members may have direct access to some documentation on a personal ground - or even to information posted through the Internet –, according to the rules of the Montblanc Forum they are not allowed to post such an information here for pens that have not been officially released yet.

You will wait in vain on this forum, until the official release, to see anything, but you can accolade to a joyful topic of suggestions, half-informations, and imaginative speculations...

 

 

What is the logic behind such an arbitrary rule? I was under the impression these forums are supported by member donations. Very odd to see such caution with respect to a product release.

[dbs]

 

 

What is the logic behind such an arbitrary rule? I was under the impression these forums are supported by member donations. Very odd to see such caution with respect to a product release.

Montblanc paid. Right now most of brand forums, from watches to fashion, you name it, all paid somewhat by vendors. They are part of advertisement to promote brand. Some of the fancy reviews, with beautiful hand writings, are actually lip service from vendors.

[neverforget]

Montblanc paid. Right now most of brand forums, from watches to fashion, you name it, all paid somewhat by vendors. They are part of advertisement to promote brand. Some of the fancy reviews, with beautiful hand writings, are actually lip service from vendors.

 

 

source please

[tinct]

I myself can't wait because I have heard Axel talk about this nib perhaps 3-4 years ago. At that point in time, it was only available through the bespoke program. He said this nib was primarily targeted towards the Asian market. I did not get a chance to see or try it because he did not have it on his person.

 

That's bad news for my wallet. Maybe I'm ignorant, but I don't see an architect grind being geared towards an East Asian market, where every stroke has its thick and thin. Maybe that's the curved part that will be revealed. Regardless, I'm looking forward to handwriting samples.

[gerigo]

For the disbelievers. Naginata and architects grind are very similar, but NOT the same. Naginata nibs have a more curved foot. And is nib is called... wait for it... curved nib!!!

[Kalessin]

Montblanc paid. Right now most of brand forums, from watches to fashion, you name it, all paid somewhat by vendors. They are part of advertisement to promote brand. Some of the fancy reviews, with beautiful hand writings, are actually lip service from vendors.

 

 

Neither Montblanc Simplo GmbH or their owner, Richemont SA, pay any money or give any free merchandise or other consideration to the Fountain Pen Network, its owner, or its volunteer Admins and Moderators, including me. They don't buy any advertising directly, though there's a chance that an ad could come through one of the advertising placement services that help pay for the Fountain Pen Network to exist.

 

I've never been offered any payment or free merchandise by Montblanc, and if i were, I would disclose it in the forum. I would not accept any monetary payment, nor would I allow any offer to influence how I run the forum.

 

While there is a chance someone is being paid for their reviews, I haven't observed any of the typical pattern of paid reviewers in this forum in the twelve years that I've been the lead moderator.

 

The reason why photos and descriptions of the distinctive details of unreleased Montblanc pens and merchandise can't be posted is that Montblanc's legal department threatened legal action against FPN if such photos or descriptions were posted and not taken down. Since the owner of FPN couldn't afford to fight this in court, and we prefer that FPN continue to exist, the decision was made to comply with the request.

 

It's immaterial that pre-official-release photos and information can be posted, discussed, or divulged before the official releases elsewhere on the internet or in the real world, it still can't be posted here.

 

The Montblanc forum rules are available at the top of the first page of the forum, and at this link:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/forum-69/announcement-9-montblanc-forum-rules/

[arcfide]

Could this curved nib be like the zoom nib from Sailor?

[stephanos]

I was in a B&M specialist stationery store today, somewhere in central Germany, trying to get my hands on a MB flex/calligraphy nib to try it out. While I was there, the Montblanc sales representative arrived and, as I had asked about a MB product and the sales assistant (who was fairly new) didn't know about it, she asked the MB rep.

In the ensuing conversation, he told me about a new nib called a "curved nib" (he used the English term) - delayed to 2021 due to the Corona shutdown. He had his laptop with him and showed me a video of the pen writing. It looks like a lot of fun, and looks like MB took a decent amount of inspiration from Sailor's fude de mannen nib.

 

I am not a regular customer at the shop, and the staff didn't know me (nor did the sales rep). Having read the MB forum rules, and given that the information was given to me freely and spontaneously by the MB rep (and to my mind thus counts as being generally available to the public), I don't believe that this post breaks the forum rules. Moderator, if that is not the case, then please delete this post and update the forum rules accordingly.

[Tom Kellie]

I was in a B&M specialist stationery store today, somewhere in central Germany, trying to get my hands on a MB flex/calligraphy nib to try it out. While I was there, the Montblanc sales representative arrived and, as I had asked about a MB product and the sales assistant (who was fairly new) didn't know about it, she asked the MB rep.

In the ensuing conversation, he told me about a new nib called a "curved nib" (he used the English term) - delayed to 2021 due to the Corona shutdown. He had his laptop with him and showed me a video of the pen writing. It looks like a lot of fun, and looks like MB took a decent amount of inspiration from Sailor's fude de mannen nib.

 

I am not a regular customer at the shop, and the staff didn't know me (nor did the sales rep). Having read the MB forum rules, and given that the information was given to me freely and spontaneously by the MB rep (and to my mind thus counts as being generally available to the public), I don't believe that this post breaks the forum rules. Moderator, if that is not the case, then please delete this post and update the forum rules accordingly.

 

~ stephanos:

 

Thank you for your detailed explanation.

Tom K.

[jchch1950]

We will have to wait until 2021 to see the new curved nib. My wife will be happy about it. When the Writers Edition will be available?

Edited June 10, 2020 by jchch1950

[GutSchrift]

Any updates?

[Nurmister]

22 hours ago, GutSchrift said:

Any updates?

 

I was at the Montblanc boutique just today, and emailed Montblanc last week about this. In both cases, the message was consistent:

 

1. The 149 flex is still being produced; it can be ordered new by the boutiques for customers.

2. Exact dates on the release of the 149 "curved" has not been supplied to salesmen, and they can't give me a general "clue" either. However, they expect sometime in 2021.

[arcfide]

The bespoke nib video posted by Montblanc and linked in another thread around here highlights the curved nib, but it's not clear if this is available yet? 

[jagwap]

On 4/10/2021 at 12:14 AM, Nurmister said:

 

I was at the Montblanc boutique just today, and emailed Montblanc last week about this. In both cases, the message was consistent:

 

1. The 149 flex is still being produced; it can be ordered new by the boutiques for customers.

2. Exact dates on the release of the 149 "curved" has not been supplied to salesmen, and they can't give me a general "clue" either. However, they expect sometime in 2021.

 

I was in the Shenzhen flagship store a few weeks ago and I asked about the burgandy gradient solitaire that was to have the curve nib. It took a while to get someone who had even heard of it, through the lost in translation issues, but they said Q1 2022. However I was unable to find out what nib was going on it. Just that it was a caligraphy series.

 

Elsewhere on this forum it has been mentioned that the curve nib may be moved to very special artisan pens directed at the asian market, as that kind of nib suits the different caligraphy. Also this solitaire may get a flex nib, like the gold leaf solitaire. This kind of makes sense due to the success of the flex 149, and the characteristics of an archetect grind curve nib.

[Nurmister]

2 hours ago, jagwap said:

 

I was in the Shenzhen flagship store a few weeks ago and I asked about the burgandy gradient solitaire that was to have the curve nib. It took a while to get someone who had even heard of it, through the lost in translation issues, but they said Q1 2022. However I was unable to find out what nib was going on it. Just that it was a caligraphy series.

 

Elsewhere on this forum it has been mentioned that the curve nib may be moved to very special artisan pens directed at the asian market, as that kind of nib suits the different caligraphy. Also this solitaire may get a flex nib, like the gold leaf solitaire. This kind of makes sense due to the success of the flex 149, and the characteristics of an archetect grind curve nib.

Thanks for the information. This aligns with what another member of this forum has said, that the flex nib will be used again on a new 146-sized model. As you note, this makes sense, although I wish they'd include the nib on the regular body as they do with the 149; but perhaps they won't to temper demand.