What's Your Most Recent Mb Purchase?

[farmdogfan]

Love the ski slope feeder. Is it an OB nib?

I´m not sure, M or F maybe?

[whitedot]

I got an early Mb 256 today (without any cracks in the cap).

 

 

 

 

 

Waiting for mine to arrive......

[farmdogfan]

 

 

Waiting for mine to arrive......

You won´t be disappointet.

[idazle]

Hope you can get it adjusted Jsolares. I always mentally add $100-150 to the price of a used pen, especially one from ebay. Good luck.

 

Wise words! I've just paid 200 euros to get corks replaced in 4 of my recently acquired MB pens.

[Opooh]

Wise words! I've just paid 200 euros to get corks replaced in 4 of my recently acquired MB pens.

A piece?

[idazle]

A piece?

 

No, for the whole lot. Four corks changed, a KF nib that didn't write adjusted, and cap bands tightened. Beautiful job.

[pavoni]

Good price idazle. That is roughly the average of what I pay, and am happy to pay, until I sort myself out and stop pretending that I am too busy at work, and start doing things for myself.

 

Lovely MB 256 farmdogfan. My collection stops short of this series but.......I must admit, the pictures of your pen, and comments in relation to its size, are food for thought.

 

Pavoni

[orfew]

I love the 256. Congrats!

[farmdogfan]

Thank you both, after this short time, i can say that this is becoming one of my favorite pens.

Edited April 10, 2014 by farmdogfan

[jsolares]

I just love the way the ski-slope feeds look, lovely pen farmdogfan

 

Well today i wen't to the boutique to get some blue ink, ended up with the new permanent blue, and the old iron gall blue-black

 

Borrowed their loupe and couldn't find anything wrong with the nib on the 149 so left it with them to get an estimate on getting it adjusted.

 

 

This 1$ pad is quite decent, too bad the blue-black it still sucks on the MB notebook it is better than the bordeaux or emerald inks though it still feathers.

 

Edited April 11, 2014 by jsolares

[farmdogfan]

One of the ebay 149s showed up , it's heavier than i expected vs the 146

 

Very nice pen! what year would that be?.

[jsolares]

Very nice pen! what year would that be?.

 

95-96 it seems, it has the early plastic feed.

[farmdogfan]

Thanks, good looking pen!

[PlasticFantastic]

I' also waiting on a 149 I just bought a couple of days ago from EBay

The anticipation is killing me...

[zaddick]

I just got the Marlene Dietrich Commemoration Edition (the limited 1901 edition) with an M nib. I am a sucker for the silver MB pens and found it at a good price. I did not find it too feminine with the exception of the nib and section which are quite are smaller than I prefer. The pen is also really heavy wich will take me some time to adjust to when writing. I can always use it as a paper weight on my desk.

 

I know a few others on here have the pen, but I like that it is not too common. It is also my second MB withthe MOP star. Woot woot.

[zaddick]

I also picked up a bottle of the MB diamond ink. I liked the blue color. I wish it was a regular production ink since it is now harder to find without paying an arm and a leg.

[jsolares]

I just got the Marlene Dietrich Commemoration Edition (the limited 1901 edition) with an M nib. I am a sucker for the silver MB pens and found it at a good price. I did not find it too feminine with the exception of the nib and section which are quite are smaller than I prefer. The pen is also really heavy wich will take me some time to adjust to when writing. I can always use it as a paper weight on my desk.

 

I know a few others on here have the pen, but I like that it is not too common. It is also my second MB withthe MOP star. Woot woot.

 

Googled it for pictures, lovely pen, i'm guessing yours is the all silver since that does seem to have the MOP star

[zaddick]

 

Googled it for pictures, lovely pen, i'm guessing yours is the all silver since that does seem to have the MOP star

Hi jsolares. Yes, it is the 1901 piece version that is all siver. Silver MBs (and metal overlay in general) seem to be my recent focus for new pens.

 

I put a picture in the "show us what you are using" thread. I think there is a review of the pen on this site too with good pictures.

 

Besides the potential weight issue), I am a little bummed there does not seem to be a converter option for it, but I am going to keep looking.

 

Congrats on your two recent 149s. I am on the hunt for a good one too, unless I break down and but the 90th anniversary pen.

[KJY]

Got my belated birthday present from my wife.

[Blade Runner]

Happy Birthday KJY and congrats, whatever it might be!