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After a few years of looking and dreaming- no thanks to Sean!

 

Finally found the perfect 149 demo for me.

Late 80's likely with plastic feed and nib like my Hemingway.

 

It is a dream come true- i will post a slideshow in Sean's demo thread I think

 

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae112/jezstone2002/MB%20149%20demo/DSC_1850_2.jpg

Very nice, hope you would share more pics with us

Congrats

 

Thanks max

Seeing that photo again reminds me how much I love this pen.

It hasn't left my rotation this year.

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Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.

Sigmund Freud

 

(there was a man who obviously never knew fountain pens!)

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Just purchased a 244 Tiger's Eye from Maxpens. It is gray with a B nib. I have been using it for the last 2 days.

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Not a FP but still a Montblanc... The Starwalker Resin ballpoint. I am happy that I bought it, and am still amazed about how good the Montblanc broad ballpoints write! I tried several others, but this is still the best ballpoint refill on the market today, by far.

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Just bought a NIB Faulkner on eBay. Really bugs me as I said I wouldn't buy a WE pen of an author that I didn't like, and I loathe Faulkner.

 

But the pen is so nice.

 

And I respect him... so I guess that's ok :headsmack:

Too many pens; too little writing.

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Just bought a NIB Faulkner on eBay. Really bugs me as I said I wouldn't buy a WE pen of an author that I didn't like, and I loathe Faulkner.

 

But the pen is so nice.

 

And I respect him... so I guess that's ok :headsmack:

Hahaha. Congrats! I was "watching" that pen and was about to make a purchase also, but you beat me to it.... From TheValueClub right? Use it in good health.

Regards,

Alan

 

Meisterstuck 146 LE, 149 LE, Solitare 146 LE, White Meissen,

Hitchcock, PoA Tate 4810, Starwalker Ceramic LE, Boheme Plat Big Size, Boheme Morron,

WE Hemingway, Wilde, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Proust, Schiller, Dickens, Fitzgerald, Verne, Kafka, Cervantes, Woolf, Faulkner, Shaw, Mann, Twain, Collodi

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Today was a good day...

 

Uninked Hemingway and Dumas (son) FP/BP/MP set...

MB JFK BB; 100th Anniversary M; Dumas M FP/BP/MP set; Fitzgerald M FP/BP/MP set; Jules Verne BB; Bernstein F; Shaw B; Schiller M; yellow gold/pearl Bohème Pirouette Lilas (custom MB-fitted EF); gold 744-N flexy OBB; 136 flexy OB; 236 flexy OBB; silver pinstripe Le Grand B; 149 F x2; 149 M; 147 F; 146 OB; 146 M; 146 F; 145P M; 162 RB
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Just bought a Collodi.

 

It will be secreted away for the next 14 3/4 years, only to be retrieved for my daughter's 15th birthday.

 

Hope she likes it.

Too many pens; too little writing.

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Just bought a Collodi.

 

It will be secreted away for the next 14 3/4 years, only to be retrieved for my daughter's 15th birthday.

 

Hope she likes it.

 

May I suggest an alternative? Use the Collodi to keep a journal of her earliest years, the ones she probably will not remember. Write it when she is asleep, so she will never see the pen. When she's 15, present the journal and the special pen you used for it.

 

Anyway, congratulations with your purchase. The Collodi is my most recent purchase as well, and it's rapidly becoming a daily writer. Heavy cap, well-balanced pen.

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journaling / tinkering with pens / sailing / photography / software development

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Just bought a Collodi.

 

It will be secreted away for the next 14 3/4 years, only to be retrieved for my daughter's 15th birthday.

 

Hope she likes it.

 

May I suggest an alternative? Use the Collodi to keep a journal of her earliest years, the ones she probably will not remember. Write it when she is asleep, so she will never see the pen. When she's 15, present the journal and the special pen you used for it.

 

Anyway, congratulations with your purchase. The Collodi is my most recent purchase as well, and it's rapidly becoming a daily writer. Heavy cap, well-balanced pen.

 

For the record: I thought this was as incredibly moving suggestion.

 

I passed it to my wife (along the lines of: "oh, isn't FPN amazing?") and she instantly took offense. She agreed I should write, but not with the Collodi.

 

Her argument was that I have a million inked pens; the very fact that my daughter would be the first to ink the Collodi would make it more special.

 

Not sure if she's got a point or not. :wacko:

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Too many pens; too little writing.

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For the record: I thought this was as incredibly moving suggestion.

 

I passed it to my wife (along the lines of: "oh, isn't FPN amazing?") and she instantly took offense. She agreed I should write, but not with the Collodi.

 

Her argument was that I have a million inked pens; the very fact that my daughter would be the first to ink the Collodi would make it more special.

 

Not sure if she's got a point or not. :wacko:

 

Having a million inked pens cannot be a good starting position for an argument with one's wife. I suppose the inevitable conclusion is that she is "right." ;)

journaling / tinkering with pens / sailing / photography / software development

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On the other hand, may I point out that my father's choice of nibs was not mine? He adored needle fines, while I find a B rather narrow. And inheriting a NOS pen that may need work while 15 years out of warranty may be frustrating. I've now had issues with 2 of my WE pens in the first 3 years of ownership, whereas the 146s and 149s seem indestructible.

 

The Faulkner had a piston leak in the first year which caused ink to seep from both section and piston knob. The Shaw's piston knob came off in my hand just outside the warranty window. :headsmack: I'm starting to wonder if they're engineering the piston mechanisms to stand up to daily usage given the much heavier weight of the metal pens. :hmm1:

 

It's lovely wanting to spoil your baby girl with such luxuries. I'd recommend putting the money aside at any interest rate you can get these days and letting it compound so your daughter can have something REALLY nice when she's of an age to appreciate.

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I'd recommend putting the money aside at any interest rate you can get these days.

 

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Sorry. I had to. Interest. Today.

 

It's just...

 

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Too many pens; too little writing.

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Well, it's been one of those oddball days...

 

But I'm now waiting on a Thomas Mann and a Cervantes.

 

Weird and wild... :yikes:

"Here was a man who had said, with his wan smile, that once he realized that he would never be a protagonist, he decided to become, instead, an intelligent spectator, for there was no point in writing without serious motivation." - Casaubon referring to Belbo, Foucault's Pendulum.

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batjet3 Near Mint

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Wasn't going to buy anything until the dust settled on the 149 purchase, but....

 

I just sent off the 220 for service (had some cracks, and after flushing it, I couldn't get it to keep writing....

 

Today I grabbed a Noblesse SS Rollerball for $50

 

It's got a nice weight, and of course, the MB refills write like a dream. I can take this one to work and not worry TOO much about it walking away.

 

I've got my finger on the trigger for a 146, but -- I need to play with the 149 for a little while longer.

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In the past 14 days, Hemingway #3, POA Joseph (sent for nib change from M to BB), Agatha Vermeil, 149 #10 (price too good to pass up), Julius 888 and, perhaps this weekend, a 149 demonstrator (see other thread) :)

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After sampling one at Neiman Marcus, I've got the Collodi on my Wish List -- anniversary and Birthday coming up in a few months.....a boy can hope....I agree, though; she should be the first to ink the pen.

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After much waiting, this finally arrived.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8915/imagewvax.jpg

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