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I am eagerly awaiting something Black and Silver with an hour glass etched on the nib.

 

Nice, you made me go look what you were expecting.. Oh, the power of the internet.

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As I am traveling to the US next week from Amsterdam, I just might take a peek at the Montblanc shop at the airport. Since it is tax-free, it may just be the opportunity to by myself a brand-new 149 at a price that is a bit more reasonable. Hope they have some nib sizes in stock ;-). And hope that I can control myself whilst in the boutique...

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As I am traveling to the US next week from Amsterdam, I just might take a peek at the Montblanc shop at the airport. Since it is tax-free, it may just be the opportunity to by myself a brand-new 149 at a price that is a bit more reasonable. Hope they have some nib sizes in stock ;-). And hope that I can control myself whilst in the boutique...

 

Oh, please do let us know if it works and if it is really more reasonable priced.

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I am eagerly awaiting something Black and Silver with an hour glass etched on the nib.

 

Do you mean something like this? And what nib does your one has?

Get your self some silverpolish and polishcloth. Most of the time it needs a good rub!

 

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KJY, no doubts the Dumas is one of the best WEs ever done by MB, and the nib is perhaps the most beautiful of all them. After your black fill, have a look at the Irish Green: of all the inks I used with the Dumas, it is the one that seems more suited for this gorgeous pen, IMO.

 

Thanks for your tip.

I just ordered some bottles of Jonathan Swift and I don't have Irish Green (yet).

Another good reason to go to the boutique!

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I too had the bug this week and I've just bought a MB Hemingway with a Medium nib. I expect it to arrive sometime next week. This is the last pen I need to complete my set. I guess I need to find something else to spend my disposable money on now.

 

 

Congratulations, Brandon! I know that not all MB fans like the Hemingway, but in my opinion it is a pen in its own league. I hope you payed a fair price for it. Enjoy your pen in good health.

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I too had the bug this week and I've just bought a MB Hemingway with a Medium nib. I expect it to arrive sometime next week. This is the last pen I need to complete my set. I guess I need to find something else to spend my disposable money on now.

 

 

Congratulations, Brandon! I know that not all MB fans like the Hemingway, but in my opinion it is a pen in its own league. I hope you payed a fair price for it. Enjoy your pen in good health.

 

 

Congratulations on your purchase too. I'm sure we'll both love our pens when they arrive.

 

Ive also bought a Swift today, photos in my other Swift thread.

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I am eagerly awaiting something Black and Silver with an hour glass etched on the nib.

 

Do you mean something like this? And what nib does your one has?

Get your self some silverpolish and polishcloth. Most of the time it needs a good rub!

 

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That would be the one.....

 

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Mike

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All of this talk about the these last two WEs... I wish I knew where to find them at affordable prices...

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KJY, no doubts the Dumas is one of the best WEs ever done by MB, and the nib is perhaps the most beautiful of all them. After your black fill, have a look at the Irish Green: of all the inks I used with the Dumas, it is the one that seems more suited for this gorgeous pen, IMO.

 

Thanks for your tip.

I just ordered some bottles of Jonathan Swift and I don't have Irish Green (yet).

Another good reason to go to the boutique!

 

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While the Dumas is of course a fantastic pen I am always struck by your beautiful italic handwriting. It always reminds me of the old Italian scribes who developed it. I wonder, is the paper the same as I've seen you use in the handwritten thread in the Writing Instruments forum? If so, what is it?

And thank you for showing off the Irish Green so beautifully. I've never seen its so well presented before. One more for the want list.smile.gif

 

 

Cheers,

Peter

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While the Dumas is of course a fantastic pen I am always struck by your beautiful italic handwriting. It always reminds me of the old Italian scribes who developed it. I wonder, is the paper the same as I've seen you use in the handwritten thread in the Writing Instruments forum? If so, what is it?

And thank you for showing off the Irish Green so beautifully. I've never seen its so well presented before. One more for the want list.smile.gif

 

 

Cheers,

Peter

 

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Thank you. I found their website, now to find the paper!

 

 

Cheers,

Peter

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What's the nib in your Dumas with which you did that great italics?

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Lovely handwriting! I wish I could write like yours! :notworthy1:

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What's the nib in your Dumas with which you did that great italics?

 

It was a medium nib, regrind to a 0.6 mm crisp italic by Mike Matsuyama.

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Ahhh. Thanks. For some reason it never "dawned" on me to regrind a WE nib, thinking that one would just want to keep a WE "stock". But, that sure is a beautiful result... of course, it is mainly YOUR hand that does it. I don't think that if I had Mike regrind any nib for me that my writing would suddenly look anywhere near as wonderful as yours.

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Ahhh. Thanks. For some reason it never "dawned" on me to regrind a WE nib, thinking that one would just want to keep a WE "stock". But, that sure is a beautiful result... of course, it is mainly YOUR hand that does it. I don't think that if I had Mike regrind any nib for me that my writing would suddenly look anywhere near as wonderful as yours.

 

tenney, Montblanc do not produce any "italic nib" in its range, even though you may find quite a lot of good stubs in B, BB, and oblique nibs. Nib size is further reduced in the LE pens, at least in the last years. So, if you are not excessively "respectful" with your LEs (many would only accept a "stock" nib" to preserve originality), the only chance to have an italic nib is to ask a nibmeister.

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