What's Your Most Recent Mb Purchase?

[KJY]

Many congrats!

She is a very fine writer.

What nib does she has?

 

 

Yesterday, I inked the pen with Iroshizuku Asa-gao, in my opinion a very well-behaved blue ink and, wow, the F nib on the Agatha Christie is smooth, wet, very, very easy to write with. This pen is rapidly becoming a favourite of mine.

 

Good to know she has found a good home.

Yes I also really like my Christie with B-nib. Good flow and very wet nib. The best item is the ink-window and the nice curved grip. Most of my WE don't have an inkwindow and it is always guessing when I do need a refill.

 

A bit offtopic:

My latest experience is that the Swift even has a better B-nib. Horizontal lines are very fluent.

[alvarado]

My recent purchase, although it's a year late.

Where did you get this? Still available from boutique?

[tjlauic]

My recent purchase, although it's a year late.

 

Better late than never!

Congrats! Hope you will enjoy it.

 

Thanks KJY! I'm enjoying everytime when I look at it. Now I'm waiting for my current pens' ink used up and then switch to it!

[tjlauic]

My recent purchase, although it's a year late.

 

Beautiful pen, a lovely writer. Congratulations! A bit top-heavy in my opinion because of the metal piston knob, but a very good daily writer. The cap is especially marvellous.

 

I like to use a dark-brown ink in my Collodi.

 

Thanks Pmhudepo! When I first look at the pen on the website I wasn't that fond of it, but when I saw it in real life I just fell in love with it. I don't know if it's the big snow/star at the top of the cap, or the champagne gold that makes it stands out than others, or all the details on the cap and the "invisible piston" on the pinocchio nose, I just love it (I'm glad my wife loves it too, guess she's tired of seeing my black traditional look pens).

 

And yes it's a bit top-heavy but I think it is still manageable (I don't post the cap). The dark-brown Collodi ink is a perfect match for the pen.

[tjlauic]

My recent purchase, although it's a year late.

Where did you get this? Still available from boutique?

 

Hi Alvarado, yes I got it from Montblanc boutique in Hong Kong. At first I was trying to find it in some local pen shops hoping to get some discounts, but later I found out that after 2010 Montblanc stops supplying pens to other local pen shops in Hong Kong. So I went back to the boutique and I was told that this pen is almost gone! So I quickly grab it before it's too late (they used to have 3 on my first visit, and when I purchase a week after they were down to 2, now they probably have 1 left).

[KJY]

My recent purchase, although it's a year late.

Where did you get this? Still available from boutique?

 

Hi Alvarado, yes I got it from Montblanc boutique in Hong Kong. At first I was trying to find it in some local pen shops hoping to get some discounts, but later I found out that after 2010 Montblanc stops supplying pens to other local pen shops in Hong Kong. So I went back to the boutique and I was told that this pen is almost gone! So I quickly grab it before it's too late (they used to have 3 on my first visit, and when I purchase a week after they were down to 2, now they probably have 1 left).

 

Thanks for sharing the info and your story.

What nib did you get for this one?

 

And have you tried the pistonfiller? Mine had a very very stiff one and I could barely fill it. So it went back to the factory and at the same time it got another nib (M to B ).

 

 

edited: typo

Edited November 8, 2012 by KJY

[tjlauic]

My recent purchase, although it's a year late.

Where did you get this? Still available from boutique?

 

Hi Alvarado, yes I got it from Montblanc boutique in Hong Kong. At first I was trying to find it in some local pen shops hoping to get some discounts, but later I found out that after 2010 Montblanc stops supplying pens to other local pen shops in Hong Kong. So I went back to the boutique and I was told that this pen is almost gone! So I quickly grab it before it's too late (they used to have 3 on my first visit, and when I purchase a week after they were down to 2, now they probably have 1 left).

 

Thanks for sharing the info and your story.

What nib did you get for this one?

 

And have you tried the pistonfiller? Mine had a very very stiff one and I could barely fill it. So it went back to the factory and at the same time it got another nib (M to B ).

 

 

edited: typo

 

I got an F nib. I found that this is good for my handwriting as I write both English and Chinese. I prefer using M nib for signatures though.

 

I haven't tried filling ink yet but when I purchased it the Boutique personnel did demonstrate the piston filler to me, and it looks like an easy twist. Sorry to hear about the piston and hope you enjoy the pen after the service!

[KJY]

 

 

I got an F nib. I found that this is good for my handwriting as I write both English and Chinese. I prefer using M nib for signatures though.

 

I haven't tried filling ink yet but when I purchased it the Boutique personnel did demonstrate the piston filler to me, and it looks like an easy twist. Sorry to hear about the piston and hope you enjoy the pen after the service!

 

Thanks for asking.

Yes, it works fine after the service.

 

It took them more than 2,5 months before it returned to me, but they gave me an extra bottle ink as present.

[7th Wave]

Just received my 147 Traveller today...happy boy :clap1: :clap1: :clap1:

 

I'll get some macro close-ups of the nib etc. tomorrow, but until then here's a piccie to be getting on with...

 

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj162/mjgordon8081/T2eC16dHJFoE9nh6piqmBQmPYtB-eQ60_12.jpg

[camoandconcrete]

Just received my 147 Traveller today...happy boy :clap1: :clap1: :clap1:

 

I'll get some macro close-ups of the nib etc. tomorrow, but until then here's a piccie to be getting on with...

 

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj162/mjgordon8081/T2eC16dHJFoE9nh6piqmBQmPYtB-eQ60_12.jpg

 

Nice!

[BrandonA]

My recent purchase, although it's a year late.

 

Better late than never

[Zdenek]

Yesterday..

[camoandconcrete]

Yesterday..

Nice! I was just at the same store today!

[KJY]

Yesterday..

 

Is that another new ink?

Samples please!

[Zdenek]

Yesterday..

Nice! I was just at the same store today!

 

Really???? How do you like it?

[PBW]

Yesterday..

 

Is that another new ink?

Samples please!

 

New ink would be great.

I want to know as well.

[camoandconcrete]

Yesterday..

Nice! I was just at the same store today!

 

Really???? How do you like it?

 

I like it. They were polite and friendly to me. Its where I bought my Swift fountain pen.

[Zdenek]

Congrats to your Swift pen.

As to the red ink, it is obviously a new season ink. When I was there recently they have only regular line of inks and diamond blue. Unfortunately I am a blue guy so I do not know when the red will be tried.

[agentdaffy007]

Was going down the escalator when my girlfriend pointed out a pen store. Walked in and 3 minutes later, walked out with a MB Racing Green bottle. )

[shrinknib]

Was going down the escalator when my girlfriend pointed out a pen store. Walked in and 3 minutes later, walked out with a MB Racing Green bottle. )

 

 

Just one!! :roflmho: