Meisterstück 149 "fine" Nib?

[manhha]

as MB nibs are all hand-made, IMHO the size of the tipping varies between nibs. I just bought a new 149 with Fine nib, and it's much thinner than the F size of my 146. Its even finer and drier than the Pelikan M1000 EF.

 

Edited July 1, 2017 by manhha

[Bluey]

as MB nibs are all hand-made

LOL

Are you sure?

Edited July 1, 2017 by Bluey

[manhha]

LOL

Are you sure?

The video may say. At least nibs were hand-run and hand-ground by craftsmen, that makes the tipping width varies among pens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHnp55_qZ4

[Plexipens]

"Hand-made" in that humans have a significant part to play in the final form and finish. So one should be not surprised when variations exists..... it is, in fact, truly human!

Edited July 1, 2017 by Plexipens

[Tom Kellie]

"Hand-made" in that humans have a significant part to play in the final form and finish. So one should be not surprised when variations exists..... it is, in fact, truly human!

 

~ Plexipens:

 

Very well-said!

Human designed, human crafted, human tweaked, human polished, human finalized, human packed and shipped, human sold, and human used.

So much for fountain pen-using robots...

Tom K.

[meiers]

That's why we may say that each of these pens has soul.

[meiers]

as MB nibs are all hand-made, IMHO the size of the tipping varies between nibs. I just bought a new 149 with Fine nib, and it's much thinner than the F size of my 146. Its even finer and drier than the Pelikan M1000 EF.

2017-06-30 14.32.24.jpg

 

I enjoyed the writing sample.

[Bluey]

The video may say. At least nibs were hand-run and hand-ground by craftsmen, that makes the tipping width varies among pens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHnp55_qZ4

So most nibs on the planet are "handmade" then. I don't see anything different there compared to Pilot, Aurora, Parker or any of the others.

 

Thanks for the video.

Edited July 1, 2017 by Bluey

[meiers]

Montblanc is one of many outstanding fountain pen manufacturers. It's a long list.

Edited July 1, 2017 by meiers

[meiers]

as MB nibs are all hand-made, IMHO the size of the tipping varies between nibs. I just bought a new 149 with Fine nib, and it's much thinner than the F size of my 146. Its even finer and drier than the Pelikan M1000 EF.

2017-06-30 14.32.24.jpg

 

Thanks AGAIN for the writing samples!!!! Edited July 2, 2017 by meiers

[manhha]

Thanks AGAIN for the writing samples!!!!

Thanks. Honestly I wasn't a MB fan until I found my grail MB 149 with Fine nib. It's now on my daily rotation, together with S.T Dupont Olympio XL and a blue Edson.

[Dorf]

I have a 144 Ultra Black with F nib that looks more like a Medium. Very smooth and wet. Then I bought a 149 also with F nib. The nib was very scratchy and dry compared to the 144. It wasn't smooth at all, so I've sendt it to Montblanc for a change to a Medium nib.

[Alex2014]

Knowing the specificity of MB nibs, I ordered my 149 with EF nib. Not at all scratchy.

Indeed, a great difference upon the paper quality. On a low quality paper, it writes rather like an M (I would appreciate a with of .35.-.4), while on Rhodia it is a nice F nib (.22-.25).

Edited July 3, 2017 by Alex2014