The 2016 W.e. William Shakespeare Has Arrived!

[Pravda]

All but 1 (Friedrich) POAs are piston filled not cartridges. That's the case with the majority of the limited editions.

 

The cap went on with a click? So it's not threaded?

[thygreyt]

i have yet to look at it in person and feel it on my hand. Then i'll decide.

 

Not sure on whether to get a regular 146, or 146 Ultra black, or (146) Shakespeare.

 

I have a 144, 145, 149 and a few special editions... but no 146.

[Pravda]

I would get a 146 or 146 solitaire. The most beautiful is due in September the Solitaire Martele.

 

The Shakespeare isn't really a 146 no? Same chassis but different pens

[Valdair]

I would get a 146 or 146 solitaire. The most beautiful is due in September the Solitaire Martele.

What is this Solitaire Martele? Never heard of it and can't find any information.

[gmax]

What is this Solitaire Martele?

+1 Never heard of this until now. What is it?!

[zaddick]

Quoting from the writer,

 

It was the best of fountain pen, it was the worst of fountain pen.

 

 

That is a version of Dickens famous opening to A Tale of Two Cities. He already has a pen.

[Pravda]

+1 Never heard of this until now. What is it?!

 

 

Its a solitaire that is hammered (martele in french) like in the Leo Tolstoy but throughout the whole body and without the aging process. It is gorgeous, take my word for it. Saw it in the Rouge et Noir event, not allowed to post its picture here- but it was the only my eyes kept wandering to.

[maksim]

 

All but 1 (Friedrich) POAs are piston filled not cartridges. That's the case with the majority of the limited editions.

 

The cap went on with a click? So it's not threaded?[/quote

 

It is threaded, but sme mechanism that at the end, almost like spring or suction.

 

I guess more like Visconti Homo sapiens vs Visconti wall st.

 

Both screw on, but the sapiens has the extra at the end.

 

Best I can describe it.

 

Fph has it for $840 and just may have to get

[maksim]

I would get a 146 or 146 solitaire. The most beautiful is due in September the Solitaire Martele.

 

The Shakespeare isn't really a 146 no? Same chassis but different pens

Size weight, the Shakespeare felt more like the 149 than the 146. It is a substantial pen

[CS388]

Much Ado About Nothing.

 

or

 

Love's Labours Lost

 

(imho)

Edited July 1, 2016 by CS388

[Ghost Plane]

Much Ado About Nothing.

 

or

 

Love's Labours Lost

 

(imho)

Tragedy, not comedy to my eyes.

[TSherbs]

It's Montblanc's "second best" pen

[Harunie]

It's Montblanc's "second best" pen

 

Second? whats the best? the hemingway?

[Laura N]

 

Second? whats the best? the hemingway?

 

Shakespeare's will left his "second-best bed" to his wife.

[Harunie]

 

Shakespeare's will left his "second-best bed" to his wife.

 

That reference went completely over my head, damn, and i should have known better too haha

[mongrelnomad]

Quoting from the writer,

 

It was the best of fountain pen, it was the worst of fountain pen.

 

I am totally speechless, and relieved to have saved the buck for other pen.

That's Dickens.

[Skoff]

I really want to like this pen... As an English literature graduate it's the perfect writer to be the inspiration for my first WE Montblanc.

 

However, I must say I am undecided.

 

For me it's the nib which underwhelms me a little. I really need to see it in person, though being a few hundred miles away from a boutique makes that difficult. I also would want a BB nib which just adds to the complication of it all.

[CS388]

Tragedy, not comedy to my eyes.

 

Indeed.

 

But quite a few of the recent 'serious' pens have unwittingly veered into comedy, imho.

[orfew]

I quite like the looks of this pen. I will have to try one in person.

[maksim]

do you guys think these will be a good investment?

 

Thinking of buying one to use and one to stash sealed for the future.

 

How have previous writers editions done?