What's Your Favourite Looking Montblanc?

[jkingrph]

I have two sets, bp and fp. Both are the 146 silver duo models. one is pinstrip the other barley, and it is really hard to choose. the barley set I purchased new, the pinstrip I put together at rather bargin prices off ebay. I think the pinstripe looks a little more formal compared to the barley which has the resin body also engraved with the barley portion. I also like my 146 models , regular and traveler in bordeaux.

[Rosetta59]

No doubt the 344: it is a sort of essential, understated, but a great writer, and with ideal size.

The nib is something of a dream: smooooooth and flexible like a feather !!

 

 

 

[zaddick]

Thanks Zaddick. Must include the original 139 then. I like both.

That is not a 139. That might be a 138 or another 136. The 139 has two silver rings around a gold band like the celluloid 149. I'll see if I can find a picture later today if no one has posted one by then.

[jpierson]

The second one is his 136.

Correct!

 

I can't currently justify $4,500 on a 139....

[Freddy]

Well, right off the top of my head.....that would be.....hmm.....

139 long ink window.....128 Platinum.....and WE Dumas.

 

Fred

with the 139 and 128 sportin' flexie B and BB nibs..........

Yup..that's the ticket............................................................

[zaddick]

Here are some of my favorite MB pens...

 

Green striated 146

 

138

 

Hitchcock

 

My custom celluloid 149 demo

 

Hemingway (the pen on top, the pen on bottom is a Shawn Newton custom)

 

Pens I don't own that I really like include...

 

Pope Julius 888

 

The Legendary 139 with a loing ink window

 

Magical Black Widow 88

 

Platinum 128

 

And here are some not made by MB fantasy MB pens I love...

 

Torelli 139

 

Torelli 45 8-sided pen

 

Torelli Lucite pen

 

Maxpens 149 in green striated celluloid

 

Paul Rossi custom bodies 149 pens in Sheaffer Acrylic

[max dog]

Wow, thanks Zaddick, that was a treat. Some really beautiful pens you posted.

Those "fantasy" pens available are very nice too.

[max dog]

I have two sets, bp and fp. Both are the 146 silver duo models. one is pinstrip the other barley, and it is really hard to choose. the barley set I purchased new, the pinstrip I put together at rather bargin prices off ebay. I think the pinstripe looks a little more formal compared to the barley which has the resin body also engraved with the barley portion. I also like my 146 models , regular and traveler in bordeaux.

I think the duo models look really sharp, and I like both the pinstripe and barley patterns. It's great there is a lot of variety available in the nicely sized 146 line.

[max dog]

No doubt the 344: it is a sort of essential, understated, but a great writer, and with ideal size.

The nib is something of a dream: smooooooth and flexible like a feather !!

 

 

 

This looks like quite the gem. It's impressive how Montblanc pens span the entire spectrum from very understated down to business designs right up to those magnificent works of art.

Edited July 10, 2016 by max dog

[max dog]

Wow, thanks Zaddick, that was a treat. Some really beautiful pens you posted.

Those "fantasy" pens available are very nice too.

 

Zaddick, just curious. Those Torelli and Paul Rossi customized Montblanc pens, are they done in collaboration with Montblanc like the Custom LB5 and Sailor, or are they completely independent offerings?

[zaddick]

 

Zaddick, just curious. Those Torelli and Paul Rossi customized Montblanc pens, are they done in collaboration with Montblanc like the Custom LB5 and Sailor, or are they completely independent offerings?

They are unauthorized and.MB generally puts a stop to them through legal threats, or maybe strong hints is a kinder term. The 149 from Max was made with a small amount of vintage rod stock so I think there are only 2 or 3. as far as I k n ow, Paul no longer makes those types of MB reskins and Brad will not make a pen with and MB star.

[Opooh]

Well I have seen a nice collection of pens in this forum and there are plenty more: the red mottled 12, the Agatha Christie, the 139 demonstrator by Maxpens. The list is very long and I have the luck of owning some of these beauties. But for me the all time greatest is the 149, not the silver rings with the telescopic piston, they only are inked occasionally and stay at home. They are too precious and becoming vulnerable,spare parts are scarce and servicing them is no DIY job. On the other hand, my precious resin 149ers, even the first one bought more than 40 years ago, are all in regular rotation, they are trusty daily workhorses, servicing is a piece of cake with the right tools, nib sizes ranging from EEF to OBBB ( 10 ), recently choice of 3 trims. What more could one wish.

[Nathanb]

I find the blue hour stunning!

 

 

 

I am on the hunt to find one of these in platinum (at a reasonable price!)

 

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQzWDE0NjE=/z/SZgAAOSwAvJXAWRR/$_57.JPG

[jsolares]

I'm really drawn to the Solitaires in silver pinstripe pattern. either the Doué or the complete one.

 

 

[max dog]

Well I have seen a nice collection of pens in this forum and there are plenty more: the red mottled 12, the Agatha Christie, the 139 demonstrator by Maxpens. The list is very long and I have the luck of owning some of these beauties. But for me the all time greatest is the 149, not the silver rings with the telescopic piston, they only are inked occasionally and stay at home. They are too precious and becoming vulnerable,spare parts are scarce and servicing them is no DIY job. On the other hand, my precious resin 149ers, even the first one bought more than 40 years ago, are all in regular rotation, they are trusty daily workhorses, servicing is a piece of cake with the right tools, nib sizes ranging from EEF to OBBB ( 10 ), recently choice of 3 trims. What more could one wish.

I agree, the 149 is unsurpassed. As plain as it may look to some, it's beauty and attraction is in the realm of the intangibles. A fat 149 in your hand just feels right!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 11, 2016 by max dog

[Inky.Fingers]

[max dog]

Another one I'm drawn to in addition to the Czar Nikolai, that I don't currently have, would be the Einstein. Love that warped space time continuum cap.

Edited July 11, 2016 by max dog

[max dog]

I find the blue hour stunning!

 

 

 

I am on the hunt to find one of these in platinum (at a reasonable price!)

 

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQzWDE0NjE=/z/SZgAAOSwAvJXAWRR/$_57.JPG

That Blue Hour is stunning indeed. I'm drooling! Would look cool with ink sloshing around in it.

 

I wouldn't mind a platinum version of the Czar Nikolai at all.

Edited July 11, 2016 by max dog

[max dog]

I'm really drawn to the Solitaires in silver pinstripe pattern. either the Doué or the complete one.

 

 

I'm with you on the 146 Solitaire. They are brilliant, and mine has a permanent place in my 3 pen pouch and it goes with me everywhere ever since I got it. Lately the 149 accompanies it. Luckily my leather 3 pen pouch can stretch.

[max dog]

That's a handsome set you have there! Simply elegant. Nice line variation too. Thanks for sharing.