149 M Vs Signature Nib

[Pravda]

 

How does one go about getting one of these writing analyses?

Just pop into one of the larger stores and ask for one done. They're free and take about 10 mins from start to finish

[Tom Kellie]

~ When I took my Montblanc handwriting analysis at a Beijing boutique in 2015 it suggested that very broad nibs might best suit me.

I took it as a significant comment well worth considering, despite my micro-penmanship at that time.

However, the staff member who administered the test, who knew that I'd purchased four 149 EFs and two Classique EFs, felt certain that something was amiss.

He consulted the area manager, who knows me and happened to be in the boutique at the time, who then invited me to take a second test the same day.

Same result.

They profusely apologized, saying that it was a new system which wasn't adequately calibrated.

After leaving, I couldn't get the unexpected handwriting test result out of my thinking.

One week later, on a Saturday afternoon following a morning life sciences/ecology class for undergraduates, I returned unannounced to the boutique.

I asked if there were any broad nibs in stock on any fountain pen. They scoured the premises for roughly fifteen minutes, finally turning up only one, a 146 90th Anniversary B.

They staff were overtly unsettled when I purchased it on the spot, as they felt that I was making a colossal blunder, as I'd been so satisfied with EF nibs.

My thinking was that I owned no 146 fountain pens, therefore it was time to add one. To this day it's the only 146 I own.

I also felt that if the test suggested a broader nib, I was game to try, knowing that if I didn't like it, nib exchange remained an option.

No nib exchange ever occurred.

I loved writing with it, soon moving outward to BB and OBBB, the rest being history.

All of this is recounted as evidence that Montblanc's handwriting analysis program is well worth seeking out.

Who knows? One might learn wholly unexpected aspects concerning one's own handwriting.

Tom K.

[Ghost Plane]

The broad side has cookies...

[meiers]

The broad side has cookies...

I'm all in.

[Vlad Soare]

While I understand the appeal of broader nibs up to a certain point, I just can't see why something that extreme is called a 'signature nib'. How can you sign with a paintbrush?

I often have to resort to a ballpoint pen to sign forms, because my M nib is much too wide to fit into that tiny space.

[Pravda]

While I understand the appeal of broader nibs up to a certain point, I just can't see why something that extreme is called a 'signature nib'. How can you sign with a paintbrush?

I often have to resort to a ballpoint pen to sign forms, because my M nib is much too wide to fit into that tiny space.

 

 

Well.. if you are signing a peace treaty, a crease fire, an economic program etc. would you want your signature to be tiny and barely visible?

[Vlad Soare]

Who said anything about tiny and barely visible? Between a needle point nib and a mason's brush there's a plethora of other options.

I have nothing against the idea of using a 'signature' nib, but I just cannot imagine how I could do that. How big can one's signature be? Half an A4 page?

[Ghost Plane]

Emphasis

[Pravda]

On a serious note:

 

OBBB (previously known as Signature) is more than adequate for normal people to sing their names with some zest.

 

OBBBBBB (current Signature) is for ceremonial purposes, where there are TV cameras and red ribbons involved etc. Alternatively, it can be used for calligraphy, art etc

[Kalessin]

What? Doesn't everyone have TV cameras and red ribbons around whenever they sign their name? I can't be the only one!

 

 

[zaddick]

What? Doesn't everyone have TV cameras and red ribbons around whenever they sign their name? I can't be the only one!

 

 

What I can't believe is that people still sign their own name. I have people for such physical labors. Retinal scans are the way to go.

 

[Ghost Plane]

What I can't believe is that people still sign their own name. I have people for such physical labors. Retinal scans are the way to go.

Tell that to the readers clutching their paper copies at book signings.

[Pen Nut]

On a serious note:

 

OBBB (previously known as Signature) is more than adequate for normal people to sing their names with some zest.

 

OBBBBBB (current Signature) is for ceremonial purposes, where there are TV cameras and red ribbons involved etc. Alternatively, it can be used for calligraphy, art etc

 

Going on a bit this but just so I have got it right, the older (early 2000's) O3B equates to the later OBBB ?

[Pravda]

 

Going on a bit this but just so I have got it right, the older (early 2000's) O3B equates to the later OBBB ?

 

 

I guess.. I use both interchangeably when I am too lazy to type 3 B's

[Yanwen]

Wow, that's the perfect nib for Tibetan language!!! OMG, finally, it's so great that Montblanc can offer such a nib.

 

Edited October 27, 2016 by Yanwen

[meiers]

Beautiful script.

Edited October 28, 2016 by meiers