Montblanc Platinum 149 Obbb

[Tom Kellie]

Workhorses

EEF and EF High Contrast Close-up

[meiers]

Nice!

They have been places.

My Montblancs go every I go and bear the scars to prove it.

Edited October 26, 2016 by meiers

[Pravda]

Love people that enjoy their stuff to the fullest of their intention I am, unfortunately, not one of them :/ My pens rarely even see a table top, always padded surfaces etc. I have a watch I wear daily for 7 years and its boutique think I just purchased it every time I pop in.

 

But yes, TK waltz right on

 

**Edit** PS But I am curious, how does a nib in particular get scratched? If the pen is either in use or capped at all times etc

Edited October 26, 2016 by Pravda

[Tom Kellie]

[Mister Mont Blanc]

 

 

 

Hi Tom- as always, your wonderfully hand-written notes are a joy to read as well as your posted pictures of pen comparisons. I believe what Pravda said is correct. The O3B nib is still referred to as a "signature nib" in the scope of the No. 149 materials and the nib options for the 149 but the term "signature nib" is now also used for bespoke nib sizes that are available for all pens (I believe?). So I think that the phrase now relates more to the intended purpose of the nib and not necessarily the specific nib size itself.

[Pravda]

 

Hi Tom- as always, your wonderfully hand-written notes are a joy to read as well as your posted pictures of pen comparisons. I believe what Pravda said is correct. The O3B nib is still referred to as a "signature nib" in the scope of the No. 149 materials and the nib options for the 149 but the term "signature nib" is now also used for bespoke nib sizes that are available for all pens (I believe?). So I think that the phrase now relates more to the intended purpose of the nib and not necessarily the specific nib size itself.

 

 

Right, if I understand the phrasing correctly. I do remember, however, being told that only a 149 could have these larger sizes and not the 146- despite the testers being from the latter.

[Tom Kellie]

[Pen Nut]

 

 

Right, if I understand the phrasing correctly. I do remember, however, being told that only a 149 could have these larger sizes and not the 146- despite the testers being from the latter.

 

Below is a picture of a tester set I owned. Some tester set boxes have the letter S on the extreme right hand pen case and the actual meaning of the S is 'special', it was a ball type Kug nib which was very easy to use, some people have said it was S for signature but this was not the case.

 

The S pen is 145 sized whilst the rest are standard 146. As I understand it all nib variants in the box were / are available to order.

 

[Tom Kellie]

[Pravda]

 

 

 

 

I can't wait for my nib to come through.. 2 weeks gone by now, hopefully next week. The M nib it currently has is starved and annoying.

[Pen Nut]

Hello Tom,

 

The 'S' nib (Kugel) was pretty much a medium + in my view and certainly was not anything too broad to note. It enabled anyone who was a bit unsure of using a fountain pen to simply un cap it and go, very user friendly but obviously no line variation at all.

[GardenWeasel]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/nukemkb/738915EE-4A94-4963-AA8D-E1D5E79EDD15.jpg

[Ghost Plane]

Yum!

[Tom Kellie]

[Pravda]

Happy birthday dear friend! May it be an amazing year, followed by many more in great health and happiness

 

كل عام و انت بخير توم كيلي

 

In Arabic: Happy Birthday Tom Kellie (from right to left)

[Tom Kellie]

~ Pravda:

[Pravda]

Brilliant! Great handwriting too, I'm printing this haha

[ansmy]

Happy birthday! May life grant you the opportunity to write a million amazing notes more!

Edited November 4, 2016 by ansmy

[Tom Kellie]

Happy birthday! May life grant you the opportunity to write a million amazing notes more!

 

[meiers]

Many happy returns of the day!!!

Keep well.

And thank you for adding your voice to this forum.