What Mbs Are You Using Today?

[Baka1969]

[ak47]

9 minutes ago, Baka1969 said:

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[Baka1969]

I finally inked my JFK

 

[der123chang]

Currently using a 149 OBB. It's a lot of fun to use, though it seems to hard start very occasionally, taking a second or two before the ink flows onto the paper.

[Baka1969]

9 hours ago, der123chang said:

Currently using a 149 OBB. It's a lot of fun to use, though it seems to hard start very occasionally, taking a second or two before the ink flows onto the paper.

 

I really want an OBB nib on a LeGrand/146. 

[roadrunner320]

146 from the 80's, Montblanc Irish Green

 

[Karmachanic]

Brand new second hand 60s 149 with a French market 18c EF nib. 

It was presented for sale as a late 80s model.  Enjoying the delightful nib and the lighter weight.  Lovely surprise.

[Carrau]

3 hours ago, Karmachanic said:

Brand new second hand 60s 149 with a French market 18c EF nib. 

It was presented for sale as a late 80s model.  Enjoying the delightful nib and the lighter weight.  Lovely surprise.

Indeed!

[lobster]

Grey striated 642 with Parker Washable Blue Quink. Fantastic M nib with lots of flex (which I of course didn't use..)

[txomsy]

Wow! That's a beauty of a pen, and I don't like shiny thingies, but this one... wow!

[lobster]

On 3/4/2024 at 2:39 PM, txomsy said:

Wow! That's a beauty of a pen, and I don't like shiny thingies, but this one... wow!

 

Thanks.
The white balance is very different on my computer. It looked good on my phone.

[Inkyways]

On 3/1/2024 at 3:39 AM, roadrunner320 said:

146 from the 80's, Montblanc Irish Green

 

 

 

As  this nib is  relatively vintage to the present nibs in the market on 146, I am wondering  if this nib has any special character in writing. If this is a soft / flexible nib in another words?

 I guess it is 18K and it doesn't mean any think to do with the flexibility but it is a unique  is design and has every vintage reflection in design. I love it is a Fine nib and already has lot of promises.

[Baka1969]

On 3/6/2024 at 12:39 PM, Inkyways said:

 

 

As  this nib is  relatively vintage to the present nibs in the market on 146, I am wondering  if this nib has any special character in writing. If this is a soft / flexible nib in another words?

 I guess it is 18K and it doesn't mean any think to do with the flexibility but it is a unique  is design and has every vintage reflection in design. I love it is a Fine nib and already has lot of promises.

 

I have 14c, 14k, 18k 146 pens/nibs and I can't say they're really dramatically different from each other except I do have an OB that writes smoother and wetter than the others that are mediums. 

 

That said, each one does have a somewhat different feel and character. But I can say the same thing about my Lamy pens. 

 

I'd like to add a MB fine (I have one of my mediums that's on the thinner side) and an O3B nib to round out my lineup. 

[Baka1969]

Just in!

 

[ak47]

On 3/7/2024 at 10:06 PM, Baka1969 said:

Just in!

 

It is a beautiful blue!!!

[Baka1969]

2 hours ago, ak47 said:

It is a beautiful blue!!!

Thanks.  Especially when the light hits it right.

[roadrunner320]

On 3/7/2024 at 12:39 AM, Inkyways said:

 

 

As  this nib is  relatively vintage to the present nibs in the market on 146, I am wondering  if this nib has any special character in writing. If this is a soft / flexible nib in another words?

 I guess it is 18K and it doesn't mean any think to do with the flexibility but it is a unique  is design and has every vintage reflection in design. I love it is a Fine nib and already has lot of promises.

Hi There,

 

In comparison to my other 146 nib type pens, all are all newer pens, the writing experience is not much different. Its different, but almost impossible to choose a favorite one.

The main difference for me is the nib width. This is a Fine, as said I use also newer medium and fine, this one sits in-between.

 

 

 

 

 

[Inkyways]

I have three 146 Pens and a 149 pen and 4 other Mb vintage like Mozat/ and older vintages.  All my pens haven't got right nib for me as I got them for the sake of collecting.

I only like Extra  Fine or rather FINE NIBS on all average pen collections. . Yes I am into Vintage pens. In my MB collection I have my 149 in fine ( so it is a lucky  add) Out of three 146 I have a fine nib and one pen can be use as fine by using _UPSIDE DOWN writing. I am planing to grind few nibs to fine or EF grinds in the future. 

[Baka1969]

Family portrait.

[Bo Bo Olson]

I picked this up today, from the live caution house.  The etui is a leather MB.

An early '50's 264 M. The only other MB that I have that is size marked on the piston cap is a 234 1/2 Deluxe (52-54 only) KOB. It says M, but is narrow...F to EF, with Toffee, on good to better papers.

It is the same size as a Pelikan 400nn. I had thought it when I first had it in my hand at the auction house a medium-small pen....in most of my MB's are fatter.

 

This is other info I got. I have asked to use it, but he hasn't had time to agree or not.....Vintage Mountblanc.

MB two sixty four

No. 264

The Hamburg factory recovered strong after being bombed in the mid-1940s. It introduced a significant technological advancement in the 1950s - injection moulding. This allowed for faster, cheaper, less labour intensive, and more durable and reliable pen manufacturing. In fact, this technology changed manufacture efficiencies so much that the Danish and Spanish factories could no longer compete with the German one and so they seized operations eventually. The 34x, 25x, and 26x are the first few series produced using this technology. 

The 264 is a mid-sized piston filler. My pen dates back to 1954-56. The nib on this one has medium flex and allows for some expressive writing. In my opinion, it is a rather classy design. The 264 looks very much like the 254 but for a few critical differences. First, it has a very different nib - a rather typical looking MB nib. The 26x series was cheaper than the 25x series. But, one of the catalogues lists the 264 as a "special model" and it is advertised as having a "streamlined design".The 264 cap and body resembles the 25x and 34x series of the mid-1950s that were now made using injection moulded plastics. The 264 is a screw cap unlike the 25x. The pen with the blue ink window in the picture is the 264. Notice how closely it resembles the 256.

 

first production between 1946 and 1970. More information in the book Collectible Stars 1947-1979