90Ya Skeleton 149 Obbb

[KJY]

Very nice Pravda! Hope you will enjoy it for a long time!

All others thanks for writing samples!

[Tom Kellie]

[Pravda]

[bstnnyc]

Congratulations on one of the most exquisite MBs! If it came in a 146 size, it would easily be my grail pen. Thank you for sharing all of these beautiful photos!

[inkstainedruth]

I really didnt see the analogy of it being broad so it must be very wet. Both OBBB came albeit wider than other nibs but wrote with the same general ink flow. I actually was the one not happy with that so I took them back to Montblanc's technician for tuning.

The assumption was on my part -- that broader nibs would put down more ink than finer ones.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Tom Kellie]

[Pravda]

Hey look what I found inside the cap!

 

[Ghost Plane]

Whoa! Talk about hidden treasures!

[Tom Kellie]

~ Inside information...for those truly in the know.

A tip of the cap for this image of...the cap.

Tom K.

[thygreyt]

Awesome!

[Cordovian]

Hey look what I found inside the cap!

 

Special Montblanc tool for clip removal?

[Pravda]

Special Montblanc tool for clip removal?

 

 

I haven't thought of it in that regard. Good point!

[zaddick]

 

 

I haven't thought of it in that regard. Good point!

Sadly that was my first thought... MB found another way to keep me from taking a pen apart for a minor adjustment.

 

Maybe it is some sort of cover that pops out to reveal the screw, bit probably not. Well, it looks lovely either way. It's nice to see some of their higher end fit and finishes on the more "affordable" skeleton pens.

[dubhe]

Sadly that was my first thought... MB found another way to keep me from taking a pen apart for a minor adjustment.

 

This should do it

[Tom Kellie]

[Pravda]

All my inks behaved very differently in my broadest nibs, in particular as they were 'tweaked' to be extra-wet.

 

It made many lighter inks much more useable (like Miles Davis, Oyster Grey, and Golden Yellow) but also rendered a few of my darker inks to be unattractive or indiscernible.

 

That being said, as I try to match each of my pens with a specific ink based on it's theme/motif or body color, lighter inks are especially nice on the Skeleton as they produce beautiful effects on the ink window when played around with.

 

Special mention to Kon Peki on my wettest of broad nibs, which to start is an 'electrifying' blue color but now it just POPS from miles away like something very sci-fi

[Tom Kellie]

[Tom Kellie]

[Pravda]

Hello Tom,

 

If you remember my experience with Permanent Blue a while back, Montblanc explicitly told me to avoid it in my skeleton pens.

 

I think the glass(ish)- it is not plastic/resin like in regular pens- substance it is made of washes out better than average. More clearer with less fog etc.

 

Over the years I have been cautious to use only Montblanc inks. Now I allow Iroshizuku and J. Herbin in them as well. My recent experience (and new found love) to Diamine may have me try, but I still hesitate. Currently testing them on other less valuable pens.

[Ghost Plane]

Watch out for some of the BungBox if you lean that way. Espresso left a red tinge in a Pel demonstrator that was hard to get out. KWZ is a no go. I still have PR Blue Suede tints on my Romanica 10 years later.