Enjoying Montblanc Pens — Broad, Oblique, Extra Fine, Le & Bespoke

[Tom Kellie]

Late Summer Color

[kandarp]

Beautiful picture!

 

Late Summer Color

 

[thygreyt]

Gorgeous, Tom!

[Tom Kellie]

~ Fountainpencrazy and Reed_thoughts:

 

Thank you!

The pelargonium blooms accented the nib and cap hues.

Tom K.

[Tom Kellie]

My Two Cents Worth (with a nod to nishant for the inspiration)

[Tom Kellie]

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08/21/ode-to-gray/

~ For those who appreciate the creative possibilities of the color grey...

Tom K.

[zaddick]

I chose the most surprisingly soft looking (almost velvet like) slate grey to paint my home. In a sea of pastel blue, yellow, and green homes from the 1920s, we strike a sophisticated and sincere tone. Don't let slip that this fool is the one who lives inside!

 

And I also had to order the new spider grey ink because grey.

[penwash]

 

~ penwash:

 

Thank you for posting such an excellent photo of your 244-G M nib pen.

It's especially nice to see such a fine pen being enjoyed through use, rather than being bought and promptly resold.

The ink sketch is particularly welcome. I'm grateful to see your talent and the nib combined to such pleasing effect.

There are two 342-G pens on my writing desk, both of which are excellent writers.

When I've considered 244-G and 342-G pens I've often found they had names engraved on the caps.

That suggests that they were fountain pens which were regularly used, rather than stored uninked.

I'm glad that you're using this 244-G!

Tom K.

 

 

 

I absolutely love this!

 

Tom and Shannon, thank you for your kind words.

Both my 344G and now 244G have really showed me how two "humble" Montblanc models could translate into a pleasurable writing (and sketching) experience.

[SchaumburgSwan]

 

Late Summer Color

 

 

Oh, Meissen! :-) A porcelain pen? Nice.

 

Best

Jens

[thygreyt]

I just wanted to share two old photos written with my UNICEF, Oblique Cursive italic nib that started life as a medium. Ink is Lavander purple.

 

 

[Uncial]

Drool

[888007888]

I just wanted to share two old photos written with my UNICEF, Oblique Cursive italic nib that started life as a medium. Ink is Lavander purple.

 

 

Such nice lines. Did you do a Montblanc nib exchange or did you have it custom ground? Looks amazing!

[Tom Kellie]

The Moon at 7:56 pm on Thursday, 23 August, 2018, as viewed facing southeast from my writing desk.

[KaB]

[thygreyt]

Such nice lines. Did you do a Montblanc nib exchange or did you have it custom ground? Looks amazing!

 

Thank you..!

 

The nib started life as a medium, but then it was send to Nibsmith.com who made it into a oblique cursive italic (15 degrees). The lines are gorgeous and crisp.

 

The thickness of line is very comparable to OB.

[Ghost Plane]

Thank you..!

 

The nib started life as a medium, but then it was send to Nibsmith.com who made it into a oblique cursive italic (15 degrees). The lines are gorgeous and crisp.

 

The thickness of line is very comparable to OB.

That is one yummy nib

[thygreyt]

Thanks Ghost!

 

Because of the recent questions i wanted to illustrate both of the obliques... the one by Dan Smith, which began life as a Medium nib from Montblanc, and then Dan made it a cursive italic oblique. (ink is ancient copper)

 

And the point of comparison is the OB nib made by Montblanc. (ink is meisterstuck grey)

 

Notice how much crisper the lines are on the custom grind. Yet, both are AMAZING writers.

In the thick lines they are fairly close in thickness, but the custom grind is just a hairline on the thin strokes!

 

I love Dan's work, but because i like to get my pens and write! (and not have to send them out) i have been buying OBs instead of getting them made custom.

 

 

[BillH]

Great comparison Reed, thanks so much.

[Ghost Plane]

Thanks Ghost!

 

Because of the recent questions i wanted to illustrate both of the obliques... the one by Dan Smith, which began life as a Medium nib from Montblanc, and then Dan made it a cursive italic oblique. (ink is ancient copper)

 

And the point of comparison is the OB nib made by Montblanc. (ink is meisterstuck grey)

 

Notice how much crisper the lines are on the custom grind. Yet, both are AMAZING writers.

In the thick lines they are fairly close in thickness, but the custom grind is just a hairline on the thin strokes!

 

I love Dan's work, but because i like to get my pens and write! (and not have to send them out) i have been buying OBs instead of getting them made custom.

 

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Yum! Love these.

[zaddick]

You can also kick up the variability on the factory OB given it has so much more tipping. Imagine what can be done to increase variability.

 

As an illustrative example, I have a Pelikan M800 OB nib I had ground to a CI and it has as much or more variation than the factory 03B M800 nib.