Enjoying Montblanc Pens — Broad, Oblique, Extra Fine, Le & Bespoke 2019

[Tom Kellie]

1 November, 2019 — International Fountain Pen Day

Pen-loving Pekingese

[Tom Kellie]

~ The families of my Hong Kong students gave me a surprise a 66th birthday party.

One guest was my former student at Peking University, ZHU Jinjie, who has travelled with me to East Africa for Leopard behavior field observation.

His presence alone would've been gift enough, yet he presented me with a pair of gifts, including the bookmark shown below.

Tom K.

Students at a Surprise Birthday Party

ZHU Jinjie with a Gift

Two Gifts

Bookmark and Pen Box

Made in Taiwan

Nib Bookmark

[NeverTapOut]

Happy Birthday Tom!

Regards,

David

[raju]

MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY

 

~Raju

[DrDebG]

Happy Birthday Tom! I am so glad that you had so many to share it with! May your next year be encouraging, inspiring and filled with peace and joy!

 

Your bookmark came from one of my very favorite pen shops - Tylee's in Taipei. Great place! Great people!

[Uncial]

Happy birthday.

Cool bookmark.

[Tom Kellie]

At Braceria Pugliese in Shenzhen

~ One never knows when or where fountain pen and ink will arise in ordinary daily conversation.

Not a Montblanc Boutique, or in a pen show, or in a stationery store, but rather talking about writing tools as an essential element in a balanced life.

This evening at Braceria Pugliese in Shenzhen's Shuwei Village, I had a delightful conversation with an English Literature specialist from the Shenzhen College of International Education.

Among many other topics we talked about fine fountain pens, inks and handwriting. I showed her my recent birthday gift from former students, a Pelikan M200 Café Crème EF nib.

It's truly a joy to spend time with those who appreciate fountain pens.

Edited November 11, 2019 by Tom Kellie

[DrDebG]

What a great photo! You both look like you had an enjoyable time. Thanks, Tom!

[Cyrille81]

Some photos I took at my local reseller today of some MB pens released these last weeks:

 

[Tom Kellie]

~ Cyrille:

 

You've lavishly shown us what's new in Montblanc boutiques.

Please accept my heartfelt gratitude for your kind photography work.

These fountain pen models are all of interest to me.

The detailed images show many design features of these models.

Thank you so much for these superb images. As ever, your pen photography sets a high standard.

Tom K.

[Tom Kellie]

[jslallar]

What should be the price for a 149 double slit 3B nib (calligraphy nib?). Please advise

[empliau]

What should be the price for a 149 double slit 3B nib (calligraphy nib?). Please advise

My firstborn child? A kidney? I'm in love.

[zaddick]

What should be the price for a 149 double slit 3B nib (calligraphy nib?). Please advise

That looks more like a 6B. I don't think 3B would be double split. Anyhow, you would need a bespoke nib which runs around $1500 USD give or take for a nib made to your specifications (within reason). Thst is the cost of the nib and feed added to your pen. Pen is a separate purchase.

[Tom Kellie]

Disney Ballpoint in a Shenzhen Montblanc Boutique

(Image by my Friend YAO Lei)

[jslallar]

That looks more like a 6B. I don't think 3B would be double split. Anyhow, you would need a bespoke nib which runs around $1500 USD give or take for a nib made to your specifications (within reason). Thst is the cost of the nib and feed added to your pen. Pen is a separate purchase.

Dear zaddick: somebody offered this pen to me for sale for $750 or thereabouts (converted). is that a good price - would you buy it at that price??

[zaddick]

Yes, I would buy it.

[Tom Kellie]

~ Correction to the above photo caption:

In the Disney thread lemonde kindly pointed out that this is a rollerball, not a ballpoint.

I apologize for the misidentification.

Tom K.

[zaddick]

 

 

~ Correction to the above photo caption:

In the Disney thread lemonde kindly pointed out that this is a rollerball, not a ballpoint.

I apologize for the misidentification.

Tom K.

Perhaps people would be more aggrieved if this were the Ballpoint Network and lighting torches over at the Rollerball Network. You are still among friends here.

[Tom Kellie]

Perhaps people would be more aggrieved if this were the Ballpoint Network and lighting torches over at the Rollerball Network. You are still among friends here.

 

 

 

Arigato gozaimasu...