What's Your Most Recent Mb Purchase? 2019 Edition

[zaddick]

 

Haha, me too. The flex?

It's a vintage 149. I hope it has some flex, but I'll have to wait and see.

[desidude02]

incoming JFK 1917 LE FP. I am so done for the year, no seriously.

 

 

or am I ?

 

 

Steve

[Mew]

UNICEF skeleton

[Pravda]

UNICEF skeleton

Thats a gorgeous pen! Congratulations:) Where are all the pictures of this fascinating beast?

[fpupulin]

Montblanc W.E. A. Dumas (father signature) M Nib

 

(actual picture is not mine as my camera is not working , but it is very close to mine )

 

Congratulations! I have the exact same pen (mine has a medium italic nib however). I am glad that you have Dumas' father signature: it was the intended signature after all, and the style of the pen is much more D'Artagnanesque than Bovaryan...

 

The Dumas has, in my opinion, the most beautiful nib ever done in any fountain pen.

 

The nib of the Dumas

[fpupulin]

Yes, you have a good eye. Marble Green - whoever came up with this name.

 

You care to see more pictures?

I really looks stunning and fits the pen nicely.

 

Cheers and thank you for your nice comments.

 

Michael

 

 

I could stay seated here waiting for more photos, Michael...

[Tom Kellie]

UNICEF skeleton

 

~ Mew:

 

Congratulations!

With any sized nib from EF to M to BB, that must be a sensational addition to your writing desk.

May you enjoy hours of writing pleasure with such a superb pen.

Tom K.

[Mew]

Thats a gorgeous pen! Congratulations:) Where are all the pictures of this fascinating beast?

Here you go:

 

Haven't gotten around to using but from first impressions, I'm not impressed.

[Pravda]

Here you go:

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Haven't gotten around to using but from first impressions, I'm not impressed.

 

 

Really? I thought it was a novel design idea and quite pretty to look at. May I ask why you bought it if wasn't sure you liked it?

 

I hope you come around and find joy using it in the days to come. Unsealing the pen and inking it usually does the trick Congratulations nonetheless. I am personally very fond of the 3 'modern' designs and use them everyday.

 

[Amit.]

WOW !!! Love each of them .They're all so adorable . Which one of these is your favorite ?

 

 

Really? I thought it was a novel design idea and quite pretty to look at. May I ask why you bought it if wasn't sure you liked it?

 

I hope you come around and find joy using it in the days to come. Unsealing the pen and inking it usually does the trick Congratulations nonetheless. I am personally very fond of the 3 'modern' designs and use them everyday.

 

[francoiacc]

 

Congratulations! I have the exact same pen (mine has a medium italic nib however). I am glad that you have Dumas' father signature: it was the intended signature after all, and the style of the pen is much more D'Artagnanesque than Bovaryan...

 

The Dumas has, in my opinion, the most beautiful nib ever done in any fountain pen.

 

The nib of the Dumas

The Dumas has been in my radar for long time, and when I finally got it I was impressed from the elegance of the pen and, as you pointed out, the beauty of astonishing large nib. I have not yet tried it, I wanted to get a bottle of Montblanc Toffee Brown to ink it up, and I eventually got it just one day before a two weeks business trip around Europe. Now I'm really looking forward to go back home to start enjoying this lovely WE.

[auds]

Picked up my Gershwin Donation Pen with an OB today. Inked with Homer Greek Blue.

 

[Tom Kellie]

Picked up my Gershwin Donation Pen with an OB today. Inked with Homer Greek Blue.

 

 

~ auds:

 

What a terrific image!

An OB in Homer Greek Blue sounds like a great match.

May your Gershwin be a treasured writer!

Tom K.

[fpupulin]

The Dumas has been in my radar for long time, and when I finally got it I was impressed from the elegance of the pen and, as you pointed out, the beauty of astonishing large nib. I have not yet tried it, I wanted to get a bottle of Montblanc Toffee Brown to ink it up, and I eventually got it just one day before a two weeks business trip around Europe. Now I'm really looking forward to go back home to start enjoying this lovely WE.

 

 

May I suggest you a grey ink? Not a purplish grey, but a "cool" grey instead.

 

I used a lot of different colors in my Dumas, and so far my preferred are Diamine grey, as this color helps maintaining the "exuberant lightness" of the pen, and Montblanc Irish Green. Dumas and Irish Green are a distinguished pair, with that touch of craziness that you may expect from such a flamboyant pen like the Dumas father.

 

Have fun and enjoy it!

[fpupulin]

 

 

Really? I thought it was a novel design idea and quite pretty to look at. May I ask why you bought it if wasn't sure you liked it?

 

I hope you come around and find joy using it in the days to come. Unsealing the pen and inking it usually does the trick Congratulations nonetheless. I am personally very fond of the 3 'modern' designs and use them everyday.

 

 

A terrific trio, Pravda! My personal pick would be the central one, with those most exquisite undertones.

[Pravda]

amitoberai & fpupulin

 

Thank you guys! After the 75th Anniversary Skeleton and the Magical Black Widow, the 90th Anniversary was my first purchase of a skeleton in more than 10 years.

 

For quite some time it was my favorite and I avoided the others persistently. I loved the contrast of the red gold nib and the ruthenium body.

 

Then I saw the Blue Hour in person and I was smitten. It is actually my current favorite. Something about this pen reminds me of another era, like the 1920s decor- a vintage quality to it. Very calming with the baby blue glass.

 

My last was the UNICEF, which took some time to warm up to. But I was very drawn to its concept (a letter of every alphabet) on a writing instrument. It's definitely the most 'blingy' of the three albeit the least comfortable to hold.

[Mew]

 

 

Really? I thought it was a novel design idea and quite pretty to look at. May I ask why you bought it if wasn't sure you liked it?

 

I hope you come around and find joy using it in the days to come. Unsealing the pen and inking it usually does the trick Congratulations nonetheless. I am personally very fond of the 3 'modern' designs and use them everyday.

 

Oh I did not buy it in person. Ordered online. I did get to see it later in person and I wasn't particularly impressed.

I have used maybe around 70 different Montblanc pens, not all were my own and have found only one that I liked, Writer edition homer. Other than that, nothing. As such Montblanc pens don't really appeal to me. Some I find rather repulsive too.

 

With this particular pen, I fail to see what exactly has been done on this to take it into the 7,000 euro territory. Not to be misunderstood as buyer's remorse or spending excessively (at least relatively), I have pens that cost more and i am able to see what exactly I paid for in them.

But here, a blue demonstrator with a silver overlay in a specific pattern itself doesn't sound that high end.

[Uncial]

May I suggest you a grey ink? Not a purplish grey, but a "cool" grey instead.

 

I used a lot of different colors in my Dumas, and so far my preferred are Diamine grey, as this color helps maintaining the "exuberant lightness" of the pen, and Montblanc Irish Green. Dumas and Irish Green are a distinguished pair, with that touch of craziness that you may expect from such a flamboyant pen like the Dumas father.

 

Have fun and enjoy it!

My Dumas seems to send me reaching for paler inks. I'm notbsure why but it feels right somehow. It mainly sees pale sepias and an awful lot of Swan Illusion.

[Tom Kellie]

Oh I did not buy it in person. Ordered online. I did get to see it later in person and I wasn't particularly impressed.

I have used maybe around 70 different Montblanc pens, not all were my own and have found only one that I liked, Writer edition homer. Other than that, nothing. As such Montblanc pens don't really appeal to me. Some I find rather repulsive too.

 

With this particular pen, I fail to see what exactly has been done on this to take it into the 7,000 euro territory. Not to be misunderstood as buyer's remorse or spending excessively (at least relatively), I have pens that cost more and i am able to see what exactly I paid for in them.

But here, a blue demonstrator with a silver overlay in a specific pattern itself doesn't sound that high end.

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/323338-meisterstuck-unicef-solitaire-skeleton-149-fountain-pen/

 

~ Mew:

 

It's unfortunate that there have been so few Montblanc models to match your writing preferences.

Fortunately the Montblanc Writers Edition Homer was satisfactory.

May I please ask if you write with standard M or F nibs, or have you preferred to use the nib exchange option for more narrow or more wide nibs?

After ordering the Montblanc Meisterstück UNICEF Solitaire Skeleton 149, when it arrived and you first unwrapped it, did the pattern seem different than what you'd seen on-line?

By ordering from on-line images, without having seen a given pen model, it's possible that there's a perceptible difference between images and the actual fountain pen.

Until reading your comment, I'd never read this particular pen referred to as a “demonstrator”. It's consistently been described as a “Skeleton”.

The superb images posted by Cyrille in the thread link above are followed by comments referring to it as a “Skeleton”. I never knew that it might also be considered a “demonstrator”.

Did the version you purchased on-line have a silver overlay? I'd read that there's a skeleton framework which is platinum-coated, with a white gold nib that's rhodium-plated.

In any case, I hope that you'll find other fountain pens, possibly by other manufacturers, which satisfy your tastes.

There are many in the FPN Montblanc Forum who have admired Cyrille's thread above. Perhaps you might someday share images of your WE Homer.

Tom K.

[Mew]

Hi Tom,

 

I'll rephrase what I said for you. By the above comment, I meant that MB Skeletons do not look like 7,000 Euro pens in person. They looked more like 1,500-2,500 Euro pens. I did not mean that the pen was different from the online pictures, but when I saw them with an acquaintance, they definitely do not look like a 7,000 Euro pen. To sum it up, I do not feel that I am getting what I paid for with these pens.

 

Unfortunately I do not have a homer. I got to see one with another friend earlier this year and liked it. Searched online, no luck. Most of the shops only have the Homage to Iliad or the Homage to Homer sets. Please do let me know if you come across any single Homer pen, F or M nib preferred.

 

As for the demonstrator part, the entire system of blue barrel with silver overlay (coated with platinum) is called the skeleton. The blue Resin barrel is see through hence I called a demonstrator. It's not the terminology Montblanc uses but general parlance a pen with a see through barrel is called a demonstrator.