What's Your Most Recent Mb Purchase? 2020 Edition

[RMN]

This is the new 2020 version of the MB Purchases topic.

 

 

The old one can be found at:

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/342617-whats-your-most-recent-mb-purchase-2019-edition/?p=4289129&do=findComment&comment=4289129

 

 

Enjoy

 

 

Dick

[reduziert]

[A1979]

149 Platinum (by the way: excellent service provided by Joost Appelboom!). Instead of my default choice (EF nib), I decided to try something slightly different, but I’m not convinced so far: the Fine nib is way too broad. The pen will then probably fly to Mike Masuyama or John Sorowka for a nib adjustment. That said, the ink flow is good and the “writing feeling” is smooth. And the 149 is gorgeous as always.

Edited January 6, 2020 by A1979

[Tom Kellie]

149 Platinum (by the way: excellent service provided by Joost Appelboom!). Instead of my default choice (EF nib), I decided to try something slightly different, but I’m not convinced so far: the Fine nib is way too broad. The pen will then probably fly to Mike Masuyama or John Sorowka for a nib adjustment. That said, the ink flow is good and the “writing feeling” is smooth. And the 149 is gorgeous as always.

 

~ A1979:

 

Congratulations!

Your Platinum 149 is lovely.

Thank you for the very nice photograph.

Tom K.

[Tom Kellie]

~ reduziert:

 

I like your pen case images.

Thank you for posting them.

Tom K.

[Tom Kellie]

A Third Bottle of Montblanc Homer Greek Blue

[Amit.]

Congratulations Tom !!

 

You seem to finish them real quick .

 

That's a lot of writing.

 

Enjoy

 

A Third Bottle of Montblanc Homer Greek Blue

 

[fpupulin]

Would not be time for a 2020 Edition of this thread?

[Cyrille81]

First pen of 2020, the Great Characters Alfred Hitchcock limited edition 3000:

[Tom Kellie]

~ Cyrille:

 

Your Alfred Hitchcock nib images are superb.

Thank you for posting them here.

That's truly a very special fountain pen for 2020.

Tom K.

[A1979]

Great pen, congratulations (I have the RB)! The only minor “downside” is the need of regular cleaning - the “vertigo pattern” tends to collect dust. That said, it remains a gorgeous pen.

First pen of 2020, the Great Characters Alfred Hitchcock limited edition 3000:

 

 

Edited January 14, 2020 by A1979

[DilettanteG]

I picked up this Montblanc lot on eBay last week. Everything seems to be authentic and I'm kind of loving the nineties Le Grand 161 ballpoint. Surprising as I'm not usually a ballpoint fan. (I picked this up mostly for the 2 pen case, but happy to have a matching ballpoint for my 146 and 147.) The single pen case was actually listed as a cigar case, but seems to be the Florence.

 

Everything is in good used condition, instead of the "like new" described for two of the items. I'm not sure if $250 was a good deal or just fair considering.

 

[DrDebG]

I picked up this Montblanc lot on eBay last week. Everything seems to be authentic and I'm kind of loving the nineties Le Grand 161 ballpoint. Surprising as I'm not usually a ballpoint fan. (I picked this up mostly for the 2 pen case, but happy to have a matching ballpoint for my 146 and 147.) The single pen case was actually listed as a cigar case, but seems to be the Florence.

 

Everything is in good used condition, instead of the "like new" described for two of the items. I'm not sure if $250 was a good deal or just fair considering.

 

 

Very nice! Looks like a winner to me!

[Tom Kellie]

I picked up this Montblanc lot on eBay last week. Everything seems to be authentic and I'm kind of loving the nineties Le Grand 161 ballpoint. Surprising as I'm not usually a ballpoint fan. (I picked this up mostly for the 2 pen case, but happy to have a matching ballpoint for my 146 and 147.) The single pen case was actually listed as a cigar case, but seems to be the Florence.

 

Everything is in good used condition, instead of the "like new" described for two of the items. I'm not sure if $250 was a good deal or just fair considering.

 

~ DilettanteG:

 

That's a very nice group of items.

As I love Florence pen cases, I'm glad to see yours.

Thank you for posting the image here.

Tom K.

[DilettanteG]

Thanks guys. Buying Montblanc on eBay is always a bit of a gamble, so I'm relieved that they seem genuine. The Florence was a nice surprise as I thought it was a cigar case and I don't actually smoke. I am a little worried that I'll feel compelled to buy a 149 Calligraphy to fill it, even though I'm pretty sure it will be way too big for me.

 

Who knows, maybe my Pelikan M1000 will want to go on a trip?

[alfredop]

Today I found my first 2020 Montblanc, it is a 333 1/2 model which is in fantastic conditions.

 

 

 

 

The gold plated steel nib seems to have some flexibility, but I have not yet tried it.

 

Alfredo

[DrDebG]

I did it! I ordered the Montblanc Great Characters JFK Special Edition in blue with a BB nib from Fritz Schimpf. Forgive me if you have seen a similar post on other threads. I am just so excited! It will be here in a few weeks.

[sebastel23]

I did it! I ordered the Montblanc Great Characters JFK Special Edition in blue with a BB nib from Fritz Schimpf. Forgive me if you have seen a similar post on other threads. I am just so excited! It will be here in a few weeks.

 

i can feel your excitement. enjoy!

[hh1990]

I just got a 149 with an O3B. This nib is really fun to use!

[DilettanteG]

Finally bit the bullet and bought a Sienna three pen case for my Burgundy Le Grand set. This is the first time I've bought anything by MB in new condition with all the packaging, thanks to a very kind fellow enthusiast on FPN. I was very pleased to the see the quality is just as good as my other MB cases from the nineties. (I was a little concerned as my new Pelikan two pen pouch is a shadow of my older Pelikan three pen.) Glad to see Montblanc is still making a really quality product.

 

On the other hand the MB case cost almost three times as much as my Pelikan case. So, maybe not a fair comparison.