What's Your Most Recent Mb Purchase? 2020 Edition

[lemonde]

I visited my local boutique and this Geometry came home with me. It has a medium nib, which for me may as well be extra fine, as I'm used the the BB nib on my Blue Hour. I'll keep it this way. It will be my "precision" pen for the tiny Montblanc notebooks I carry in my vest pocket.

 

It's filled with Tolstoy, my favorite Montblanc ink.

 

The nib design may have won me over - I like that it's not something one sees everyday.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

[desidude02]

Just purchased Hugo 1851, looking forward to the beauty!

 

Photo shoot soon.

 

Steve

[zaddick]

Picked up a few more pens i don't need:

 

- Celluloid 149 with a 139 B nib

- Celluloid 146 BBB

- 1960s 149 BBB

- 1960s 149 EF

 

Still chasing those vintage nibs.

[Michael R.]

looking forward to those pictures! They sound like great finds.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[fpupulin]

Picked up a few more pens i don't need:

 

- Celluloid 149 with a 139 B nib

- Celluloid 146 BBB

- 1960s 149 BBB

- 1960s 149 EF

 

Still chasing those vintage nibs.

 

 

Wow! Really waiting for a few pics of your new treasures!

[CS388]

Picked up a few more pens i don't need:

 

- Celluloid 149 with a 139 B nib

- Celluloid 146 BBB

- 1960s 149 BBB

- 1960s 149 EF

 

Still chasing those vintage nibs.

Oh, come on! BBB's? That's a crazy haul!

Pens nobody needs, but everybody wants.

Many congratulations and much envy!

[como]

A group photo of a few small vintage Montblancs I acquired recently. Left to right:

 

1. MB 232 black celluloid with telescopic piston;

2. MB 242 grey striated/PL;

3. MB 244G black celluloid;

4. MB No.4 push button black cellulid.

[Michael R.]

That‘s a bunch of reall nice pens! I bet they write well.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[como]

Thank you for your kind words, Michael. Indeed they all write very well. I hardly have had any disappointments from vintage MB nibs.

That‘s a bunch of reall nice pens! I bet they write well.

Cheers

Michael

[NumberSix]

My first 146.

 

I doubt I will keep the Purdey Single Malt in here for long. It's a lovely burnt orange - reminds me of University of Texas colors. But I am going to want to run a black or blue-black in here for a while, as a daily driver. I suspect the whiskey ink is going to be nicer in a broader nib as an occasional writer. (and yes, it does smell like whiskey)

 

Anyone run ESS Registrars Ink in their piston-filler MBs? Any anticipated issues, as long as I flush now and then and use the pen daily?

 

Edited August 22, 2020 by NumberSix

[cellmatrix]

My first 146.

 

I doubt I will keep the Purdey Single Malt in here for long. It's a lovely burnt orange - reminds me of University of Texas colors. But I am going to want to run a black or blue-black in here for a while, as a daily driver. I suspect the whiskey ink is going to be nicer in a broader nib as an occasional writer. (and yes, it does smell like whiskey)

 

Anyone run ESS Registrars Ink in their piston-filler MBs? Any anticipated issues, as long as I flush now and then and use the pen daily?

 

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I've used ESSRI before. With the high flow of most montblanc feeds you can expect its going to oxidize to near to complete black, without too much shading. And it will precipitate in the feeds once in a while which will require you to clean it out periodically. But other than that its a fine ink. For an alternative blue black, montblanc midnight blue is a consideration. The new version is non-iron gall, and while I and many others were initially disappointed because of this, I for one have come to really like the look and performance of the new midnite blue, especially in montblanc pens.

[NumberSix]

I've used ESSRI before. With the high flow of most montblanc feeds you can expect its going to oxidize to near to complete black, without too much shading. And it will precipitate in the feeds once in a while which will require you to clean it out periodically. But other than that its a fine ink. For an alternative blue black, montblanc midnight blue is a consideration. The new version is non-iron gall, and while I and many others were initially disappointed because of this, I for one have come to really like the look and performance of the new midnite blue, especially in montblanc pens.

 

Thanks for the info re ESSRI and Midnight Blue. I'll try ESSRI tonight, I think. I will probably also give Noodler's 54th Mass a go soon.

 

I will definitely try the MB Midnight Blue.

[CS388]

A group photo of a few small vintage Montblancs I acquired recently. Left to right:

 

1. MB 232 black celluloid with telescopic piston;

2. MB 242 grey striated/PL;

3. MB 244G black celluloid;

4. MB No.4 push button black cellulid.

 

 

Wow! What a spectacular group!

 

So lovely to look at - and I imagine even better to write with.

 

Congratulations on your acquisition(s) - and thank you for sharing.

[cellmatrix]

 

Thanks for the info re ESSRI and Midnight Blue. I'll try ESSRI tonight, I think. I will probably also give Noodler's 54th Mass a go soon.

 

I will definitely try the MB Midnight Blue.

I recommend flushing really well when using the ESSRI and Noodlers 54. Both inks are pretty high maintenance

[cellmatrix]

Here is a recent acquisition which has become my daily pen/ink combo. Love the MB 14, its got a heavenly nib, a huge ink capacity (1.6 cc) and supposedly you can disassemble entire nib unit, feed, piston and clip in just a few seconds for deep cleaning, without any tools - although I have yet to try this....

 

[mosh_2k7]

Another 75th Anniversary piece added to my collection This time its a solid white gold 163 Rollerball with diamonds on the cap with MOP snowcap logo

 

[iancorben]

A group photo of a few small vintage Montblancs I acquired recently. Left to right:

 

1. MB 232 black celluloid with telescopic piston;

2. MB 242 grey striated/PL;

3. MB 244G black celluloid;

4. MB No.4 push button black cellulid.

Beautiful.

 

Simplicity of design over so many years plus supremely useable.

 

Love them!

[como]

CS388 and iancorben: Many thanks for your kind words. I have enjoyed playing with these smaller pens with their soft, springy and stubbish nibs, robust build, and filling systems that I can service myself. They are also still affordable. There is a lot of calm and energy behind these pens, long before Montblanc became what Montblanc is today.

 

Wow! What a spectacular group!

 

So lovely to look at - and I imagine even better to write with.

 

Congratulations on your acquisition(s) - and thank you for sharing.

 

Beautiful.

Simplicity of design over so many years plus supremely useable.

Love them!

[Tom Kellie]

[Cyrille81]

Waiting the Victor Hugo LE1831 and Egyptomania Doué, I completed my Le Petit Prince series with the 2020 edition with VH notebook and a Leo Tolstoy ink my reseller still have in stock