L139 Photos

[Wael El-Dasher]

While rummaging through my laptop, I found some old photos of probably the cleanest L139 I owned. I sold it to a good friend many years ago but thought I'd share the pics here for eye candy. It had a nice B flex nib. As beautiful as it was, I don't miss it that much as I often felt the pressure of being extra careful when I used it or took it to work. Max did a great job restoring this pen. It was also one of the rare English market "Masterpiece" pens. Enjoy...

 

Cheers

 

Wael

[como]

Thank you for sharing! I enjoyed admiring this grail pen without the burden of cost and care, at least for the moment 😏!

[Karmachanic]

Always a joy to see this timeless classic.

[ivyman]

 

I was lucky enough to find a L139 pen with a long green ink window in good condition. I bought it right away.

It is a joy and a lot of pride holding this iconic pen and writing it with Montblanc Irish Green ink.

 

Here are photos

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[Wael El-Dasher]

2 hours ago, ivyman said:

 

I was lucky enough to find a L139 pen with a long green ink window in good condition. I bought it right away.

It is a joy and a lot of pride holding this iconic pen and writing it with Montblanc Irish Green ink.

 

Here are photos

 

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing these great photos. Interesting that your pen is stamped "250" under the 14C, do you know what that mean? The one I had was easy enough with the "585", which means it's 14C gold. I haven't see such a lovely long ink window like this before, most have dark amber windows or lost their stripes. Well done on the such a great find! Use it in good health.

 

Cheers

 

W

[ivyman]

On 12/6/2021 at 6:01 PM, Wael El-Dasher said:

 

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing these great photos. Interesting that your pen is stamped "250" under the 14C, do you know what that mean? The one I had was easy enough with the "585", which means it's 14C gold. I haven't see such a lovely long ink window like this before, most have dark amber windows or lost their stripes. Well done on the such a great find! Use it in good health.

 

Cheers

 

W

 

The nib stamped "250" under the 14C indicates this is the earliest version of this model from 1937-38 .

[KAC]

A super-fine classic pen in exquisite condition, too!

[niksch]

On 12/6/2021 at 4:01 PM, Wael El-Dasher said:

 

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing these great photos. Interesting that your pen is stamped "250" under the 14C, do you know what that mean? The one I had was easy enough with the "585", which means it's 14C gold. I haven't see such a lovely long ink window like this before, most have dark amber windows or lost their stripes. Well done on the such a great find! Use it in good health.

 

Cheers

 

W

 

Wael,  that number indicates the nib size.

250= #9 nib

245= #8 nib

235= #6 nib

225= #4 nib

220= #2 nib

 

It's an interesting point about when nibs like this were used.  I have an early 50s 149 from Tom W who claimed the nib was a from an old 139 supply.  We certainly saw 1950s nibs used on early 1960s 149s, I have a few.  

[Wael El-Dasher]

15 hours ago, niksch said:

 

Wael,  that number indicates the nib size.

250= #9 nib

245= #8 nib

235= #6 nib

225= #4 nib

220= #2 nib

 

It's an interesting point about when nibs like this were used.  I have an early 50s 149 from Tom W who claimed the nib was a from an old 139 supply.  We certainly saw 1950s nibs used on early 1960s 149s, I have a few.  

Thank you @niksch. It's certainly wonderful seeing you back! I wonder if the 250 nibs had more flex or did you find any discernable difference in writing with one?

 

Cheers

 

W