What MBs are you using today?

[ianmedium]

I was very fortunate last week to be given one of these as a gift, been writing with it ever since and it is lovely!

 

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm225/ianmedium/L1010156.jpg

 

Wow, which pen is this? It looks beautiful!

 

 

Its the new Alfred Hitchcock limited edition and I love writing with it!

 

 

[ianmedium]

Thank you!

It is a medium nib but not like the medium on my 149 which is more like a broad. This one writes more like a true medium. Very smooth and nice and wet, a real joy to write with!

 

Thank you! Good to know... I hope one day I can afford to buy one Hitchcock!

 

I hope you do as well, it is a lovely pen. Each day I find something new to see with it and the nib is perfection

 

 

 

[adelaidepen]

I was very fortunate last week to be given one of these as a gift, been writing with it ever since and it is lovely!

 

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm225/ianmedium/L1010156.jpg

Hi Ian,

I got to look and examine one in HK last month. What are they like to actually use? I just felt the finish wasn't as classy as other MB LEs (and its not a cheap pen). I loved the clip but does it work from a practical point of view? I'd value your experience as I went in with the intention to buy but it just didn't get me over the line.

Regards,

Simon

[lovemy51]

today i'm writing with a meisterstuck RB with a -get this- Pentel Energel 0.5 refill. yes. just added a small cap (the ones that come in regular RB's) to the back end of the refill and half a spring - what comes in regular click BP's. that goes in first inside the barrel to push the refill cartridge and keep it in place.

 

voila! MB RB with gel ink.

[Tom Aquinas]

MB 144 with matching Mb pencil with MB .5 lead.

[pmhudepo]

Finally gave the Collodi a good flush and put it away in the cupboard. Wonder how long I'll be able to do without it. Now using a medium 149 from the late 80s, a broad 2002 Fitzgerald (both with Waterman Florida Blue) and, strictly at home, a somewhat flexible extra-fine 244G from the late 50s with MB Black.

 

I think the 149 has been in rotation since December 2011. It is a large and very practical pen, holds a lot of ink, and has a solid nib that works well on a variety of paper. Perhaps not as 'expressive' as my other pens, but a really good daily writer.

[Quill1]

La Boheme Blu rollerball for work. I would like to find a black/gold Boheme citrene vanishing point (is that what they are called?) or a vintage MB, though I am not sure which one to start with.......

[Soulmaker1]

146P with MB Royal Blue

[lovemy51]

wow, this thread got burried...

 

ok, today: Meisterstuck Pencil.

[pansipotter]

Today it is my 22 with South Seas Blue, 149 with Royal Blue and Princesse Grace de Monaco with Lavender Purple.

[Ghost Plane]

Fitz B nib with Verdigris

[Tom Aquinas]

144 with Quink Blue & my Solitaire jotter black refill ball pen. :meow:

Edited July 15, 2012 by Tom Aquinas

[jslallar]

MB 146 EF and F.

 

New pens which I had kept for sale for a long time but was reluctant to let go, and for one reason or the other would not post them for sale. I like Broad nibs and stubs. Finally I decvided what the heck, I should have variety and inked them up with Quink black for a test drive. I wrote with a fine nib after a long time and surprisingly did not hate the experience, as I had expected. In fact my writing, large enogh to accommodate BB nibs, look OK with the EF and F too. There is a very small but definite line width difference between the two and the F is wetter than the EF. The F is almost as wide as many of my other M nibs, and wetter than most. Just a hint of 'give' in both pens enough to give me a feel of the paper but no discenible flex in either.

 

Needless to say the pens write very well and smoot, although the EF had a slight tooth to it but a little brown paper bag trick took care of it. Both are wet writers and cross words are much easier with them. I suspect they will be in regular use from now on, though maybe not as much as my OBB and BB and stub nibbed pens.

[ebehrens]

Agatha Christie M, MB Mistery Black Ink. William Faulkner B, MB Mistery Black Ink. Francoise Premier F, MB Irish Green. I enjoy each one.

[karmakoda]

Montblanc 146G, 14C OBB nib, J Herbin Ambre de Bermanie/Eclat de Saphir blend.

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[pavoni]

Well, despite not having a camera to call my own, I am going to attempt my first ever picture here on FPN using my mobile phone. Here goes: (fingers crossed!)

 

 

Super. Today I have dipped into my collection and am using, for the first time, a wonderful 1950s MB 246G. The nib is a broad, laying down a super confident wet line, giving my letters real character. As I am using it at work, I am typically carrying MB's Mystery Black (favourite ink for work). I have enjoyed the experience of writing with this nib so much that it is very possibly my favourite nib to-date.

 

My 246 is partnered by my trusty 149.

 

 

Better pictures hoped for in future. :embarrassed_smile:

 

Pavoni.

Edited August 1, 2012 by pavoni

[isaacrn]

146 75th Anniversary Medium Point filled with Noodler's Bad Belted Kingfisher

[Tom Aquinas]

MB mechanical pencil I bought as a set with my 144 fp. MB HB .5 lead. :meow:

[GardenWeasel]

146 with a Broad nib and Diamine Ultra Green ink.

[Pens Woods]

MB 149, BB nib, inked with Waterman's Florida Blue for my journal headings followed by my MB 146, M nib, inked with

MB Midnight Blue for the entry.