What MBs are you using today?

[Darius]

Meisterstuck 149, medium nib with Montblanc Royal Blue

[J Sorrell]

Today MB 149 Rhodium Plate( with J.Herbin Orange Indien. (Sorry about the camera phone pics!)

 

 

[mejdrich]

That rhodium plate 149 is awesome...

 

146 Roller - medium blue refill

 

149 broad with Iroshizuku Asa Gao...

 

And a Sailor Sapporo Demo with MB Holiday Red ink...

[jasam]

That 149 with rhodium is amazing... what nib does it have?

[J Sorrell]

This one, broad.

[tanalasta]

That's a beautiful pen. One of the rhodium plated pens that were on the FPN marketplace a few months back perhaps?

 

Anyway, I only have one MB 149 - same ink - and probably still my favourite Iroshizuku ink. I was experimenting a bit with aperture values and my lenses. The first photo is a Nikkor 16-85mm VR (one of the best consumer zooms) and the second a 35mm f/1.8 Nikkor. No flash, just swivelled my daylight fluorescent desk lamp towards the ceiling... it's like 10:30pm.

 

Slightly evangelical ... it's what was on my desk and made a good background. No offense or other implied meaning intended (although if you want a copy, I could organise it - the pen doesn't come included)

 

Nikon D90, 52mm, 1/20s| F/5.6. ISO 1600 (with VR obviously)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/Tanalasta/Fountain%20Pens/MB149_DailyBread.jpg

 

Nikon D90, 35mm, f/4, 1/20. ISO 1600

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/Tanalasta/Fountain%20Pens/MB_149_35mmf4.jpg

Edited July 24, 2010 by tanalasta

[J Sorrell]

Spot on Tanalasta, I brought it from Multiechelon a few months ago.

 

After some initial teething problems of my own making, it now works like a dream.

 

I think you would be very hard pressed to find a better seller than Sean, a true Gent.

 

Kind regards,

 

Jamie.

[av8r]

Boheme with the retract nib and brown stone. Beautiful rose gold accents!!! Wife is using a rugged, and more masculine Cross C Series I think.

[gvl]

c1970s 149 with 18c fine nib. Just got it back after being sent to repair/service at Maxpens. Writing beautifully.

[Bo Bo Olson]

MB 234 1/2 Deluxe (53 to 55) a 1 1/2 tier MB. KOB (15 degrees)

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/234-5.jpg

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/234-1.jpg

 

My best nib, best balance, good width and even got a bit of bling.

 

Nib is not super fancy like a modern MB but is semi-flex KOB (5 degrees).

 

I more or less lucked into it.

I'd not swap it in for any other MB, nor other.

 

It's a Magic Pen, it improves my handwriting to it's readable and writes like a fountain pen should.

 

MB Toffee, as of yet my first and best shading ink; but I'm a 10 ink noobie.

Edited July 24, 2010 by Bo Bo Olson

[sunnerd]

A 80s monotone 14k 146 medium with 5 point star, on J Herbin Poussiere de Lune.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4824650579_201b5a793d.jpg

[xochi]

Le Grand Traveler, medium nib, very recently acquired and my first MB! MB Blue-Black ink.

[zwingtip]

As with every day, I'm using a black Caressa with Noodler's Zhivago. Looks lame next to your pens, but it's a match made in fountain pen heaven, I swear.

[Erwin]

I'm feelin' vintage today!

[mejdrich]

To the many above - one is totally enough...

 

That said, today:

 

Broad Hemi with MB Oyster Grey

 

Fine PT 146 with Iroshizuku Kon Peki

 

GT 144 RB with red medium refill

 

and, a Sharp Kerry - blue body 0.7 HB lead...

[jasam]

I'm using a Dumas today with Herbin Lie de Thé

[karmakoda]

I'm using a Dumas today with Herbin Lie de Thé

Lovely pen, Jasam, and photo. Congratulations on your beautiful Dumas. You have given me a new appreciation for that Writer's Edition.

I'm using my 146 with OBB nib, Eclat de Saphir/Violette Pensee blend, and an older 149 with extra fine nib, JHerbin Cafe des Iles.

http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz218/Valaccar/P1010527.jpg

http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz218/Valaccar/P10101591.jpg

Edited July 26, 2010 by karmakoda

[thesolaris]

Today, I'm using two of MB 146 with J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir and PR Tanzanite.

[jasam]

Lovely pen, Jasam, and photo. Congratulations on your beautiful Dumas. You have given me a new appreciation for that Writer's Edition.

I'm using my 146 with OBB nib, Eclat de Saphir/Violette Pensee blend, and an older 149 with extra fine nib, JHerbin Cafe des Iles.

 

The dumas is a lovely pen, i becAme a fan of montblanc recently and this is a really nice example. Ive been offered a 146 with an obb nib but after the dumas i cant stay away from that size, this fat pen is not on diet . How you like the 146 compared to your 149? Plus the nib size seems a little extreme, i like stubs from .8 mm to 1.3 mm. I think the OBB would be as many have said, signature only. A OB would be fine...

 

Another queation, hows the line variation with the Oblique nibs ?

[karmakoda]

 

The dumas is a lovely pen, i becAme a fan of montblanc recently and this is a really nice example. Ive been offered a 146 with an obb nib but after the dumas i cant stay away from that size, this fat pen is not on diet . How you like the 146 compared to your 149? Plus the nib size seems a little extreme, i like stubs from .8 mm to 1.3 mm. I think the OBB would be as many have said, signature only. A OB would be fine...

 

Another queation, hows the line variation with the Oblique nibs ?

I hope to have a WE in the future. The Dumas would definately be a candidate.

My 149s have become my daily users. But this 146 is very nice because of the nib.

 

The OBB is little vague for me, so I invert the pen and write with the "flip side" of the nib, which resembles an italic. My next aquisition will be a 149 with BB italic, or a re-tip of one of my 149s.

I'm undecided about the oblique grind, but a crisp double broad nib is elegant, even for every day writing.

Quick writing sample: pardon the writing and the photography.

Ink is a blend of JHerbin Eclat de Saphir and Violette Pensee

I have to get back to work.

http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz218/Valaccar/P10105311.jpg

Edited July 26, 2010 by karmakoda