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Faulkner F with Akkerman Passage Blauw & Pix 172K grey striated pencil (Yard-O-Led HB). Somehow of all the blues (10+ choices) at this time I keep on reaching for Akkerman Passage Blauw and Pilot Kon-Peki :wub:

PS: sorry for the lousy pics. Only IPhone @ hand........

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Glad your baby is home :cloud9: Sure glad you know how to write with those skinny nibs, cause anything smaller than my paintbrush looks like drunken spiders. :embarrassed_smile:

 

Always when I read you post I wonder how your handwriting looks like.

Just curious. Can you please post some samples?

 

Until I'm in a position to, click on my blog link in my signature and look for my Quo Vadis Habana review. You'll see my scrawl using IB and BB nibs. :embarrassed_smile:

 

Thank you for pointing me to your review. Now I know why you want at least a B-nib. Your handwriting is not that spacious and even with a BB-nib it looks very normal and good readible. If I use a BB-nib I can only write three to four words in one line. (Or it isn't readible anymore.)

NICE!

 

Thanks! :blush: Now you know why I don't like the newer line spacing on the Habanas. They took what was perfection for me and squished the lines together. Works great for folks who need narrower nibs, but slows me down making it fit. :gaah:

 

Hoping to get time this year to give examples of OBB and O3Bs in action for all the people always yammering about obliques being "people who hold their pens wrong." :bonk:

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Hoping to get time this year to give examples of OBB and O3Bs in action for all the people always yammering about obliques being "people who hold their pens wrong." :bonk:

 

Can't wait to see them. I'm very curious for those.

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Thanks! :blush: Now you know why I don't like the newer line spacing on the Habanas. They took what was perfection for me and squished the lines together. Works great for folks who need narrower nibs, but slows me down making it fit. :gaah:

 

Hoping to get time this year to give examples of OBB and O3Bs in action for all the people always yammering about obliques being "people who hold their pens wrong." :bonk:

 

Looking forward to see those examples!

 

For my work I have made my own paper with a more generous ruling.

The normal ruled paperblocs are even more tighter.

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Montblanc 136, Palladium nib, broad and flexible

 

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/daniele_teppa/DSCN3699.jpg

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149 with M nib and blue-black ink

Large Boheme with F nib and blue ink

Fitzgerald WE with F nib and green ink

 

I am feeling an urge to drag out my Faulkner with B nib and doing some scribbling later on...

"Here was a man who had said, with his wan smile, that once he realized that he would never be a protagonist, he decided to become, instead, an intelligent spectator, for there was no point in writing without serious motivation." - Casaubon referring to Belbo, Foucault's Pendulum.

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149 OM with one of the Iroshizuku inks I'm too lazy to look up the name of. :embarrassed_smile:

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A recent acquisition from the Montblanc Boutique in Charlotte: Should have just said "pass the butter" when I ordered this pen! The nib is an absolute dream with which to write and a good German ink is in order. Oh, sure, it's a challenge to drive, cook and get in and out of the shower with this beauty but I can't seem to put 'er down!

 

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A recent acquisition from the Montblanc Boutique in Charlotte: Should have just said "pass the butter" when I ordered this pen! The nib is an absolute dream with which to write and a good German ink is in order. Oh, sure, it's a challenge to drive, cook and get in and out of the shower with this beauty but I can't seem to put 'er down!

 

[attachment=141583:Boheme.jpg

 

Beautiful pen and fantastic nib. The two Bohémes I own, a Marron and a big size, have very, very good nibs. Enjoy yours.. and do not put her down!

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ooooooooooooh.....

 

thx, hari!

 

Come to the dark side, lm51, we have more than just cookies! ;)

this one is for you, rocky-spider man...

 

today: MB 124 -my very first MB!!

 

hey, can you help me ot here...http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n419/peterpaul_rguez/GoEnglish_com_PutYourFootInYourMouth.gif

 

i'll take the cookies too!

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well, let me explain... it's the 124 from the 70's (i think there is a 124 model from the 30s) and it came with a 18c fine nib. i got it in an antique store for $125 and the condition is quite pristine, except that is missing the end cap snow emblem.

 

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http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n419/peterpaul_rguez/P4240071.jpg

http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n419/peterpaul_rguez/P4240070.jpg

http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n419/peterpaul_rguez/P4240065.jpg

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1972 MB 149 and 1970 MB 149

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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ooooooooooooh.....

 

thx, hari!

 

Come to the dark side, lm51, we have more than just cookies! ;)

this one is for you, rocky-spider man...

 

today: MB 124 -my very first MB!!

 

:clap1: Whoohooo! I feel guilty but good, hehe.. Well done, congrats! :thumbup:

I hope it serves you well, enjoy it, and may some more MB's follow! ;)

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well, let me explain... it's the 124 from the 70's (i think there is a 124 model from the 30s) and it came with a 18c fine nib.

Congratulations, it is a meisterstuck. Some of the best pens that MB ever built IMO. The entire pen can be taken apart without tools.

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thanx, rock-man and hari!

 

how difficult is it to find the back jewel/snow emblem? BTW, was $125 a good price for this? it writes flawlessly!

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Somewhat difficult as i have never seen them sold as spares. I think a nicely done resin insert will work well to cover that hole. take care not to fill the hole with glue/adhesive, the spindle end is very near to the hole and can get jammed by adhesive. the star was a friction fit insert, that's why it falls off. 125$ is a decent price, not sumgai level.

 

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A recent acquisition from the Montblanc Boutique in Charlotte: Should have just said "pass the butter" when I ordered this pen! The nib is an absolute dream with which to write and a good German ink is in order. Oh, sure, it's a challenge to drive, cook and get in and out of the shower with this beauty but I can't seem to put 'er down!

 

[attachment=141583:Boheme.jpg

 

Beautiful pen and fantastic nib. The two Bohémes I own, a Marron and a big size, have very, very good nibs. Enjoy yours.. and do not put her down!

 

Obeyed, obeyed--still have not put her down! As others in this forum have observed, the Montblanc broad and double broad nibs are in a league of their own: stubbish, responsive, silky = virtuosos !!

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