My Three Big Boys

[penmanila]

i thought to take out my three big boys--the montblanc 149, pelikan M1000, and visconti wall street LE--for a group photo today. i'd just finished regrinding the OB nib of the M1000 into the broad stub that i wanted, and remembered the other two. interesting to see how they're about the same size capped, but how much longer the wall street is when posted. also, nice nibs all

 

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[liapuyat]

It would be great to see a writing sample from each of these three beauties

[Marlow]

What a stunning trio! Especially the Visconti! THAT is a true beauty! :clap1:

[penmanila]

your wish is my command

 

here's the MB 149 and its medium nib. it writes like a plainjane compared to the other two, but this MB has been a steady, solid performer for years, with absolutely no fits of temper. i could leave it for weeks and expect it to write a smooth wet line at first stroke:

 

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here's the pelikan M1000; love the way the diamine oxblood shades:

 

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and finally, the visconti wall street LE with its 1.3mm palladium factory stub, one of my loveliest nibs:

 

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It would be great to see a writing sample from each of these three beauties

Edited June 28, 2012 by penmanila

[leod]

great pen trio, the Visconti matches your Parker collection

[Uncle Red]

Thanks for sharing. I love Oxblood too.

[CAG_1787]

Lovely pens! I'm sure you've gotten some great work out of all of them. I still can't decide about that Visconti: half the time I'm skeptical of its design, and the other half I'm quite enamored.

[saskia_madding]

Thanks so much for the writing sample!

[penmanila]

that makes two of us i love the shape and the heft of this pen--and, of course, the luscious nib--but i'm of two minds about its curious "double-reservoir" system, which i've never been able to figure out. i'd be happy to take the same nib and put it in a simpler piston filler.

 

Lovely pens! I'm sure you've gotten some great work out of all of them. I still can't decide about that Visconti: half the time I'm skeptical of its design, and the other half I'm quite enamored.

[penmanila]

yes, thanks, i'd have to admit that that was a consideration--the wall street comes closest to a modern burgundy vac

 

great pen trio, the Visconti matches your Parker collection

[Flake]

That visconti is amazing. I can't stop drooling.

[inkthefinks]

just finished regrinding the OB nib of the M1000 into the broad stub that i wanted

 

I am VERY impressed that anyone other than a professional nibmeister would have the courage to grind such an expensive nib themselves... a HUGE hats-off to you, sir. Congrats on a beautiful collection and an impressive skill-set! You are quite the inspiration to a novice-hack like me.

[penmanila]

ha ha, thanks. i felt rather bold--and foolish--myself doing that, but i'd done some practice on a somewhat less formidable nib (a sailor zoom nib, with lots of iridium). the thing is, my silliness began with me ordering the M1000 with an OB nib three years ago, only to find that i didn't like OB and couldn't use it--so the pen went back into the box, neglected all this time. when i realized i could grind it down to a somewhat flexy B, as i'd done with the sailor, i took a deep breath and did what had to be done (working with 1500-grit sandpaper, a 2500-grit, and then a nail buffer), and now i'm happy, and the pen is in rotation, writing like i'd always dreamed it should.

 

again i'm no nibmeister and wouldn't even think of working on someone else's nibs, but here's a pic of the end-product, just to show i didn't mangle this precious nib too badly, at least for my own purposes

 

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just finished regrinding the OB nib of the M1000 into the broad stub that i wanted

 

I am VERY impressed that anyone other than a professional nibmeister would have the courage to grind such an expensive nib themselves... a HUGE hats-off to you, sir. Congrats on a beautiful collection and an impressive skill-set! You are quite the inspiration to a novice-hack like me.

Edited June 29, 2012 by penmanila