Montblanc Fountain Pen Odd Inscription?

[jbriley3]

I see a couple of pens for sale that have the engraving Test - OB. That's the nib size. Very conspicuous. Don't know if I like a pen like that. Does anybody know the story on this please?

[Penne Stilografiche]

I pretty sure the pen you have once came in a test set of 8 pens with all of the nibs sizes, from xf to obb. They were displayed in some MB boutiques for potential customers to find the nib that suits them the best.

[Penne Stilografiche]

also,

[Pen Nut]

They will be out of the Montblanc tester set which has a range of pens in it. OB is the Oblique Broad type of nib. Here is a picture of mine which I have recently sold.

 

[humsin]

They will be out of the Montblanc tester set which has a range of pens in it. OB is the Oblique Broad type of nib. Here is a picture of mine which I have recently sold.

 

 

What's the "Test - Special" one?

[Pen Nut]

The 'test special' pen has a almost round nib tip which even the most non fountain pen user can use with ease at any angle of contact with the paper. The pen is a 145 sized one not 146 like the rest. I think I am right in saying that this was called a Kug, or possibly a Kob style nib.

[jbriley3]

Thanks everybody. Very thorough explanation. I appreciate it.

[JLS1]

The 'test special' pen has a almost round nib tip which even the most non fountain pen user can use with ease at any angle of contact with the paper. The pen is a 145 sized one not 146 like the rest. I think I am right in saying that this was called a Kug, or possibly a Kob style nib.

 

Based on what Pen Nut wrote, I think that the Special pen has/had(?) a 'Kugel' nib, which is a nib that's much rounder at the tip than usual (i.e., more like a ball point) AFAIK, kugel nibs could come in various sizes but were always preceded by K, so KOB = Kugel Oblique Broad. I once had an MB with a KM nib (Kugel Medium) but I wasn't a big fan of them...

 

To the OP: HTH and

[Pen Nut]

The 'test special' pen has a almost round nib tip which even the most non fountain pen user can use with ease at any angle of contact with the paper. The pen is a 145 sized one not 146 like the rest. I think I am right in saying that this was called a Kug, or possibly a Kob style nib.

 

Based on what Pen Nut wrote, I think that the Special pen has/had(?) a 'Kugel' nib, which is a nib that's much rounder at the tip than usual (i.e., more like a ball point) AFAIK, kugel nibs could come in various sizes but were always preceded by K, so KOB = Kugel Oblique Broad. I once had an MB with a KM nib (Kugel Medium) but I wasn't a big fan of them...

 

To the OP: HTH and

 

JLS1 explains it better than me. The special had a 'standard' Kugel nib with no form of oblique cut to it just a very large round tip to the nib.