Jump to content

Buy Or Not Buy - Einstein Fp

Sampanel

By Sampanel
in Montblanc

 Share

Recommended Posts

Sampanel Rare

Sampanel

Posted
Posted

My favourite MB boutique in Hong Kong has reserved a Einstein FP for me. I have held it in hand and it is a beautifully pen. I really love it but am struggling in view of its high price! Can I have your expertise advice, please ??? Many thanks !!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 15
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • meiers

    2

  • Sampanel

    2

  • bernardo

    1

  • logantrky

    1

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

bardiir Extremely Rare

bardiir

Posted
Posted

I'm not very much into MB, I'm more into functional and industrial Design. But I really like the Einstein Design too, I think it's great and I would definitely get one if I would have the money to spare.

My Pens/Nibs (inked/active): Lamy Studio/Vista/Joy (XXF slight-flex custom | 14k EF | EF | F | 14k M | M | B | 14k 1.1 custom | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.9), TWSBI Diamond 580 (F | Pendleton BadBoy | Zebra G | F.P.R. semi-flex), Pilot Falcon EF, Penkala Vintage 14k semi-flex, Pilot Parallel (2.4 | 3.8 | 6.0)

http://www.fp-ink.info/img/button.pngI'm still looking for help/data/supporters/sponsors for my Ink Database - It already contains over 900 Inks but is still low on data about the inks except on the Inks I got myself or where I found nice data sheets. So Im looking for these: InkSamples mailed to me, Permissions to use InkReviews - preferable by people who have a lot of InkReviews online, InkReviews mailed to me so I can scan them, Sponsors that will help me to finance InkSamples, People willing to trade InkSamples (list of available Inks from me is available via PM request - please include available Inks)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BrandonA Antique

BrandonA

Posted
Posted

Its definitely a lovely pen. Its now the only limited edition pen I ink.

 

Its very heavy so I'm not sure I'd want to use it for extended periods of writing. This isn't an issue to me though as I don't have a need to write much, limiting myself to the odd list of note for which I have no concerns.

 

If you get sweaty hands I can imagine the metal grip section would make holding the pen awkward as you'd slip on the metal part.

My Collection: Montblanc Writers Edition: Hemingway, Christie, Wilde, Voltaire, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Poe, Proust, Schiller, Dickens, Fitzgerald (set), Verne, Kafka, Cervantes, Woolf, Faulkner, Shaw, Mann, Twain, Collodi, Swift, Balzac, Defoe, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Saint-Exupery, Homer & Kipling. Montblanc Einstein (3,000) FP. Montblanc Heritage 1912 Resin FP. Montblanc Starwalker Resin: FP/BP/MP. Montblanc Traveller FP.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Pravda Collectors Item

Pravda

Posted
Posted

I collect MB LEs.. the Einstein.. Meh.. I personally skipped it. For that price, many other lovely editions if you don't have they should reserve your priority

Link to comment
Share on other sites
JLS1 Collectors Item

JLS1

Posted
Posted

FWIW, it's one of the few LE MB pens that I would purchase, partly because I like Einstein but also because the design actually reflects the person it is honouring IMHO. That said, I don't think I would buy it if I didn't have the money, especially if it came down to basics (pen vs. food); OTOH, if it's just a question of this pen being the only pen of 2014 vs. a few pens, I'd be more tempted to plunk down the money and try to hold off on other purchases.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
bernardo Collectors Item

bernardo

Posted
Posted

I say go for it. It's not just an interesting pen, it's a LE, which means it will keep and maybe increase its value in the future.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
meiers Donor Pen

meiers

Posted
Posted

I say go for it. It's not just an interesting pen, it's a LE, which means it will keep and maybe increase its value in the future.

I would not bet on it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
logantrky Vintage

logantrky

Posted
Posted

I DO like the Einstein, but there are other LEs I would purchase before it. The Hitchcock perhaps?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
de_pen_dent Collectors Item

de_pen_dent

Posted
Posted

The Einstein and the Da Vinci are the only 2 pens in the Famous Persons series i am considering buying. The only thing holding me back is that I dont see myself clipping a $2500+ pen to my t-shirt pocket and going about my day - and if i cannot use it regularly, i dont want to own it.

 

If i didnt have that hangup, i'd be all over it like white on rice.

True bliss: knowing that the guy next to you is suffering more than you are.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
gclyn Mint

gclyn

Posted
Posted

I would not bet on it.

 

Agreed...it is not wise to buy pens as an investment. Buy them because you love it, or it writes better than any other pen you have tried, or you love the esthetics, but not for investment purposes.

_________________________________________________________

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
da vinci Antique

da vinci

Posted
Posted

I DO like the Einstein, but there are other LEs I would purchase before it. The Hitchcock perhaps?

 

Agree - would definitely choose the Hitchcock before the Einstein.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sampanel Rare

Sampanel

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thank you all for the valuable comments. I think I'v made the decision, i.e. to save the money to buy some other LE / MB that I can use regularly. Once again thank you !!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chrissy Museum Piece

Chrissy

Posted
Posted

It's not a pen for me because I don't like metal grips. I find them much too slippery. The Einstein is also a heavy pen.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
canibanoglu Extremely Rare

canibanoglu

Posted
Posted

Well, I'm a bit late to the whole thing, but I'd say buy it. As far as I'm concerned, it is one of the most beautiful pens MB ever made and that cap is to die for, a very, very good-looking nod to its namesake.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

Announcements

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33583
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26772
    5. jar
      jar
      26105

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...