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@gerigo As you are someone who is knowledgeable and has firsthand experience with several Montblanc models, going forward it will be a loss to the forum regarding Montblanc future models. However, your perspective is completely understandable and your assessment of the industry is spot-on.

Thank you @dbs for this insightful analysis of the boutique-centric marketing strategy.

That is a beautiful pen @PAKMAN.

@marlinspikeI agree that that is a good definition for being committed to a brand.

What a unique watch! @gweimer1

Faber-Castel a maker of second tier fountain pens, needed a first tier pen so bought up Osmia, and then having an ego problem immediately started erasing Osmia's cap jewel, clip, name onthe pen and name on the great nib...Bought up in @ 1950 erased before the end of 50 and Faber Castel died as a fountain pen by mid '60's if that long. In I believe the German bosses chopped off the head of workers bold enough to show their pen was as good or better than the boss, Osmia had three-four finial jewels, and at least 4 clips, one pure genetic. That is the only reason I can come up with that. In the following pictures, I have them, and or occasionally I found a better picture than I can take of a pen I do have. 1938 The Boehler Brothers split up their Osmia factory....and Boehler continued using the same model numbers as Osmia. So on the whole when talking 30's Boehlers I consider them Osmia pens. A mid '30s push button filler 222. Click to get a better view...a mdl 76 I have a couple BCHR in 72 and 76 which is a medium-large pen, but the borrowed picture is better than I can take. As I said, I don't know why the generic cap. This pen I do not have...some 15 years ago, when I was struggling with thin air of €50 for a used pen, this went for €350. Osmia Supra Deluxe, and a hell of a 4 B signature nib. This is the pen they chased and caught Soennecken and MB with. Push button.....Soennecken, MB and Osmia and any of the rest did everything in the world than pay Pelikan to use it's piston. This I have. An Osmia on one side Faber Castel on the other side...the next year on the same side and then erased...the pen that started my crazy addiction. A 540. It was a steel maxi-semi-flex, when I didn't even know what semi-flex was....all the noobies were enthused by wide thick lines of ink...and this did that...having ease of tine spread...then died needing a new cork gasket....and It was until later I found out about semi-flex and maxi-semi-flex nib. I was off to sell at my first flea market and we had a drawer full of old inherited fountain pens....I said, 1€ for the regular run of the mill old obliterate leaking things including the gray Esterbrook DJ and €5 for this one....Wife shook her finger and tasked me with looking it it. at 20:00 I started looking. My in my wife's jewlery box jail, P-75 was then worth 3225...and this €5 Osmia was worth $250...So 02:00 I had a collection. This is someone else's picture I use to show the Osmia brand mark finial top and the small diamond with the nib size inside the semi-flex nib. This is a medium-small (very popular size in Germany) a 62...which I have in black and gold. Bohler One day the big one just fell apart with crystalized rubber. '38 Boehler 54 Gold...full tortoise....when I buy a pen, I get the picture for my use. I do have some simple non chased black and gold Osmia pens also.

A LE100 will be released/announced on May 1st but as it is really limited, price will be in the range of Artisan Edition. And it seems a LE1924 in a special box will be released in October.

@pan101 I think you described them correctly as slightly muted. Your handwriting makes the ink look very nice.

I have been recommending the use of Moonman/Majohn 80s sections on 45s, but recently I encountered a problem. The nib/feed unit was screwed in too far and the section cracked. It is possible that this was an accident that was limited to one case, but I am here to tell about it. I am still using Majohn 80s sections that I have in stock again, but I am careful about the screw-in strength of the feed. It looks very good. Maybe Majohn80s are not stocked indefinitely and production may have been halted. (Majohn80 minis are currently unavailable.)

Thank you @Mercian for these details on the Parker converters. Side note: I am using various Chinese "3,4mm bore" converters in my 45s. Cheaper than the Parker converter, some come with agitators that can be kept or removed.

No, the pen is perfectly functional, works well and seals well.

Thanks, @Todor, for introducing these two inks to us. 👍 I like the colour and, especially, your handwriting. However, the inks do not appear to be unique in their colours or behaviours, not enough, at least, to making them an attractive buy.

Thank you.

Does it prevent you from removing. The nib unit

That Parker looks just like good old Quink black as I remember it from the 2000's. Current Quink black is much closer to Waterman Intense black, some say it's the same. Doesn't have that blue/green lean anymore.

Wow, thanks for the responses everyone! @LizEF I hadn't seen the color picker before, that's really useful, thanks. @Mercian thank you for the very detailed and helpful response. Finding that review of Online Nachtblau has helped tremendously also. I'm going to order a couple of inks that seem close and see how it goes. I've been using task management apps (without success) for years now and recently decided to buy a new notebook and pen to try things a different way. I'm enjoying it all so much that I'm just finding excuses to write things. Help like this from the community is only going to feed my new addiction! 🙂

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Even deformed, it's not THAT bad, just a bit wavy. I shall post a picture of my deformed 45 section one day.

I’m not the one who purchased it but it’s now showing as out of stock.

Where can I find kanwrite jowo compatible nibs in India other than the pen world with the ultra flex option available

There is a kanwrite jowo compatible nib is it the same as a normal Lenore #6 nib or is there a nib difference (not feed or housing)

That was very informative I didn’t know about that company itself

I live in India is the regular summer temperature too high and I have been thinking about buying a pen from my birthday in January and I still have not decided on what to buy🤦‍♂️

thank you. I didn't cover the specification measurement stuff in the video, which is considered regular and can be easily obtained once the pen is in your hand. My video thereby is not a "product review", and does not construce any purchase advice. What I did is bringing in "my thoughts". That's it.