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Do you know anyone/anywhere that has one of those for sale? In my experience, they’re about as easy to find as a heartfelt, genuine apology from a politician 😉

Not an uncommon style for 40s or so era celluloid. Here's a Moore in an interesting model, and they had the striated celluloid in silver/grey, brown, and a brown/copper mix.

Thank you.

I have an order for the 149 with BB and a Classique with OM. Even though I didn't believe the rumors, I specifically asked the German retailer if it was true that any nib other than M would not have 100th Anniversary engraving: the retailer assured me this is not true, that then entire nib range is available and said that MB would never go through the trouble of creating a special pen only to spoil it afterwards with a nib that doesn't belong to it (which, makes a lot of sense).

I suppose if there is an air leak your CON-70 could be the problem. But I would simply make sure it's all the way inserted and then move on to other possibilities. I like @HowardC's suggestions. How well do you wipe down the drenched feed after you fill the pen? I always use a cloth and absorb as much as can easily be absorbed. Another idea: after unscrewing the cap do you quickly yank it off the pen? That can cause a vacuum and pull ink out, although I can't imagine that causing ink drops in the cap. Also, don't overestimate the frustration with the CON-70. It's human nature that we complain more than praise, and the internet and search engines exacerbate that. If a converter works really really well I would expect to hear very little about it. The CON-70 also has usability issues that are not at all apparent. Is it a shortcoming in the product if it requires training to use it? Actually for a converter, when the alternatives/competition require no training, I think the answer is "yes". A shortcoming of the design, as opposed to a flaw in the execution.

Provided that you are fairly sure of not having it filched, why wouldn't you?

The benefit of a clear is to avoid an edge that will catch wear. I will be very surprised if anybody who has a nib swap gets their original nib back. Maybe what they meant is the nib you get back will have the same engraving.

Yes, the CON-70 is certainly harder to fill when held at an angle. I think that is not understood by some people, which can lead to frustration. And of course the natural thing to do when trying to fill from a nearly empty bottle is to hold it at an angle. Pilot somewhat addresses this by having ink fill from the front of the feed instead of at the section, but that only goes so far. And most people seem unaware of that design feature, too; or else they just don't appreciate it. I try to sneak it into a conversation when I can, but probably just come off as obsessed nerd. 😛

Five years? You waited five years? An epic romance.

Without a writing sample it’s nearly impossible to tell.

Any idea where I can find that patent? The illustration says "PAT. NO. 410661.424210." Maybe that's two patents and the "." is a separator? Either way, I'm not having any luck. I could search by those numbers and find something that looked like a patent, but they had nothing to do with pens.

This colour would have been more suitable for a late romantic composer He's a phoenix this one You never know

Thanks for the information but I plan to be gentle with my lacquered pen. As you say there does not appear to be a clear-coat but I don’t know why it would be necessary. Even though I intend to use it I won’t be going swimming with it (not like Ripley in the Netflix series 😅). Cheers.

Yes, a very good friend has sent his for OBB and EF and was assured he would be receiving the original nib. Also my Boutique has assured me not to worry but I can’t part with it for more than six weeks which I would think very unreasonable given how busy MB is at the moment. I’ll probably modify my M to an italic (only from the bottom so it won’t show). Today received a restocking notice for the 149 MST 100 but was told that all the pieces that arrived were already allocated for previous orders and none in Canada and only three showing in the US.

The Pilot Precise V5 (black) has been my daily writer for many years. Today is no different. However, I admit that I've never even considered finding a nice, refillable roller ball pen. I guess that needs to change.

@Number99 I apologize for not replying sooner, but I wanted to spend time looking at them, especially with a separate window and deepl because the translators I was using were not helpful. Thank you very much for both of your posts about the CON-70. Those are helpful to me. I know I have a disassembled CON-70 somewhere. If I can find it (and that's a big "if") I'll sit down with those drawings and the parts and work my way through it. The little hole in the tube is something I recall seeing but just dismissed it. I obviously shouldn't have done that: the fact that they bothered to put it there means it's there for a reason.

it hard to say..it looks like a medium nib tip, regards.

I would not use Tamiya polishing compound in my practice. It's great stuff, made for scale model construction, which I also do. Tamiya nails it for polystyrenes in everything they make. But it's, my view, a bit rough for pens. I don't use Novus with pens either, prefer sunshine rags and Micro Finishing compounds. Tim

Hello, I'm very new to the MB journey, and trying to identify the nib size on this pen. I wrote with both Medium and EF in the local store (their floor sample), and they insist that mine is a EF. But to my inexperienced eye (by how much ink it puts on the paper) it appears to be a M. I don't want to go through a nib exchange if it is indeed an EF, but I wanted to check if there is any way to be sure what size it is? Thanks!

I only have single instances of the three, but for me the FA is the softest, then the SF, then the SF in my Falcon. They're all completely different beasts. The Falcon pens (aka Elabo) have completely different geometry and get their behavior mostly from the geometry, but I don't find mine to be "soft". I would describe mine as being rather stiff, but with a geometry that is intended to encourage more spread between the tines when you push on it. The FA nib, regardless of whether "FA" stands for "Falcon", are a completely different geometry from the Falcon. Then the SF nibs, they are a traditional nib geometry, they're slightly more flexible than their non-S counterparts: they require less pressure to get the same pressure and, I assume, are less likely to fail when you do that repeatedly. Then there's the size-30 nibs used in the Custom Urushi and Aya. Traditional geometry, bigger than the KoP and 149. I would put it's softness between my 743-FA and SF which IMO is perfection.

I had a sample of Vivaldi! (And one of North African Violet, which stained everything it looked at). Vivaldi was so gray it was barely purple. And I love Vivaldi's music, so yes, this ink should have been some form of red. Water Test Vivaldi Kitteh is melting. It is sad. 😢 @yazeh, thanks for this review! It's rare that I have one of your review inks.

Does anyone know about this company? A box of their "Parkar 51" pens was listed by an India bookseller on Ebay this morning. NOS from before 1996.

Thanks for sharing the interesting video. Forever learning.

If my cat could sing like Heifetz or MIlstein, she would be playing at the Carnegie hall or be Youtube sensation in these modern times

Yes, that's true.