Mb 149 Demonstrator!

[ecox]

I picked up this MB 149 over the weekend:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ecox/DSC09693.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ecox/DSC09692.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ecox/DSC09694.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ecox/DSC09695.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ecox/DSC09696.jpg

 

No, it's not really a demonstrator. Turns out that the pen is transparent to infrared light. (So is the ink, which is Aurora Blue.) The pictures above are infrared. This is what the pen looks like to the naked eye:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ecox/DSC09690.jpg

 

Still, it's interesting to see the inner workings of the 149 this way.

[fpupulin]

Absolutely great work! Splendid photographs with a rarely used technique, and very interesting. May be you can tell us something about the technical aspects of the shots. Thank you for sharing.

[Makar]

Fantastic - looks just like a demo! Well done.

 

Edited to say that I just switched the 'nightshot' button on my camcorder and scanned some of my MBs. Worked just like your images ecox!! What a cool way to see inside your pens

 

...but doesn't seem to work on the bordeaux coloured pens!

 

Stephen

Edited May 9, 2011 by Makar

[yus2001fr]

Really amazing, nice shots !

 

This "fake" demonstrator (but real 149) is really nice, a good idea for Mont Blanc !

 

It's like the skeleton 333 but without bones

[hari317]

Really amazing!

[enricof]

FANTASTIC,

absolutely the cleanest 149 demo I've seen...

[dnb]

I thought it interesting that the entire thing was clear, and then not even any gold?

Pseudo-demos! Bah!

[sbrandt]

Cool! I am somewhat ashamed to admit that my first reaction was split evenly between awe and envy. Well done. :clap1:

[Sidestreaker]

Those are really cool shots! Thanks for sharing, great to see the inside of the pen!

[FredRydr]

If only you had posted these on April 1st!

 

Fred

[kareth]

is it the silicone bubblegum? - dark substance seen at the place where the nib resides.

[fountainbel]

Amazing, thanks a lot for shearing !

Francis

[WendyNC]

That is just way cool! Thanks for these photos.

[ozwill45]

Those shots are lovely, you had me.

[Wael El-Dasher]

I think this is a great way to look into internal leaks! Fantastic idea.

[kushbaby]

Really, really cool. I second the suggestion that this would make a good April fool's joke...

 

[Multiechelon]

This is very cool. And, no pun intended, illuminating. What really interests me is that you can clearly see a few micro-cracks in the barrel. They are by the ink window and well captured in your fourth photo. These are visible in demonstrators as the following picture shows:

 

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/multiechelon/149MDemonstrator/149ThreeDemonstrators_03.jpg

 

I remember when I first saw these micro cracks I was worried the pen was compromised. But then I looked at the ink window of many of my 149s and saw they were present.

 

Thanks for sharing,

Sean

[yachtsilverswan]

Why is the macaroon opaque? It's just resin, like the body and cap of the pen.

[georges zaslavsky]

this is just amazing , thanks for sharing

[osnofian]

Really nice pics,

I'm just curious, how did you do it?

Just an old film camera with infrared film, or something more fancy? What lighting was used?

Some technical details would be appreciated.

Cheers!