Favourite Vintage Montblanc?

[Pensively]

David you have great taste in pens. Thank you for sharing them with us. I collect vintage Montblanc's too.

 

Thank you!!! Its quite addictive don't you think? :hmm1:

[jmnav]

Hi:

 

I know this is a very old post, but I've checked that sunnerd is still an active poster, so here it goes my question.

 

I enjoy these old Montblanc pens so I'm looking after one to become my "daily beater" but I found myself being quite sensible to lenght and girth. I already own a fifties 146 which I find almost perfect in terms of weight, balance and girth at the secion, but I find it being too short (I always use pens uncapped).

 

So... may I ask for a photo, more or less like the one below, only with the pens uncapped and aligned either at the end or the begining of the barrel for easier size comparation? I think I'm interested on the 136, 138, 236, 234 1/2 and those of similar size and how they compare to pens I know, like the 50's 146 or Pelikan 400.

 

TIA.

 

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2669/5844180814_44fedded82_z.jpg
20110618-101214 by 2careless, on Flickr

234 1/2 PL, #25 Coral red, #30 Black, 139 short ink window, 138, 136 long ink window, 134, 132, 246 green marbled, 244 green marbled.

Will need to do another family shot some time soon, there has been some additions in the past 6 months.

[slippery when wet]

Well if a 50's 146 is to small, you can forget the 234 1/2 as it is quite a small pen uncapped

[jmnav]

Well if a 50's 146 is to small, you can forget the 234 1/2 as it is quite a small pen uncapped

 

I haven't ever had it on my hand and, by its number alone, it should be shorter/thinner than a 146, but I've seen references that make the 234 1/2 some 3-4 mm longer than the 146 (basically, as long as a 136, only thinner), that's what I added it to my request.

[BlueJ]

My 334 1/2 is about 122mm long capped, 118mm long uncapped, 144mm posted. The cap screws on fairly deeply but does not post deep, hence the difference. I presume the 234 1/2 is the same, so these are indeed small pens. Curiously though, I prefer to use the 334 1/2 uncapped even though I generally use larger pens (e.g. modern 146.)

[Granddad75]

Hi, Blue J. What about my grandfather's late 1950/early 1960 mint condition unused in box with instructions vintage MB Meisterstuck 149 18C tri-tone BB nib with ebonite grooves/face feed for this collector? You know and have seen pics of my grandfather's pen as it is very much like one of yours. Do you think it may be what he is looking for here? Thanks

[Granddad75]

I have yet to find the 'right" person for a pen this special, but I refuse to let it go to just anyone on eBay or whatever. I think you'd understand if you were in my position

[jmnav]

Hi, Blue J. What about my grandfather's late 1950/early 1960 mint condition unused in box with instructions vintage MB Meisterstuck 149 18C tri-tone BB nib with ebonite grooves/face feed for this collector? You know and have seen pics of my grandfather's pen as it is very much like one of yours. Do you think it may be what he is looking for here? Thanks

 

Don't think so... the 149 is undoubtfully a great pen... both figuratively and physically! I find even the modern 146 to be too thick at the section (that's, among other things, why I like the 146 fifties model that much: it's "concave" section fits me almost perfectly). If only the fifties model were as long as the modern one!

 

I still have to put my hand on a 136/138, which are probably the models that would suit me more... from photos, the 136 model is probably no longer than a 146 (but even some 2~3mm would make a big difference) but being flat instead of torpedo-shape also counts: I've learned that, at the same lenght, flat models feel longer in the hand than torpedoes.

 

In the meantime, I acquired a Matador Garant 996 which, it's my understanding, is very similar size-wise to Montblanc 136, and that feels "almost perfect"... if the 136 is just a very few millimiters longer, it is as well ballanced as the 146, and comes with a nice semi-flex nib as they usually do, that would be a bull-eye!