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Montegrappa Extra 1930 Bamboo Black Celluloid Fountain Pen M Nib


VaN GoGh

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Hi Guys,

 

Yesterday was my birthday and I finally decided to buy this diamond for myself as a birthday/christmas present. So I went to the pen shop around 12 pm. and picked up the pen on the table and start to talk with the dealer. He was so nice to me altough I was there for the 3rd time to see the pen. I asked him for another free ink which he accepted. So I took my new Extra and leave the shop. Now I took some pictures which I would like to share with you. :clap1: Please suggest some inks maybe green will be nice to me for the first shot :roflmho:

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Nice pen. Hope you love it. Diamine makes several really nice green inks that might work well with that pen, maybe their Green Black, Dalamere or Woodland Green.

 

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Wow, what a beauty! :drool:

Can you get Standardgraph inks where you live? It looks like their Reed Green would be a close to perfect match for the green details on your pen.

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That is a lovely pen. Personally, I would choose a nice, rich, black ink for the first time around, probably Aurora. I realize that's not very original, but it is very black and that's what counts.

 

Also: a like the strategy you used with the seller. As a variation, next time try offering to pay for the ink and see if he'll throw in a nice pen.

 

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Lovely extra :thumbup: You will love the way it writes ;) I enjoy mine a lot and look for another 1930 extra in second hand.

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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Wow, what a beauty! :drool:

Can you get Standardgraph inks where you live? It looks like their Reed Green would be a close to perfect match for the green details on your pen.

 

Thnx

 

I can get MB inks , Pelikan edelstein , Caran Dache , Waterman , J Herbin, also I can find Diamine from another city but they dont have all the greens. My options for Diamine are Ultra Green, Green Black , Emerald , Teal.

 

I also search the colour that you recommend I really like the colour so maybe I can find it in the future

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Lovely extra :thumbup: You will love the way it writes ;) I enjoy mine a lot and look for another 1930 extra in second hand.

 

Thank you Georges,

 

I read your review and saw the pictures before I bought mine and that's one of the things what encourges me to buy the pen :D :thumbup:

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and for diamine,you don't say it in your list but can you have the sherwood green?it's a nice green.If not the simple and classical MB irish green,easy to find and nice.

 

the pen is splendid i love it!!Do you want to sell it to me?lol

A people can be great withouth a great pen but a people who love great pens is surely a great people too...

Pens owned actually: MB 146 EF;Pelikan M200 SE Clear Demonstrator 2012 B;Parker 17 EF;Parker 51 EF;Waterman Expert II M,Waterman Hemisphere M;Waterman Carene F and Stub;Pilot Justus 95 F.

 

Nearly owned: MB 149 B(Circa 2002);Conway Stewart Belliver LE bracket Brown IB.

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and for diamine,you don't say it in your list but can you have the sherwood green?it's a nice green.If not the simple and classical MB irish green,easy to find and nice.

 

the pen is splendid i love it!!Do you want to sell it to me?lol

 

 

thanks you :D yes the pen is gorgeous I think I'm gonna use it for a long time but if I change my mind one day you'll be in the first line in my selling list :thumbup:

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thank you very much...it's the color i want...yours is really the one that i want ;)

A people can be great withouth a great pen but a people who love great pens is surely a great people too...

Pens owned actually: MB 146 EF;Pelikan M200 SE Clear Demonstrator 2012 B;Parker 17 EF;Parker 51 EF;Waterman Expert II M,Waterman Hemisphere M;Waterman Carene F and Stub;Pilot Justus 95 F.

 

Nearly owned: MB 149 B(Circa 2002);Conway Stewart Belliver LE bracket Brown IB.

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thank you very much...it's the color i want...yours is really the one that i want ;)

 

Let me tell you the story...before the extra I was planning to buy Omas Paragon in the first place then I find Mogdalini then I see Miya Turqoise. After all one day I decided to go to a watch dealer who sells montblanc pens and montegrappa pens. I didnt know what I was gonna find there. I entered the store and there were about 5 montegrappa pens left. At that moment I saw the extra ( I saw this pen at novelli site a long time ago but it was expensive ). The dealer told me that they will stop selling Montegrappa and continue with MB. Thats why they have 5 pens. So I asked him to grab the extra and the yellow duetto miya. From that moment I was very impressed by the extra. The colours, the feeling of touch to celluloid, the nib :puddle:

So I make some researchs on FPN the owner reviews and I decided to get it as a birhtday present to myself :clap1:

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Very nice! you will never regret owning this stunning pen.

Your life really starts when you buy your first Dupont fountain pen; so stop aimlessly wandering through life and buy a Dupont!

 

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it's clear that it is a very nice pen....who can say he don't love this pen?

A people can be great withouth a great pen but a people who love great pens is surely a great people too...

Pens owned actually: MB 146 EF;Pelikan M200 SE Clear Demonstrator 2012 B;Parker 17 EF;Parker 51 EF;Waterman Expert II M,Waterman Hemisphere M;Waterman Carene F and Stub;Pilot Justus 95 F.

 

Nearly owned: MB 149 B(Circa 2002);Conway Stewart Belliver LE bracket Brown IB.

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I would like to see your review of this pen after six - twelve months. It looks like a very nice pen I would consider in the future. Your review would be of value.

 

Thanks for this writeup!

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I owe a Bamboo Black too, and love it. It is beautiful, has a fantastic nib and a great design.

The only thing I do not like about this pen is that it takes forever to unscrew the cap!! Impossible to use in meetings...

 

Otherwise, I am sure you will enjoy it!

 

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<b>In my hands</b>: Waterman, MontBlanc, Stipula, Visconti, Graf von Faber-Castell, Pelikan, Delta, Aurora, Omas, S.T.Dupont, Montegrappa, OnLine, Parker, Pilot, Favero, and... <i>a few goose feather quills</i>.

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