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Hi, I'm looking for a 149 on eBay, ideally with a medium nib or higher. I've heard elsewhere that as they're handground montblanc nibs can vary in size. Here are some photos of one where I'm not sure of it's size. I'd really appreciate people's opinions:

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I depends on what kind of paper he is writing on and how much pressure was put on the nib to make those lines.

 

That nib looks alot like the one on my 146 and makes a similar line. I would classify the nib on my 146 as a fine nib. So, my vote is that it is a fine.

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my 149 is marked medium via its west germany M sticker

 

but it writes close to xf-F so its depends on paper

'The Yo-Yo maneuver is very difficult to explain. It was first perfected by the well-known Chinese fighter pilot Yo-Yo Noritake. He also found it difficult to explain, being quite devoid of English.

So we left it at that. He showed us the maneuver after a sort. B*****d stole my kill.'

-Squadron Leader K. G. Holland, RAF. WWII China.

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Because these nibs are hand tuned, there is a lot of variance. My nib on my 149 is supposed to be a fine but it writes like a Visconti medium...Montblanc's Fine nibs are generally around the 0.45 mm width give or take a few millimeters.

 

Regardless of it's supposed to be a medium or fine, if the line that the pen puts down is to your liking, then get it. From your picture, that looks like a medium line that my Pelikan or Visconti's make, but for MB that could be considered a fine.

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Montblanc's Fine nibs are generally around the 0.45 mm width give or take a few millimeters.

I'll admit... I LOL'd quite a bit.

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lol i can imagine the MB associate at the counter going 'yes, It's precisely 0.38mm width or give or take a millimeters.

'The Yo-Yo maneuver is very difficult to explain. It was first perfected by the well-known Chinese fighter pilot Yo-Yo Noritake. He also found it difficult to explain, being quite devoid of English.

So we left it at that. He showed us the maneuver after a sort. B*****d stole my kill.'

-Squadron Leader K. G. Holland, RAF. WWII China.

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^ No no no! They do the canned "well, you know, every MB nib is HAND GROUND by a PERSON! And the pens are made of PRECIOUS RESIN!"

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from the first pic, I would say that the nib was reground but I can be wrong

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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