New Arrival: Heritage Capless Rollerball, Steel

May 2, 2016

I just picked up this Heritage Capless Rollerball in steel:

http://www.arcmailbox.com/img/pens/capless1.jpg

Its box is inexplicably way nicer than their standard ones.

It’s a fairly small pen. Here it is next to the Mid-size Blue Hour ballpoint:

http://www.arcmailbox.com/img/pens/capless3.jpg

and now, it’s sandwiched between the always large LeGrand Silver Barley ballpoint, and the Classique Platinum Facet fountain::

http://www.arcmailbox.com/img/pens/capless4.jpg

like the Silver Barley, it has a star logo which is made of mother of pearl, although it "glows" better on the Silver Barley:

http://www.arcmailbox.com/img/pens/mop1.jpg

Either it's my imagination, or the pen writes a good deal more smoothly than my former Montblanc rollerballs, both the LeGrand ones and the standard-sized rollerballs. I always found them to be a bit "scratchy", albeit the LeGrand rollerballs less so. But this capless rollerball refill writes pretty much perfectly, I'd say.

The pen's small size, and capless system, make it ideal as a quick note-taker, or travel pen. It fits in my jeans' fifth pocket.

Since you can operate it one handedly, it is very convenient, same as most Montblanc ballpoints. One doesn't always want to pull out one's limited edition Tolstoy, unscrew the cap, ask someone to hold the cap because it doesn't post, then jot a note on the back of a business card. Am I right?

http://www.arcmailbox.com/img/pens/capless2.jpg

I don't think any heads will turn when using the Heritage Capless out and about - it's not that flashy. Perhaps it's ideal for when wishing to be under the radar.

Thanks for looking!

Edited May 2, 2016 by lemonde

May 3, 2016

I read that the snow cap logo on the 1912 Heritage series (excluding the titanium LE) is made from quartz and coated with a layer of MOP instead.

Anyway it's a beautiful pen but since I already have a Le Grand 161 ballpoint, I didn't purchase the rollerball to compliment my 1912 fountain.

May 3, 2016

I read that the snow cap logo on the 1912 Heritage series (excluding the titanium LE) is made from quartz and coated with a layer of MOP instead.

Anyway it's a beautiful pen but since I already have a Le Grand 161 ballpoint, I didn't purchase the rollerball to compliment my 1912 fountain.

Yes, the Montblanc site says "Montblanc emblem in mother-of-pearl lacquer under a transparent cap top". Not sure exactly what that is, but if you're doing white, you may as well do some sort of mother of pearl, I'd say.

I'd prefer no transparent cap top, with a slightly different application of the logo, but they never let me design these suckers.

Edited May 3, 2016 by lemonde

May 3, 2016

Yes, the Montblanc site says "Montblanc emblem in mother-of-pearl lacquer under a transparent cap top". Not sure exactly what that is, but if you're doing white, you may as well do some sort of mother of pearl, I'd say.

I'd prefer no transparent cap top, with a slightly different application of the logo, but they never let me design these suckers.

So that explains why it didn't shimmer as much as a solid MOP MB emblem. Still, it's pretty unique to the 1912 Heritage series nonetheless.

August 10, 2016

Many thanks for these impressions. I saw the pen yesterday in flesh for the first time: it is indeed a beautiful pen. Are you still writing with the first refill?

August 10, 2016

Enjoy it.

August 10, 2016

Nice.....

Thanks for sharing.......

August 11, 2016

Many thanks for these impressions. I saw the pen yesterday in flesh for the first time: it is indeed a beautiful pen. Are you still writing with the first refill?

I am indeed on my first refill, but with 8 pens all inked and rotated, it could be a while.

August 11, 2016

I am indeed on my first refill, but with 8 pens all inked and rotated, it could be a while.

Thank you! Does Montblanc offer a "Fine" capless refill?

Edited August 11, 2016 by A1979

August 13, 2016

Great looking pen. So it's a rollerball refill that twists in and out like a ballpoint?

August 15, 2016

Thank you! Does Montblanc offer a "Fine" capless refill?

Only one size. "Regular".

Great looking pen. So it's a rollerball refill that twists in and out like a ballpoint?

Yep. Their new "capless" rollerball method. Also, the capless rollerballs fit in the M screenwriter / rollerball, even though that pen has a cap of course. Fun stuff.

August 15, 2016

Only one size. "Regular".

Yep. Their new "capless" rollerball method. Also, the capless rollerballs fit in the M screenwriter / rollerball, even though that pen has a cap of course. Fun stuff.

I learn something new everyday! Thanks