Montblanc Red Gold 149 Obbb

[thygreyt]

 

 

Which one is which?

Gaius Maecenas is the OB, 146 gold is the Dan smith OB

 

My question also. The Maecenas is obviously much wider, looking like an OBB if the 14K (I assume 149?) is OB. Also, what tip size/type was original to the reground nib?

 

Most importantly, how does Nibsmith's grind compare to the factory? Closely similar in feel? Or if different, in what ways?

Original 146 14k nib was a medium, but when the reshape happens the line width grows. Both have a VERY similar line width.

 

Nibsmith's re grind is sharper, an oblique cursive italic, so it is just as thick on the "fat" side, and a lot thinner/ crispier on the "thin side". Both have the same angle (i measured it to be 15 degrees), but Nib Smith made it to my pen/writing angle and so it writes SUPERBLY well (for me)

 

 

Glad you're enjoying your nibs. We couldn't keep ALL the fun to ourselves.

It was actually your comment about obliques not necesarily being for "people who rotate their pens" that made me give them a try. Now i'm in love...

[Ghost Plane]

My work here is done. *grin*

[16m3mx]

Comparing factory OB vs a custom OB by Dan smith AKA nibsmith.

 

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A note to TOM (and Ghost, and Pravda, Zaddick, et al)

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I second you Reed, also, i was hoping for writing samples of that pen on instagram, glad I found one in here! FPN for the win!

 

Cheers,

 

Luis A. (@16m3mx)

[zaddick]

[jmccarty3]

Is this not one of the best threads ever?

[Ghost Plane]

Let me add a teaser to make it even better.

[zaddick]

GP you are a tease without giving scale. Did you go skeleton mad and get the Blue Hour or have you shown a modicum of constraint and gotten the Legrand Blue Hour OBB?

[BlueJ]

Reed Thoughts:

Sorry to butt in again, but was your 146 M regrind made crisper than the stock oblique at your request, or is that just the way Dan always grinds them?

 

Also, were the sky-blue and green writing samples above done with the Mycaenas and 146 respectively, as seems to be implied?

[thygreyt]

Reed Thoughts:

Sorry to butt in again, but was your 146 M regrind made crisper than the stock oblique at your request, or is that just the way Dan always grinds them?

 

Also, were the sky-blue and green writing samples above done with the Mycaenas and 146 respectively, as seems to be implied?

No worries! Maecenas has kon peki, and the 146 has Irish green.

The maecenas just returned from a nib exchange from fine to an oblique broad.

 

The 146 started life as a medium nib, but I sent to to Dan to convert it to an oblique cursive italic (I love stubs and cursive italics). I asked for the oblique angle to be 15 degrees (it can be anything from 15 to 45) as 15 seems to be what montblanc uses.

 

After the re grind the surface area in contact with paper gets larger than that of the traditional medium nib (by a whole lot), as originally only the tip of the round tip was touching. And it gets even larger when going to an oblique (simple geometry).

 

Anyhow, because of the nature of the cursive italic oblique it's similar, but lines are thinner on the thin side, while just as broad on the other way... And because it was made for my pen writing angle it writes just perfectly smooth for me.

[grantmm]

 

 

Edit, that's Kon Peki? Wow, I'm really looking forward to the delivery later this week with that ink in it now. Absolutely infatuating blue!

Edited September 21, 2017 by grantmm

[zaddick]

Yes sir, Lucky Orange. If you put enough ink down it is a pleasant ink to see.

[Ghost Plane]

GP you are a tease without giving scale. Did you go skeleton mad and get the Blue Hour or have you shown a modicum of constraint and gotten the Legrand Blue Hour OBB?

What is this "restraint" you speak of?

[thygreyt]

OMG. Congratulations!

[BillH]

Very lovely ghost, congrats indeed.

[fpupulin]

Ghost Plane: that is really superb! And surely well-deserved to your hand... C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !

[zaddick]

What is this "restraint" you speak of?

 

It is a bit of a foreign concept for me, much like eating healthy and exercise. I understand it from an academic perspective, but not from an emotional one.

 

Enjoy your new treasure. I have been going back and forth with picking up the BH skeleton but never got over the hump to acquisition.

 

So i assume that is O3B then?

[Ghost Plane]

It is, indeed.

 

I offloaded the vast majority of my collection to acquire these. Major kudos to Bryant at Chatterley who made it all possible.

 

I'll post the entire saga of the Skeleton hunt when I'm not doing double duty between hurricane repairs and getting my business partner pulled together for her first overseas conference.

[Tom Kellie]

~ These broad-nibbed fountain pens keep getting bigger and better.

They make a little Pug puppy want to do likewise.

Zuji

[Ghost Plane]

There's just no good way to share a virtual cuddle with a puppy. Sigh.

 

Wish he could visit via the internet. My neighborhood has an awesome fenced dog park for hours of pelting after balls and toys.Plus a bench for humans to sit and wield their pens in comfort when the dogs outrun them.

[Tom Kellie]

Yes sir, Lucky Orange. If you put enough ink down it is a pleasant ink to see.

 

 

~ zaddick:

 

Your handwritten post in Montblanc Lucky Orange is especially useful.

Thank you for the comparison between rotated and normal.

Tom K.