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This new Solitaire Serpent limited edition arrived today!



It was stunning in person, especially the serpent engraving.


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The eye actually is yellow-oriange, not red. The eyes are made of garnet and cut with facets.


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The clip and ring on the "piston" knob are champagne gold plated, kind of rose god with touch of silver, mach the pen really well. Actually, there is another piece of champagne gold at the bottom of the pen, you can see it in the following picture.



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The engraving is the best part of this pen! The picture can't do justice. The cutting edge is not straight (90 degree angle), it is actually has an angle for each of the cut. When you turning the pen, the engraved serpent is shining! The snake on the barrel connects together with the nib, and has the same silver color. The engraving is very smooth, you won't feel uncomfortable when touch the pen.



The pen is heavy, it could due to the brass body, and platinum coated body (not steel, actually platinum coated).



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Comes as medium nib, inked with Montblanc William Shakespeare.



My first montblanc limited edition, very happy with this baby!

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Congratulations!

It is a beautiful pen indeed. I am still thinking whether to buy this or not. My only problem is that I think it looks to fancy for me...

How does it feel in hand compared with other ReN's?

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I have to add, the engraving does not look cheap and crude as described by some, which is great!

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Congratulations!

It is a beautiful pen indeed. I am still thinking whether to buy this or not. My only problem is that I think it looks to fancy for me...

How does it feel in hand compared with other ReN's?

 

Unfortunately, I don't have regular ReN. I do have 146 and 149. Compared to the black resin pens, I would say this pen is very "modern" due to the material and finish. And it is heavier than 149, but well balanced. Overall feeling to me is modern and neat (Yes, neat, the color of the whole pen is consistent and matched well although it has engravings). In my opinion, it is the best looking ReN.. (but I don't own regular versions, so just my opinion...)

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Congratulations on your new acquisition :) may you enjoy it in many happy days.

 

I have to add, the engraving does not look cheap and crude as described by some, which is great!

It's a great pen, surely. Though in my honest opinion the engraving I thought (allow me to rephrase from earlier) was a tad too much for me and appeared somewhat unrealistic or cartoonish. I imagined they're trying to make it extra special from the earlier versions so went with it. Again, I only handled it for a total of 2 minutes so I may need to go have a second look :)

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Congratulations on your new acquisition :) may you enjoy it in many happy days.

 

It's a great pen, surely. Though in my honest opinion the engraving I thought (allow me to rephrase from earlier) was a tad too much for me and appeared somewhat unrealistic or cartoonish. I imagined they're trying to make it extra special from the earlier versions so went with it. Again, I only handled it for a total of 2 minutes so I may need to go have a second look :)

Have another look for me, as well? Looks much nicer in these pics and I like the color of the eyes better than if they were red. Weight sounds good. Now it's down to dimensions...(and cash flow)

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Together with 149 rose gold O3B...

 

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Now THIS is incredibly useful for comparison. Thanks! :wub:

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Amazing pictures! Thank you for sharing and congratulations :)

 

 

Thank you. Just forgive me with the poor photo quality, which are taken by my phone...

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I've been avoiding this thread for the reason that I did not want to be re-tempted after I decided that this pen is simply too pretty for me.

 

Pravda: it wasn't just you- I've talk to multiple people who said very similar things. Usually your obnservations are acutely correct and a lot of us here heaviy depend on your review before making decisions with regard to MB pens.

 

OP: Not at all, your photographs are amongst the best I've seen of this pen.

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I've been avoiding this thread for the reason that I did not want to be re-tempted after I decided that this pen is simply too pretty for me.

 

Pravda: it wasn't just you- I've talk to multiple people who said very similar things. Usually your obnservations are acutely correct and a lot of us here heaviy depend on your review before making decisions with regard to MB pens.

 

OP: Not at all, your photographs are amongst the best I've seen of this pen.

 

 

Thank you my friend for your vote of confidence :) I wanted to go have another look at it this weekend, but it hasn't hit my boutique yet possibly due to the extended national/religious holidays in the region.

 

I believe for someone who hasn't gone trigger happy on the previous ones (black, ebonite, coral, tropic brown) this could be a great prize piece 'the solitaire'. For me since I have fallen for 3 of the previous 4, I am deciding to pass and tentatively looking at the UNICEF Skeleton for now.

 

But I will try to get you more pictures once I have gotten another chance to see it in person whenever I can.

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