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Have read every word, it's like adult literature but about pens.

 

Call me Ishmael. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a broken 149, must be in want of a repair. It was the best of pens. It was worst of pens. One dark and stromy night my piston cone ruptured.This is the saddest story I have ever heard. Where now? Who now? When now? I had the repair recommendations, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

 

Apologies to the literary greats whose opening lines I stole and mutilated to my own needs. In order or my vandalism:

 

Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851)

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford (1830)

Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier (1915)

Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable (1953; trans. Patrick Bowles)

Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome (1911)

Samuel Beckett, Murphy (1938)

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Call me Ishmael. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a broken 149, must be in want of a repair. It was the best of pens. It was worst of pens. One dark and stromy night my piston cone ruptured.This is the saddest story I have ever heard. Where now? Who now? When now? I had the repair recommendations, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

 

Apologies to the literary greats whose opening lines I stole and mutilated to my own needs. In order or my vandalism:

 

Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851)

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford (1830)

Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier (1915)

Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable (1953; trans. Patrick Bowles)

Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome (1911)

Samuel Beckett, Murphy (1938)

 

 

This gets my vote for The Greatest Pen Post Ever!

 

I, too, thoroughly enjoy Zaddick's detailed information and the tone in which he presents it. And, I must admit, I would be terribly disappointed if I were to learn that he didn't look just like Professor Frink in real life! The info and image seem such a perfect match.

Of course, the literary allusions sealed my vote for this as TGPPE, especially the ones from St. Sam.

 

To the OP: I hope you consider restoring the pen with a vintage or custom part. It would be a shame for all those other bits to end up in MB's bin.

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Call me Ishmael. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a broken 149, must be in want of a repair. It was the best of pens. It was worst of pens. One dark and stromy night my piston cone ruptured.This is the saddest story I have ever heard. Where now? Who now? When now? I had the repair recommendations, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

 

Apologies to the literary greats whose opening lines I stole and mutilated to my own needs. In order or my vandalism:

 

Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851)

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford (1830)

Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier (1915)

Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable (1953; trans. Patrick Bowles)

Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome (1911)

Samuel Beckett, Murphy (1938)

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+1

 

The Montblanc 149 was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as zaddick and the rest of us were.

 

(with apologies to both zaddick and Margaret)

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." -Pablo Picasso


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I am the OP.

 

I sent it to Brad Torelli for repair and cleaning.

 

Decided to keep it "vintage" -- like me.

 

Thanks to all who posted.

 

Ken C

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I am the OP.

 

I sent it to Brad Torelli for repair and cleaning.

 

Decided to keep it "vintage" -- like me.

 

Thanks to all who posted.

 

Ken C

 

Good call.

 

This turned into a very interesting thread. Please come back and update, when the pen returns. We'd all be interested to see how things turned out.

 

Good luck.

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I love brand new gleaming precious resin.

However, Brad Torelli is absolutely brilliant at carefully restoring 149s. Please show off your treasure when it returns.

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I am the OP.

 

I sent it to Brad Torelli for repair and cleaning.

 

Decided to keep it "vintage" -- like me.

 

Thanks to all who posted.

 

Ken C

Good call Kevin.

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I've got the parts to repair this pen.

Hard times don't last, but hard people do.

 

Thank a Veteran.

 

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