Circus 149

[pwsuba]

I saw a few illustrations of this pen, they were off a 149 with the stone inset into the nib. I immediately questioned the ability for that setup to properly work. That is, with out modification to the feed wouldn't the stone mount block the ink channel

 

*I could be completely off on that theory, I'm no expert in the design or operation of these pens.

[Pravda]

Interesting couple of points.

 

Yes, it was a 149 that I held in my hand. The affirmation that it won't be produced, could either mean a) a 149 will not be produced and/or there may be a 145. But that would also mean that he was being coy, which would be strange.

 

Setting a stone on a nib is EXTREMELY difficult as I was told recently by the Montblanc design team. Because a nib is always moving or stretching/bending, having a stone to sit and not fall off is a technical challenge to them. They were actually proud to have finally made it happen on the Heritage serpent high limitation. According to them, it was a long process with cooling/heating etc.

 

Could mean that doing it for a 'measly' 149 eventually proved to be too costly or not worth the effort?

[dubhe]

Interesting couple of points.

 

Yes, it was a 149 that I held in my hand. The affirmation that it won't be produced, could either mean a) a 149 will not be produced and/or there may be a 145. But that would also mean that he was being coy, which would be strange.

 

Setting a stone on a nib is EXTREMELY difficult as I was told recently by the Montblanc design team. Because a nib is always moving or stretching/bending, having a stone to sit and not fall off is a technical challenge to them. They were actually proud to have finally made it happen on the Heritage serpent high limitation. According to them, it was a long process with cooling/heating etc.

 

Could mean that doing it for a 'measly' 149 eventually proved to be too costly or not worth the effort?

 

If they have gone to that much effort to make it work for a 149, then hopefully we will see it in another limited edition soon. A 149 skeleton would justify the effort!

[georges zaslavsky]

Cancelled project. I would have liked to see the pictures.

[ThierryfromFrance]

@georges zaslavsky

Georges, voici les deux photos disponibles du 145 qui était programmé... et qui a été annulé

Thierry

[A1979]

Sounds like a low cost version of the 149.

[Mulrich]

@georges zaslavsky

Georges, voici les deux photos disponibles du 145 qui était programmé... et qui a été annulé

Thierry

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Thats pretty awesome but I can see why theyd have problems keeping the stone in place. First thought that came to mind is setting the stone directly in the feed and having the ink channels go around the stone.

[pwsuba]

Not sure how accurate this is, but from the boutique information books they person I deal with said.

 

The stone would be set into a cup then that cup is set in place.

[Pravda]

Thats strange that the specimen I saw in person had a big star instead of a persons figure on the nib :/ the star looked better to be honest