Do You Post Your 149?

[penwala]

For daily writhing and journal keeping - do you post your 149?

[zaddick]

Nope. Prefer it without the extra weight, but many other people post all the time.

[carlos.q]

I don't post my 149. But then again I don't post any of my pens...

[kandarp]

I don't post any of my pens either.

[meiers]

I always post all my Meisterstuck pens. That includes the 149.

[niksch]

Not a 149. Occasionally I will post a modern 146, but not often. I will post vintage 146, 144 or 142. I will post the 1960s 12/22/32 or 14/24/34 series pens.

 

More and more, I use a MB 204 desk pen. Or more accurately, a couple of them. The taper acts as a posted cap. These desk pens fit my current employment situation better, and they have wonderful and truly flexible nibs.

 

Years ago for some reason, I bought up a bunch of old MB desk pen tulips and miscellanea. Maybe I should create a custom desk set.

[Mastiff]

I never post my pens as a general rule. Only exception: Starwalker & Boheme (desinged to be posted).

[dubhe]

No, the balance feels better without the cap for me.

[Zdenek]

Never.

[Amit.]

Its too big a risk. I never post the cap.

[max dog]

I like the cap posted on my 149 as I grip the pen further up with the web of my hand at the centerband of the cap. This feels super comfortable for me and the pen is perfectly balanced.

Edited April 24, 2018 by max dog

[penwala]

Its too big a risk. I never post the cap.

What is the risk?

[Amit.]

What is the risk?

There are always chances of damaging the cap if you post it too hard. I also use the Heritage 1912 as a daily writer for which posting is a strict no. Just wouldn't like to get into the habit of posting.

[Sleebus]

More and more, I use a MB 204 desk pen.

 

Oh great, now you've given me another MB that I need to acquire! I love the nibs of the 256 and 254, looks like this is the same thing, but just in a desk version.

[Barry Gabay]

Normally post a 149. More comfortable that way, except when writing on my lap instead of at a desk or table (i.e. when traveling, in the yard, on a park bench)

[Kalessin]

I nearly always post the cap on my 149 when writing with it, and I've been doing so since I bought it in 1979.

[Wolverine1]

I always post the cap on my MB 149 pens. Also, I post on all my pens, except for my Lamy 2000 fp. Because, the Lamy 2000 cap doesnot want to stay posted.

[Charles Rice]

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

[Cyrille81]

I never post my 149 nor any of my pens.

[Pentode]

Nope. Too back-heavy for me posted.