Centering Of Recent Le Petit Series Nib Slit

[dbs]

I found most slits of Le Petit series' nibs are not well centered. Some times even broad nibs are not cut in center. For example, 5:52 of the appelboom video:

 

 

 

I almost returned mine until I saw those photos on the web. Here is mine:

 

 

When I look at regular Montblanc, the slit is cut exact at the center of nib.

[meiers]

The slit does not have to be perfectly centred.

Edited June 15, 2018 by meiers

[Mr.Rene]

[TCN01]

What about centering of the feed/comb on the nib? This is a picture of what is probably my nicest and smoothest writing pen, a post 1990 146 in Fine, and hopefully you can see that it's rather "offset" . . .

 

 

 

[meiers]

Performance is the only standard by which I measure a fountain pen.

[meiers]

[Tom Kellie]

Performance is the only standard by which I measure a fountain pen.

 

~ meiers:

 

That resonates with me.

An excellent writer is an excellent fountain pen.

For that reason the Montblanc fountain pens on my writing desk are all treasures, as each of them reliably writes very well.

Thank you for your to-the-point comment.

Tom K.

[jmccarty3]

I've always been a bit off-center meself.

[geodesigner]

My Petit Prince Legrand (resin) nib slit seems to be properly centered. It is a Broad, and had to be sent back to Hamburg for it. I believe retailers only stock F and M nibs for these Petit Prince models.

 

 

I find it to be a very nice grind. Stellar performance.

 

 

Some of my favorite Montblanc nibs have off-centered and/or somewhat sloppy grinds (a 70s 146 comes to mind, very weird grind on it) , but they write like a dream. If the nib doesn't perform properly, by all means contact MB support about it. If it's just an aesthetic thing, I wouldn't worry so much. In the end it's your call, and you have the right to complain if you feel there's an issue. Cheers!

[Ghost Plane]

Performance is the only standard by which I measure a fountain pen.

I've always been a bit off-center meself.

This. I’m an oblique kind of broad myself. (belated pun alert)

[BillH]

[meiers]

Edited June 18, 2018 by meiers