How Many Mont Blanc Do You Have

[RedRob]

Christie FP w Mottishawed medium oblique cursive italic

Poe B FP

Proust Binderized broad oblique italic FP and a M FP set

Fitzgerald OB FP and BP

Woolf OM FP set

 

So all in all 6 MB fountain pens, of which only the M Proust and B Poe wrote superbly out of the box (that's 33%!).

Of the 4 nib exchanges, the Christie OBB and the Proust OB wrote poorly hence the regrinds. The OB Fitzgerald and OM Woolf are impeccable. OBs are my favorite nibs, but no two OB nibs from MB nibs write the same. I suppose that the nibs on LEs are ground individually by different craftsmen.

 

Will I buy other MB FPs? Most probably yes. I am addicted to their nibs (when they write well) and I appreciate MBs design efforts. Ironically the pen design I like the most is not a FP, it is the Proust MP (pencil).

 

Which of the MB pens you own has the best design in your opinion?

Edited September 22, 2007 by RobertRaut

[Jane-K]

149

146

144 (2)

114 (Mozart)

 

Jane

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

I had 5 ages ago. I'm happy now that I have none though--just not my taste.

 

Dillon

[georges zaslavsky]

2 mb 149 and 2 mb 146

[LDF]

Fountains pens:

 

One 149

Four 146s (different ages, nibs, trim)

One 146 sterling silver solitaire

Doestoevsky Writers series

Proust Writers series

 

 

 

[LDF]

Ballpoints:

 

One 164

One older model with lever in the clip.

[aztac]

1 MB 147 Fountain pen

1 Starwalker Fine liner pen

1 MB rollerball pen

 

Next purchase by end of this month : 1 Starwalker 100 yrs Diamond Fountain Pen

Edited August 13, 2007 by aztac

[FrankB]

I currently have six MB fountain pens: 1 - 149, 2 - 146's, and 3 - old style Noblesse. The Noblesse are little bitty skinny things, but I love their old style nibs.

[AndyW]

After the DC Pen Show I have the following:

146 Black FP

144 Black Roller Ball

144 Black Pencil

146 Silver Doue

146 Gold Malachite Nikolai - FP :roflmho:

Proust Writer's Edition - FP

Jules Verne Writer's Edition FP

Dostoevsky Writer's Edition - FP

[Elaine]

One sweet little pen, the Mozart

 

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[TheNobleSavage]

I own 4 MB pens

 

2 149

1 146

1 writers edition Alexandre Dumas

 

My wife owns

 

1 144

1 146

 

 

TNS

[AJP]

Didnt realize just how many I had...

 

1- MB 149

1- MB 146

1- MB 145 (Chopin)

2 - Generations (1 red & 1 Maroon) - Technically 3, as I just purchased one very cheap to learn how to fix 'em.

1 - MB 342 flex nib

1 - MB 244

1 - Turbo

1 - Noblesse

2 - Monte Rossa's (if anyone needs one - drop me a line)

1 - SS RB 146

1 - Starwalker RB

 

[desmonte]

Hi

 

Alas, only the one, a 146 that I bought many moons ago but which was the seed from which my collection has blossomed! Still got it, though.

 

Best

 

Des

[Richard F]

I have 5, in order of purchase:

 

1 146 Solitaire Vermeil Pinstripe

1 Friedrich II LE

1 Proust LE

1 149 75th Anniversary

1 Gold-plate 1st generation Noblesse

 

All write flawlessly.

[kenny]

As it stands now:

 

1 x Boheme set (FP, BP, MP)

1 x Starwalker

2 x 149

1 x Solitare--stainless steel (won it in a raffle)

1 x 100 anniversary granite set (FP and BP)

1 x Jules Verne Writer's set (FP, BP, MP)

1 x Cervantes Writer's set (FP, BP, MP)

1 x Kafka Writer's set (FP, BP, MP)

1 x Woolf Writer's

1 x Proust Writer's

1 x Christie Writer's--sterling

1 x Christie Writer's--vermiel

1 x Poe Writer's

1 x Fitzgerald Writer's

1 x Schiller Writer's

1 x Dickens Writer's

 

 

Mrs. Kenny has:

 

1 x Garbo 100 yr (the all black one)

1 x Boheme Sterlling J'taime Set (FP, BP and a sterling MP that the MB boutique made into a matching "frakenpencil")

1 x Boheme Jewel RB

 

[domino]

None for now and no future plans either.

[JChin]

I am proud owner of 3 #149s recent purchase at Toronto Pen show.

It has the following points. One Oblique, broad and medium. Use them every day since the purchased. I also have many other montblancs but can't remember their model numbers.

 

[Kalessin]

My Mont Blanc collection includes:

 

My late grandmother's 1960's model 34 with an OB nib and a model 32 cap

 

A sadly broken pre-WWII model 234 1/2 that may have belonged to my grandfather. It has a very flexible fine nib; the barrel is snapped into two pieces

 

The 149 with medium nib that I bought with paper route money around 1979, one of my very favorite fountain pens

 

A Noblesse set from the 70s, FP (med), ballpoint and pencil

 

A 4-color gravity-select Noblesse ballpoint (it has four little windows on the cap; turn the window with the desired color up, and then push down on the cap to extend the refill with that color); this is my favorite non-fountain pen

Edited August 18, 2007 by Kalessin

[KenS]

I have 6 MB's:

1 149

3 146's

1 144

1 MP

The 146 is one of my favorite FP's. I especially like the ones with the plastic fill mechanism because it is so much lighter than the metal fill mechanism.

Ken.

[KG4KAH]

Good Day All,

 

I have just one, a 146 that I have had for 17 years. It was a gift from my wife, and it writes nicely, so is in my rotation.

 

Regards,

 

Wade