If you could have only 1 MB pen what would it be ?

[goodguy]

I love the Greta Garbo but my problem with both these pens is that they only take cartriges.I hate working with cartriges,converters are the maximus I can bare.

 

Nope. The Greta Garbo takes mini-converters, both the squeeze and the plunge type. I could never use a cartridge-only pen either.

Wow thats good news.

Where do you get these converters ?

[tnt]

The Proust is one beautiful pen, with the Sterling Silver. Talk about craftsmanship.

[QM2]

Wow thats good news.

Where do you get these converters ?

 

See this thread here

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...c=32087&hl=

[Michael R.]

...no vintage votes so far?

 

Here we go: a late all celluloid 139 for me :-)

 

 

 

A vintage celluloid 149 is close to my first choice as well as the Medici LE, a modern 1990's Sterling Silver 146 or a vintage green striped celluloid 146.

 

 

Cheers

 

Michael

 

[PAKMAN]

Easy Dumas.... either signature!

[omasfan]

If I had the money, a vintage Diplomat from the 50s in very good shape.

[bluemax]

I have to go with the Agatha Christie Fountain Pen. It was the first great pen I really took any notice of (back in good old 1993). It took me a further 7 years before I started collecting pens. I eventually became an owner of one 2 years ago.

 

My, how time flies...

 

Bren

[yachtsilverswan]

Modern 149 with traditional gold furniture and a broad nib

 

Smooth, wet, variable line. Ink for days. And understated classic looks that fit anything from casual dress to white tie & tails.

[Heirphoto]

I would gues from a collectors standpoint the 149 would have to be "the" pen to own....but I am falling for some of the vintage pieces like the 14, the 24, 32, etc.... To me these have a very 1950-1960 feel about them, traditional styling but a bit of late 50s modernism to them.

 

If I had to sell all my MBs except one it would be a vintage model and not from the 14x series.

 

Tony

[Kalessin]

Modern: Hemingway set

 

Vintage: A set in green striped celluloid, like this one: http://www.maxpens.de/bilder/142set.htm, but with a 146 in this material instead of the 142 (or a 149, if they made one, but I don't know if they did). Mmm yeah....

 

[RedRob]

I have to go with the Agatha Christie Fountain Pen. It was the first great pen I really took any notice of (back in good old 1993). It took me a further 7 years before I started collecting pens. I eventually became an owner of one 2 years ago.

 

My, how time flies...

 

Bren

 

Same here, except it took me 10 years to start collecting. It's uncanny how your story sounds like mine.

[djrsf42]

The MB Salvador Dali under the patrons of art series. I love the shape and the way it represents Dali. The cap is sweet, and so is the clip and the nib. I think it's beautiful. I hate the price though. Way out of my league. If I had to pick 1 though, this is definetly it. This pen rules!!!!!!!

[Wizergig]

It would have to be the free one.

[jmkeuning]

144

[gylyf]

If I could ever get my hands on one, a Proust mechanical pencil. Best,

David

[kenny]

149

 

[kenny]

Thankfully I am a woman, so I can say the Greta Garbo (classic black and cream edition).

 

A great pen by Montblanc. I like it more than new Marlene Dietrich Edition.

 

 

Oh don't get me started about the Marlene Dietrich, I was soo disappointed when it finally came out! Marlene Dietrich is my favourite actress of all time, I am absolutely in love with her. When I heard that MB was coming out with a new pen in her name, the FP area of my brain practically began to twitch. I was fully prepared to starve myself for as long as necessary to save for this pen. But the degree of my anticipation was equaled only by my dismay when I finally saw and handled the pen. As a hardcore fan of Dietrich, I found the pen upsettingly inadequate and unremarkable. Unlike the refined perfection of the Garbo design, I thought the Dietrich to be awkward, gaudy, and uninspired. It looks like a cross between the Kafka and the Greta Garbo designs, without the originality or grace of either. Sorry for the off-topic rant, but this is a sensitive subject; I was truly traumatised.

 

QM2

 

Mrs. Kenny would agree with you. However, have you seen the sterling silver Dietrich? Much more attractive; Mrs. Kenny picked that one up.

 

 

 

[ampatb]

If I chose on the basis of investment potential it would be the Hemingway or if I decided to select on the look and function of the pen, it would be the Poe from the Writers collection. I hope I never have to make the choice!

Edited December 19, 2007 by ampatb

[skma]

144

Hi pal, mind sharing the reason why would u go for a 144? I have a 149 and always feel that it's a bit too bulky in my 'small' hands and hence is looking for either a 146 or 144. Would like to hear your opinion

[wspohn]

If I had to go to the proverbial desert island with just one MB it would have to be my 149 with XF nib. For some reason this always looks a little dated to me, from a different era, and is a very good writer.

 

Second choice would be a Bordeaux 146......