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Finally my Balzac has arrived. In the gift wrap-looking package. The packaging is different from my other WEs. First of all, the pen is outside the box in the plastic tube looking case.



I checked the nib with my loupe and the tines are perfectly lined up. I have not yet taken the time to do an initial dip test.



The pen is solidly built and there is some heft to it. I think the weight of the pen is just right to use the pen's weight to glide over the paper.



As expected from the pen in this price range, I can see and feel the manufacturing precision and details MB put into this pen.



Others commented the stripes on the barrel seems like pulled from Pelikan's. Even though there is no resemblance, I put the Balzac next to my M1000 Green to see if I can convince myself there is any similarity in the stripe designs. I failed to convince myself on that point.



Initially, before I purchased it, I was not sure if the pen was too garish; but, now that I can have it in my hand, the color scheme is sensible and very suitable for the business setting as well. The ring around the top of the cap breaks from the overall color scheme, which hints elegantly this pen is not the run-of-the-mill fountain pens.



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My collection: 149 EF/F/B/OBB, Collodi B/Twain F/Mann F, 146 M, Silver Barley F, M1000/M800 B'o'B/M800 Tortoise/Sahara/415 BT/215/205 Blue Demo, Optima Demo Red M/88 EF & Italic/Europa, Emotica, 2K/Safaris/Al-Stars/Vista, Edson DB/Carene BS, Pilot 845/823/742/743/Silvern/M90/Makies, Sailor Profit Realo M/KOP Makies/Profit Makies/Profit 21 Naginata MF&M/KOP/KOP Mosaiques/Sterling Silvers,Platinum #3776 Celluloids/Izumos/Wood pens/Sterling Silvers,YoL Grand Victorian, and more (I lost counting)

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Now one of my 149s is back from the Level 1 maintenance, here is the family picuter. My silver burley is not here as it is stored in the box.

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The dip test for the Balzac has passed with the flying colors. No surprise there.

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My collection: 149 EF/F/B/OBB, Collodi B/Twain F/Mann F, 146 M, Silver Barley F, M1000/M800 B'o'B/M800 Tortoise/Sahara/415 BT/215/205 Blue Demo, Optima Demo Red M/88 EF & Italic/Europa, Emotica, 2K/Safaris/Al-Stars/Vista, Edson DB/Carene BS, Pilot 845/823/742/743/Silvern/M90/Makies, Sailor Profit Realo M/KOP Makies/Profit Makies/Profit 21 Naginata MF&M/KOP/KOP Mosaiques/Sterling Silvers,Platinum #3776 Celluloids/Izumos/Wood pens/Sterling Silvers,YoL Grand Victorian, and more (I lost counting)

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Thanks for this picture review, very nice. Enjoy writing with this one (and of course with the other ones as well. Nice collection :) ).

Happy Writing!, Mainecoon

Dreams are presentiments of what you are able to accomplish (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

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I was considering it when i got the unicef legrand as the price was very close, it was a very close call but that nib just didn't click for me, probably with a more subdued cap or gold edge to the nib... lovely pen in any case.

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Beautiful pen! Is that a notebook with a die-cut holder for the pen cut into the pages?

 

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http://shop.cooperhewitt.org/p/707/Dietrich-X-Duller-Ballpoint-Pen-Notebook

 

A classic industrial designer (Braun products) has offered this as well. Indeed, the packaging design is as beautiful as the pen!

 

http://www.pen-info.jp/eng_duller.html

… about the fountain pen by Lubs

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with the familly picture i can see a detail i had not noticed before. When you see the Collodi and the Balzac you can see that's 2 pens nearly in a row with pointed ends

A people can be great withouth a great pen but a people who love great pens is surely a great people too...

Pens owned actually: MB 146 EF;Pelikan M200 SE Clear Demonstrator 2012 B;Parker 17 EF;Parker 51 EF;Waterman Expert II M,Waterman Hemisphere M;Waterman Carene F and Stub;Pilot Justus 95 F.

 

Nearly owned: MB 149 B(Circa 2002);Conway Stewart Belliver LE bracket Brown IB.

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with the familly picture i can see a detail i had not noticed before. When you see the Collodi and the Balzac you can see that's 2 pens nearly in a row with pointed ends

Very very true!

PoA: Copernicus; JP Morgan  WE: Hemingway; Proust; Dickens; Mann; Twain; Swift  149's: 1986 2 tone; 75th 1924 LE; 90th Anniversary; Platinum; Kingsman Edition; Calligraphy 

146 Solitaire: Hematite; Gold & Black; Silver Fibre Guilloche.

Misc: 234 1/2L; Boheme Medium size non-retractable BB nib; Starwalker FP & RB; Montblanc Newson (Matt)

 

Want to Buy MB 129, 139 , 138 136  & 149 Silver Rings or Special Nibs

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I have been considering this pen, but as your photos show, the pen is even more stunning than the photos I have seen on Montblanc.

 

I am liking this pen even more now.

 

THANKS!

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Indeed, the Balzac is a nice one, but not as beautiful as the Marcel Proust!

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After many years of staying away from Montblanc I tried a large Boheme and then started with the WEs. Did not have the opportunity to see the Honore De Balzac in person, but after reading this review and seeing the truly excellent photos this goes on my have to get lost. The detailing is extraordinary and beautiful while the pen still remains understated.

Gistar

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