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Great review of a great pen, Shinchan....thanks for putting it together.

 

I checked out the TM about a month ago while at a MB store. Beautiful pen, that as you say, feels like something put together with high quality and substantial in your hand.

 

While I admire the design overall and understand why they executed it the way they did, for me the having the lines on the barrel and cap, are almost a bit too much for me. If I were using this pen to write with at meetings at work, I think it would draw too much attention to the pen. So, in that regard, I would have liked to see a version of this design where either

 

A) The lines are on the barrel and the cap is solid black (or maybe silver) or

 

B) The lines are on the cap and the barrel is black....

 

Again, think this is an very handsome, elegant pen, and I'm somewhat tempted to get one, even with having made my comments above..

 

Anyway, enjoy this wonderful pen!

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That's a beautiful pen! I have a question, though, does anyone else feel that its odd Montblanc releases so-called limited editions when the numbers are in the range of 15,000! That seems like regular production to me.

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I don't particularly consider these limited editions. I just figure they're pretty pens on sale until they run out and don't make any more.

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That's a beautiful pen! I have a question, though, does anyone else feel that its odd Montblanc releases so-called limited editions when the numbers are in the range of 15,000! That seems like regular production to me.

 

 

Those 15 000 pens will be sold out sooner or later.

 

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That's a beautiful pen! I have a question, though, does anyone else feel that its odd Montblanc releases so-called limited editions when the numbers are in the range of 15,000! That seems like regular production to me.

Yep this has been discusseda lot.

No doubt 15000 pens doesnt sound like a LE pen but it is wether we agree with it or not.

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Great review, beautiful pen. Enjoy it.

 

BTW: Limited Edition is NOT a synonym for "few". It simply means that a decision was made as to how many will be produced; be it 15, 150, 15000 or 15000000.

Montblanc Blue-Black please; shaken, not stirred.

 

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Really great review and photos. Thank you for the time and effort you have put into sharing this lovely pen with us!

 

I was at the local MB Boutique yesterday and saw the Mann face to face. For me, it's a little small since I am getting used to 149s as the standard but it's a very well made pen.

 

All you need now are the little black gloves that the boutique employees wear ;)

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Nice review, I did not want to read it until I opened my. One of your photo on the end of the pen showed an reflection of "Mont Blanc" on it had puzzled me for a second because my Mann does not have it. But it would have been nice if MB engraved their name on it just like your picture showed.

 

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Great review. I love some of the WEs - especially the proust and shaw. I find some of the others uncomfortable to use and I really want to HOLD this pen before making any decisions. Shame it still isn't out in Australia yet......

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Nice review, I did not want to read it until I opened my. One of your photo on the end of the pen showed an reflection of "Mont Blanc" on it had puzzled me for a second because my Mann does not have it. But it would have been nice if MB engraved their name on it just like your picture showed.

 

Andy

 

Hi Andy,

 

that was a "special" effect! Gotcha! ...hehe

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Great review. I love some of the WEs - especially the proust and shaw. I find some of the others uncomfortable to use and I really want to HOLD this pen before making any decisions. Shame it still isn't out in Australia yet......

 

+1 on the Proust and Shaw..These are are the only 2 other W.E which really appealed to me

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Nice review, I did not want to read it until I opened my. One of your photo on the end of the pen showed an reflection of "Mont Blanc" on it had puzzled me for a second because my Mann does not have it. But it would have been nice if MB engraved their name on it just like your picture showed.

 

Andy

 

Hi Andy,

 

that was a "special" effect! Gotcha! ...hehe

 

Nice "special effect" MB should put that on some of their pens.

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A really nice review, and the photos....well everyone said it before me...fantastic! This is the first time I stopped to take a look at the Mann and I like what I saw, and read. Good job on this and thanks.

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Great review Shinchan ... and curse you for making me want another exorbitant (at least for me) W.E. Although it's well behind an agatha at the moment. Would be great to see a size comparison on this one too.

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Would be great to see a size comparison on this one too.

You can get all meausrments on all the WE pens from my complete WE family pens review.

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Really great review and photos. Thank you for the time and effort you have put into sharing this lovely pen with us!

 

I was at the local MB Boutique yesterday and saw the Mann face to face. For me, it's a little small since I am getting used to 149s as the standard but it's a very well made pen.

 

All you need now are the little black gloves that the boutique employees wear ;)

 

The question is where can I find those black velvet gloves!!!

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<b>"Move as swift as a wind, stay as silent as the forest, attack as fierce as fire, unwavered like a mountain."</b>

 

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This review has forced the Mann into my brain (whereas I had been trying--fairly successfully I might add--to force it out). I keep coming back to look at the photos but I always end up reading the text in full. After getting the chance to see the pen in person at a boutique, I was won over completely. So now I'm waiting for my B-nibbed Mann from FPH. And it is all Shinchan's fault. :)

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This review has forced the Mann into my brain (whereas I had been trying--fairly successfully I might add--to force it out). I keep coming back to look at the photos but I always end up reading the text in full. After getting the chance to see the pen in person at a boutique, I was won over completely. So now I'm waiting for my B-nibbed Mann from FPH. And it is all Shinchan's fault. :)

 

The pen is mightier than the sword...How true it is! ;)

<img src="http://www.samurai-archives.com/image/takeda2.jpg" border="0" class="linked-sig-image" /> “其疾如風, 其徐如林, 侵掠如火, 不動如山“

 

<b>"Move as swift as a wind, stay as silent as the forest, attack as fierce as fire, unwavered like a mountain."</b>

 

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