Michael R. Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildecase.jpg http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildereviewI-1.jpg http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildeclosedI.jpg http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildematerial.jpgThe vintage looking resin used for the barrel shows green, beige and brown tones http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildereviewII.jpg http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildeopen.jpg http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildenib.jpgThe Oscar Wilde comes with a single colored 18K nib http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildecap.jpg15,000 fountain pens, 8,000 ballpoints, 7,000 pencils and 5,000 sets were made in 1994 http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWilde.jpg Cheers Michael Edited February 13, 2010 by Michael R. flickr instagram Link to post Share on other sites
sumgaikid Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) A very nice review on one of the nicer Montblanc WE pens! I myself like the understated and vintagelooks of the pen,especially giving it the look of safety-type pens that MB made during the 20's and 30's.One little plus that I just now noticed,is that MB smartly and cleanly hid the hallmarks out of plain sightby putting them on the top of the clip,just in front of the ring portion. Is yours a wet writer(does the ink flow quickly under the slightest pressure)? I ask because your writinglooks like a true M line,not leading towards a B line. BTW,thanks for taking the time and effort to replicate by plates the colors of vintage pens that so manyof us collectors find desirable. John Edited February 13, 2010 by sumgaikid Irony is not lost on INFJ's--in fact,they revel in it. Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Ronax Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Nice review, great pen and great photos, thanks. And how can this be, because he is the Kwisatz Haderach. Link to post Share on other sites
Edgar Allan Bo Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 sweet what's the ink, I didn't catch it anywhere in the text? MB? Link to post Share on other sites
Michael R. Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Many thanks for all of your nice comments. I like this pen also because of its vintage apperenace. I was surprised to see that the resin actually looks like slightly discolored black&pearl celluloid. Do you think the brown parts of the resin have been there from the beginning or is it actually slight discoloration of the modern resin as well? ...Is yours a wet writer(does the ink flow quickly under the slightest pressure)? I ask because your writinglooks like a true M line,not leading towards a B line. BTW,thanks for taking the time and effort to replicate by plates the colors of vintage pens that so manyof us collectors find desirable. John I have tried the pen so far with Noodler's V-mail Burma Road Brown only. In addition I have not tried the BRB in any other pens... This way my experiences is a little bit limited. On the fairly smooth paper I used for the review the nib & ink combination writes like a true European medium nib; on other papers it leans more towards a broader medium nib. The ink flow is wet but still controlled and not too wet. Fortunately the ink still flows well when pressing down harder while writing. sweet what's the ink, I didn't catch it anywhere in the text? MB? No Montblanc ink this time Sorry, I forgot to mention that I used Noodler's V-mail Burma Road Brown for this review (a murky dark ink with grey, olive green and brown tones) which fits the pen very well. I've posted a review of that ink (also written with this pen) in the ink reviews section: Burma Road Brown review. Cheers Michael flickr instagram Link to post Share on other sites
jandrese Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Wow! Really nice, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
jigesh Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Nice pen, great pictures and beautiful handwriting. Thanks for sharing your impressions. Link to post Share on other sites
goodguy Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Love the look of this pen but mine has a B nib which is simply too fat for me Respect to all Link to post Share on other sites
reprieve Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Love the look of this pen but mine has a B nib which is simply too fat for me While I dream of a broad-nibbed Wilde... Link to post Share on other sites
shaqin93 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Love the pics, and the vintage look of the pen! Link to post Share on other sites
shrinknib Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Love the look of this pen but mine has a B nib which is simply too fat for me That's a shame.Would you like me to take it off your hands if you don't use it too much?Let me know! ________________________________________________________________________________ Love and work... work and love, that's all there is. Sigmund Freud (there was a man who obviously never knew fountain pens!) Link to post Share on other sites
shrinknib Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Gorgeous pen and lovely photos as well really set it off.Congratulations and enjoy for a long time. ________________________________________________________________________________ Love and work... work and love, that's all there is. Sigmund Freud (there was a man who obviously never knew fountain pens!) Link to post Share on other sites
Nikolaos Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Very nice review and photography! The Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite WEs Nikolaos Link to post Share on other sites
goodguy Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Love the look of this pen but mine has a B nib which is simply too fat for me While I dream of a broad-nibbed Wilde... That's funny and sad. In Hebrew we have a saying "God gives nut to eat to those who have no teeth" Respect to all Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 A very beautiful pen. It does look sort of inspired from a safety pen when you look at the proportions of the cap and barrel. Really nice application of marbelling, very unlike most marbelling seen on other pens even many years later. Thanks for a fine review. Your photos are great. Link to post Share on other sites
nvbrennan Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Oh the grail pen! One day. Some great photos here Michael. And an interesting ink colour for a review. Link to post Share on other sites
lowks Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 You have very good hand writing! http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5642/postcardde9.pnghttp://img525.imageshack.us/img525/606/letterji9.png Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Kellie Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildecase.jpg http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildematerial.jpgThe vintage looking resin used for the barrel shows green, beige and brown tones http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc/MontblancOscarWildenib.jpgThe Oscar Wilde comes with a single colored 18K nib ~ Michael R.: I've never seen this review until this evening. Thank you so much for the images and handwriting samples. It's a model I've thought about, but never fully appreciated. Your excellent review and photos are impressive. Tom K. Link to post Share on other sites
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