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The " Big" Boheme, Some Comparisons And A Disassembly!

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Excellent post as usual, Hari!

I learn a lot from your very informative posts. Thank you very much. :thumbup:

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Halid

 

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I forgot to add; I love and use small sized Bohème pens and their clips are all perfectly aligned. As far as I can see from your photos it’s highly unlikely for the clip to become misaligned in regular use. So, how can this happen? Is this an issue for some pens not properly assembled in the factory or a result of disassembling during service?

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Hi Halid, thanks for the kind comments. I suspect each pen's clip is individually aligned with the nib at the factory. Maybe the mismatch can happen at a boutique if the caps get exchanged by mistake or if the propel/repel mechanism comes loose a little during use. I have not much experience since this is my first Boheme.

 

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wow :notworthy1:

 

very great to see how the boheme work

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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Great post and one I have bookmarked for future reference! I admit to having more than once considered the large size Boheme for my first MB purchase as I am a big (read HUGE) fan of retractable nibs from a design perpective. I also love the shape of this pen, despite the misgivings of some MB devotees. I shall continue to mull this one over I am sure!

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"Every job is good if you do your best and work hard.

A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have

nothing to do but smell."

Laura Ingalls Wilder

 

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Hi everyone,

Firstly I would like to thank everyone for all kinds of information here. Interesting reads & very useful tips.

I'm totally new here. I've been using MB rollerball & pencil for many years but I put up the courage today and get myself a Boheme Noir FP with EF nibs. Lovely pen and writes so smoothly in English, Japanese & Chinese. Just amazing.

 

Just a heads up to everyone, the clip in my Boheme is not lining up with the nib when posted so I try to follow Hari's instructions to realign the clip. Looking inside the cap, I have found that MB has changed the shape of the screw that hold the pin. It's not a straight grove anymore, MB has it changed to a star shape screw. See attached photo.

 

Cheers

Stephen

 

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Hi Stephen,

 

Thanks for sharing the pic. Very informative and a good addition to this thread. You can modify a hollow tube to form two prongs at the end to unscrew this.

 

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Very interesting and detailed, had I taken this pen apart, I would have had one small but vital part left over and the pen would not have worked.

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Wonderful information, Hari--thank you. I have a Boheme black resin rouge and a sterling silver barleycorn and they are both fabulous pens and write flawlessly--smooth as silk. I also like the clip to be aligned with the nib and as I recall--when I first purchased each pen I simply put a soft cloth around the nib and gently moved it to align with the clip. Both have worked perfectly ever since. I did not know what I was doing but it worked. As we say in the Blue Ridge mountains: "even a blind pig can find an acorn." (not that Professor Plume is comparing herself to the worthy swine!).

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hari317 you are amazing! And that is good. I just purchased a mid sized boheme with the same issue. should have done a search before I posted a question on what to do. How long will it take someone to point me to your post? best regards, bib

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Hi Hari regarding that big Boheme is it a cartridge or piston filler.

All the Retractable nib Bohemes are Cartridge filled only, regardless of their size. HTH.

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Its a shame they stopped making the big version in favour of the current smaller ladies version, which for obvious reasons is far too small to use, even with my medium sized hands.

 

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Its a shame they stopped making the big version in favour of the current smaller ladies version, which for obvious reasons is far too small to use, even with my medium sized hands.

 

Paul

Agree with you, very nice pen indeed. Wonder if eBay will sell them.

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