Hemingway And 139

[da vinci]

It sold fairly quickly - but no I don't remember. I know my friend is kicking himself for not getting it.

I am not surprised!

[bstnnyc]

Hello, does anyone know what the width is of the widest part of the Hemingway? I went through old threads and found a link that had the 139 pen body at 18mm or roughly .71 inches and a little narrower than the Hemingway. Thank you for your help!

[watch_art]

Yikes I don't think it's that big unless you mean the cap, but even then that's pretty big.

The 149 is 14.5mm at the threads, and is 15.1mm at the widest part of the barrel.

I think the Hemingway is about the same.

[bstnnyc]

Thank you watch_art! I've never seen either pen in person, so I was trying to imagine what holding one would feel like. The comparison with the 149 dimensions is very helpful!

[KAC]

From my aesthetic perspective, the Hemingway is a perfect adaptation and classic update of a supreme example of the penmaker's art. It's neither ostentatious nor especially derivative of the 139. It incorporates new features which blend together seamlessly. It was the first (and only) Writers Edition MB pen I purchased (new, when first released) and it's the only modern MB I have even remotely entertained purchasing aside from a 149 to replace one I lost. Glad to see this thread revived!,

[fb1949]

Ach !!! Das ist wunderbar ! Diesen KolbenFüller Füllfederhalter sind kaiserlich ! Kolossale !

 

Ah ! This is wonderful ! These piston fillers are imperial ! Tremendous !

 

There are beautiful pens on the oversize part of the production, Churchill CS, Conid, new Goldfink Wunderfüller and other jewels, but these two are icons !

 

I did love the 149 a lot, since my seven, sixty years ago. A teatcher had one. Gasp !

But as soon as I discovered the 139 L , for me a new passion started. And the Hemmingway caused this discovery. The Hemmingway revitalized the passion for the 139, I think.

 

Thanks a lot for these spectaculor pics !

 

Fran

[fb1949]

My purse will unfortunately never be large enough ti fulfill this dream I have, to own and write with a 139.

Il I find an oversize Böhler Glorex, Gold or Original n°28, I will be hapy yet !

 

Anyone has got one sleeping in a drawer ?

[fb1949]

Hemingway is just stunning. That orange and black combo....wow

Sorry but it not a black/orange combo but expresso/burnt orange... expresso colour to mimic an lightly oxydized BHR or black ebonite

[Wolverine1]

Danielle- why do you torture us so!!!!! :):)