Mb 146 Or Boheme?

January 14, 2016

will go down to my MB boutique to try once more! thanks to all who replied if any of you have recommendations for great MB sellers with decently low prices, please do tell me! Thanks to all once again!

Hey if you're in Singapore, try going to Fook Hing. They are really great guys and would be too happy to help you out. They also have all the pens you mention and also would be happy to let you try to your hearts content. They officially carry MB products. The one thing I really don't like about the official MB boutiques is that they don't allow you to try the pen you want to buy. You try their tester set, and then buy the pen you want based on faith the pen is tuned and ready to go.

I do agree with everyone, the Boheme and the 146 are very different pens.

I am one of the very few people who don't really like piston fillers. They are a pain to clean and maintain because you're never sure you're able to clean your pen well. I don't really like the 146 myself. The pen is hellish to clean especially when you're using suitably vibrant reds and blues that have red undertones.

I actually love the Boheme for the very reason why Jar does not. There is ceremony in using the pen, and it reminds you it's a unique writing instrument. The one down side of the cartridge system of the Boheme is that you have to give it time for the ink to travel through the feed to the nib. It's not a pen that's easy or quick.

With that, I recommend the 144. It's my favorite pen in the MB range. It's great for my smaller Asian hands, easy for maintenance and versatile enough because it can use both cartridges and be converter filled. And gosh those MB converters are super well built.