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I'm sure this has probably been discussed before, but I've been wondering. Do many users post the cap while using the 149?

 

If you don't, why not. Does it make the pen awkward and top heavy to use? Are you concerned about marring the finish?

 

I'd appreciate your comments!

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Yes. I like the balance of the pen this way. I don't mind the little micro-scratches where the cap touches the back end of the barrel of the pen.

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No I don't. In fact I don't post any of my pens because I prefer to write without pens posted and I don't like to scratch my barrels. So yes I am concerned about marring the finish :mellow:

 

I have to post my Montblanc Boheme and my Kaweco Sports. That's about it. :)

 

I bought a Sheaffer Targa Medici Diamond finish, and the top part of the barrel, where a previous owner posted the cap, regularly goes much darker than the rest of the pen, no matter how I clean it. I've tried everything I can think of to prevent it happening and nothing works. It is just so weird. :angry:

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I do not post the 149, or any others for that matter. The little Mozart is the only one.

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Yes.

 

I used to post it all of the time, but (lately) I've taken to writing with it unposted for short sessions - and find it surprisingly comfortable. But, for longer sessions, it's always posted - as are all of my pens. I've written like this all my life.

 

Yes, it will leave marks on the barrel, eventually.

 

I was interested in buying a Marc Newson FP. Although I wasn't happy about it being a cartridge pen, the fact that it couldn't be posted was the main reason I didn't buy it.

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Nope. I don't like the balance. I even prefer the pre 1970s 149s because they use a much lighter piston mechanism keeping the back of the pen lighter. Forget adding the weight of a cap all the way back there! :)

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I don't post any pen. I guess I'm just too lazy. I just lay the cap down on the table

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No, never. I lent my sister my 149 last week and she went to post it, it felt terrible seeing my pen subject to such abuse so I took the cap away from her!

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No, I don't post the cap. Even in my big hands the pen is large enough to hold comfortably, it also improves my writing speed. Cap is usually placed on my ink towel above the paper.

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No, never. I lent my sister my 149 last week and she went to post it, it felt terrible seeing my pen subject to such abuse so I took the cap away from her!

 

I would have done that too. Well, apart from the fact that I don't have a sister and I would never lend anyone my 149 that is. :D

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~ No.



For photos, to prevent the nib from turning pens are usually temporarily lightly posted.



Otherwise, for daily use, unposted.



The only pen I post is a platinum Mozart EF.



Tom K.


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No I don't. In fact I don't post any of my pens because I prefer to write without pens posted and I don't like to scratch my barrels. So yes I am concerned about marring the finish :mellow:

 

 

Same here

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I personally think the 149 is too large to post, but then again I never post any of my pens- particularly LEs which are not playable anyway.

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