Do You Post Your Mb 149

[fc2462]

All I have is large size pens like the 149 and I don't post any of them. I find the cap gives my left hand something to fiddle with while writing.

[kazoolaw]

Usually, and if the marks from posting get to be too much I just polish them out.

gary

Edited August 8, 2017 by gary

[awl1688]

I keep the 149 unposted as it doesn't feel balanced in my hand when writing. The same goes for the 146. The only MB that I post is the Mozart.

[torstar]

Usually. But unposted it doesn't stab me in the webbing between thumb and index finger so it's good (the 146 and many other pens do stab me...)

 

The posted 149 allows me to grasp it lightly by the end of the posted cap, far from the nib as you can imagine, and write well below the line without giving up penmanship, the only pen I can do this with confidently.

[LanceSaintPaul]

No. It's not necessarily to protect the barrel - if a pen needs the balance of a posted cap I do it regardless of the finish. Clearly the 149 does not need it for balance or length.

 

I have a 70 's era 149. I needed it serviced by MB, who gave me the newer piston assembly that is quite noticeably heavier. In this configuration I would not want to add a single gram of extra weight to the rear of the pen. (I seem to recall that back in the day I did post at times - now that option is ruled out by mass.)

[Wolverine1]

I post al my pens, whether it be the Lamy Al-Star or the MB 149. I learnt to use fps posted, and that is a habit hard to break. I have posted all my MB 149s, and I just dont bother if the barrel gets marked up. And after checking my 149s, I see that not a single one of them has a barrel that is marred by marks from posting the cap.

[torstar]

I keep the Proust permanently posted, with a 51 cap to put over the nib. Sometime somehow somewhere I'm going to ruin the thread on the cap....