Homage To Homer Thread

[dascott]

Apparently the decision not to allow Patrons of the Boutique to purchase the Homer Limited Edition bottle ink, without purchase of the pen, must not have reached the online MB USA shop. I just added a bottle of ink to my cart & promptly emptied it. Perhaps the online shop is allowed to sell the ink, since they have no pens available to sell?

The pen is available to buy on the UK online store. I think I will pass, might try the ink though.

[JonathanHarker]

Thank you to those who have shared the first 'real world' photos here of the pen - I like it very much now - I was very much 'on the fence' before.

 

I have just contacted my MB Dealer and he will set one aside for me when they arrive.

 

Strangely he has received the RB and BP but not the FP - hopefully they will come this week.

[Ghost Plane]

Perhaps in the US (I dont know, but I accept your view), but in Europe, all the luxury retails are going down the Boutique route to exert more control over their product. Just look at watches e.g. Rolex and Omega.

 

Something else that I see less of here as well. Men of my acquaintance are taking sartorial changes and informality of culture as an excuse to call jewelry what it is and indulge in bracelets or rings, then sink the money they used to drop on watches into planes, boats and other toys instead. I heartily approve of planes, as I get to enjoy them both as PIC and passenger.

 

Perhaps it’s a function of funds flowing away from the rust belt to the southern states in the US. If his office is in a state with tropical temperatures, the last thing a man wants to do is roast in the parking lot between the car A/C and his office A/C with cuff links and ties that are relics of Northern European climates.

[BrandonA]

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii618/brandon_amos/IMG_0445_zps2pdx7q5a.jpg

 

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii618/brandon_amos/IMG_0446_zpsmokksve0.jpg

 

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii618/brandon_amos/IMG_0451_zps8mk5b6en.jpg

 

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii618/brandon_amos/IMG_0449_zps4iiglcoj.jpg

 

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii618/brandon_amos/IMG_0452_zps3hi1km9l.jpg

 

 

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii618/brandon_amos/IMG_0453_zpsid2dyvse.jpg

 

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii618/brandon_amos/IMG_0441_zpsu7hmynkl.jpg

 

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii618/brandon_amos/IMG_0454_zpsvb5hc0fk.jpg

[blottingpaperforlife]

Dumas is stunning!

[BrandonA]

The thing I like best about this pen is the thread on the cap. No matter which position you start turning the cap onto the pen it always finishes in the same place - lining up the horse of the body to the clip on the cap. With all other pens you can get the turning to finish at different angles.

 

It is also the only pen in the series which does not have a signature on it. I guess this makes sense as I doubt they existed in Homer's time.

 

Also, I've not noticed my edition number of the pen itself. The only other pen in the series which does not have your unique edition number on it is the Hemingway. With the Homer though, unlike the Hemingway you do have a unique number and this number is on the pen's box.

 

The last pen in the series I inked was the Colledi. I've not inked any of the newer ones since that one. I really like the Homer though, its size is unique to my collection so when I finish with the pens I'm currently using I am very tempted to ink this one.

[bbs]

Of course I like the design of a horse's face but the price seems excessively steep for a Writers' Edition. If Montblanc are trying to cultivate exclusivity they are excluding me. And I haven't been a bad customer and would be more than willing to buy more.

Edited July 3, 2018 by bbs

[Toll]

BrandonA. Congratulations and thanks for the photo comparing the Homer to the Hemingway and to the Dumas. The Homer is a very large pen!

[blottingpaperforlife]

Congratulations Brandon A! I hope your Homer will not have to compete with the Dumas or the Hemingway in terms of its function.

[mjchuang9]

 

The limited number is within the circle. There is also a serial number located on the right side of the clip.

Edited July 3, 2018 by mjchuang9

[BrandonA]

 

The limited number is within the circle. There is also a serial number located on the right side of the clip.

 

I knew it had to be somewhere - cheers. It took me years to find the year on the Verne

[BrandonA]

Of course I like the design of a horse's face but the price seems excessively steep for a Writers' Edition. If Montblanc are trying to cultivate exclusivity they are excluding me. And I haven't been a bad customer and would be more than willing to buy more.

I thinking they simply want more money than to cultivate exclusivity. The Shakespeare was limited to 8700 pens, which was quite a significant drop. I thought this was going to be the start of making them more exclusive. For the Saint-Exupery they increased the number to 9800. The Humer is also limited to 9800. When I held the Homer was going to be significantly more expensive I thought it would be rarer than the Shakespeare.

[TSherbs]

And why was it made to "look like a horse's head"? (That's what I read here)

[mjchuang9]

I thinking they simply want more money than to cultivate exclusivity. The Shakespeare was limited to 8700 pens, which was quite a significant drop. I thought this was going to be the start of making them more exclusive. For the Saint-Exupery they increased the number to 9800. The Humer is also limited to 9800. When I held the Homer was going to be significantly more expensive I thought it would be rarer than the Shakespeare.

 

I feel MB put a cost reduction in the recent WEs, so I am a little disappointed in them. However the Homer really looks high-class.

[kandarp]

What pen case is this?

 

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii618/brandon_amos/IMG_0454_zpsvb5hc0fk.jpg

[RSVP]

Until Kafka there were editions with solid silver, which we don't see any longer.

[BrandonA]

What pen case is this?

It was a cheap one I bought on eBay about five years ago. I’ve done a quick search and I can’t find any similar ones today.

[blottingpaperforlife]

A great collection. I was reading some of the posts by a member, Goodguy, who I think did an amazing, painstaking task of documenting Writers Editions. He had also done an exceptional job, I think, in comparing the Writers Editions.

Your collection made me reread Good Guys posts, and now I am truly appreciating Writers Editions . Thank you.

[Ghost Plane]

Until Kafka there were editions with solid silver, which we don't see any longer.

I miss those. The added weight was lovely.

[flipper_gv]

And why was it made to "look like a horse's head"? (That's what I read here)

The Trojan War from the Iliad.