Montblanc X Fritz Schimpf Special Edition The Expressive

[Frank C]

14 hours ago, newstudent said:

Thank you. You are right. I should check with Fritz-Shimpf

 

Thanks. The 146 model and the 149 had "identical" nibs in your opinion (in the sense that the intent was that the nibs have similar features in terms of flexibility and width, etc- only the sizes would be different)?

The nibs are quite different. The 146 had a regular 14K 146 nib with an italic grind. From the Fritz Schimpf website:

 

The nib, the heart of the fountain pen, is a 14-K Gold Bicolor nib with a special cut defined by us. This spring grinding causes the spring to offer different stroke widths. Feathers of this kind are called Italic feathers. More than fifty years have passed since Montblanc last offered an Italic feather. 

Due to these different stroke widths, Italic nibs emphasize the individual characteristics of each handwriting and create a unique and unmistakable typeface. Thanks to the selected stroke widths, the vertical stroke width is approx. 0.70 mm, the horizontal stroke width approx. 0.30 mm, the Montblanc x Fritz Schimpf special edition Italic 100 piston fountain pens are ideal for smaller and medium font sizes. 

 

https://www.fritz-schimpf.de/en/Brands/Montblanc/Montblanc-x-Fritz-Schimpf-Special-Editions/Montblanc-x-Fritz-Schimpf-Sonderedition-Italic-100-Kolbenfuellhalter.html 

 

The 149 is a modification of the 149 Calligraphy nib, so it becomes a flexible italic nib:

 

SPECIFICATIONS 

Without pressure, the line width, as measured on Fritz Schimpf Feinpost paper and written with Fritz Schimpf Fritzrot ink, is approximately 0.18 mm horizontally and 0.80 mm vertically. The maximum vertical line width is approximately 1.60 mm. 

These dimensions are ideal for highly individualized cursive writing, printing or sketching. 

The upper surface of the yellow gold 18-K / 750 gold nib is engraved with the graceful Montblanc flex nib curves. Discreetly engraved on the left shoulder of the nib is “The Expressive”; and on the right “Fritz Schimpf”. 
 

https://www.fritz-schimpf.de/en/Brands/Montblanc/Montblanc-x-Fritz-Schimpf-Special-Editions/Montblanc-x-Fritz-Schimpf-Special-Edition-The-Expressive.html 

 

 

[a student]

1 hour ago, Frank C said:

The nibs are quite different. The 146 had a regular 14K 146 nib with an italic grind. From the Fritz Schimpf website:

 

The nib, the heart of the fountain pen, is a 14-K Gold Bicolor nib with a special cut defined by us. This spring grinding causes the spring to offer different stroke widths. Feathers of this kind are called Italic feathers. More than fifty years have passed since Montblanc last offered an Italic feather. 

Due to these different stroke widths, Italic nibs emphasize the individual characteristics of each handwriting and create a unique and unmistakable typeface. Thanks to the selected stroke widths, the vertical stroke width is approx. 0.70 mm, the horizontal stroke width approx. 0.30 mm, the Montblanc x Fritz Schimpf special edition Italic 100 piston fountain pens are ideal for smaller and medium font sizes. 

 

https://www.fritz-schimpf.de/en/Brands/Montblanc/Montblanc-x-Fritz-Schimpf-Special-Editions/Montblanc-x-Fritz-Schimpf-Sonderedition-Italic-100-Kolbenfuellhalter.html 

 

The 149 is a modification of the 149 Calligraphy nib, so it becomes a flexible italic nib:

 

SPECIFICATIONS 

Without pressure, the line width, as measured on Fritz Schimpf Feinpost paper and written with Fritz Schimpf Fritzrot ink, is approximately 0.18 mm horizontally and 0.80 mm vertically. The maximum vertical line width is approximately 1.60 mm. 

These dimensions are ideal for highly individualized cursive writing, printing or sketching. 

The upper surface of the yellow gold 18-K / 750 gold nib is engraved with the graceful Montblanc flex nib curves. Discreetly engraved on the left shoulder of the nib is “The Expressive”; and on the right “Fritz Schimpf”. 
 

https://www.fritz-schimpf.de/en/Brands/Montblanc/Montblanc-x-Fritz-Schimpf-Special-Editions/Montblanc-x-Fritz-Schimpf-Special-Edition-The-Expressive.html 

 

 

Thank you for this clarification