Would you pay a premium to get the matching ballpoint version of your fountain pen?

[invisuu]

I would pay exactly nothing for a ballpoint pen.

[Hanoi]

3 hours ago, PAKMAN said:

In addition to ball points, I have in a few rare instances bought the matching mechanical pencil too.

 

I do this too.  The pencils are pretty useless to me as I don´t use them but they are sure pretty to look at. 

[N1003U]

4 hours ago, PAKMAN said:

In addition to ball points, I have in a few rare instances bought the matching mechanical pencil too.

I also have a couple of triple sets. Sometimes a pencil is what is required for the task at hand...😃

[Hanoi]

I guess we have to give MB credits for extending the design language throughout the set.  I have seen some pen companies totally overlook the pencil. 

 

[I-am-not-really-here]

No, I would not pay a premium for a matching ballpoint or a rollerball or a pencil.  I think no more than 10% of fountain pen cost for the pencil, 20% for the ballpoint, and 30% for the rollerball.  Yet, any of those are then taking up a storage slot somewhere that could have held a fountain pen.  So I lean against buying sets or even building them after the fact.
 

I do have one Montblanc  FP/BP set(?), a 14 Meisterstück, and only because it came that way in the auction lot and having internally valued the BP at zero, my max bid was then based only on the fountain pen.

[N1003U]

9 hours ago, Hanoi said:

I guess we have to give MB credits for extending the design language throughout the set.  I have seen some pen companies totally overlook the pencil. 

 

That’s a lovely set.

[Chandon]

Yes, if you like the design. Montblanc make excellent ballpoint refills, especially in the broad, which are great for writing with. I can recommend them over any other brand I've tried. (Schneider ones like the XB would be a close second). I own several Montblanc ballpoints  - a 1928 from the seventies, a Ballpix from the 1980s and a burgundy 164 from the 1990s and a modern M. I use them a lot and think that they have their place. I own the matching fountain pens for the 1928   - can't remember the model number, and the burgundy 164 - they live in a two pen case and get a lot of use.   I actually think making the M a capped pen was a masterstroke as it writes with a perfect balance point. I have zero interest in the M fountain pen though. So, I guess it is about whether you like the design and how much they cost. As so few people seem to use or enjoy ballpoints, I've been able to buy all of the above ballpoints second hand, and at very good prices. good luck

[bayport714]

This is in reverse. I bought a Montblanc Kafka ballpoint at a pen show primarily because the price was right. After using it for a few months I bought the fountain pen. I use both frequently.

[meiers]

2 hours ago, Chandon said:

Yes, if you like the design. Montblanc make excellent ballpoint refills, especially in the broad, which are great for writing with.

I wholeheartedly agree.