Writing with a Legend: the Montblanc Bohéme

[fpupulin]

[jchch1950]

 Beautiful handwriting. The big Boheme is an incredible pen that fits my hand perfectly. What was the reason to discontinue this line of pens?,it was an attractive design.

[fpupulin]

9 hours ago, jchch1950 said:

 Beautiful handwriting. The big Boheme is an incredible pen that fits my hand perfectly. What was the reason to discontinue this line of pens?,it was an attractive design.

I asked myself the same question many times. The Bohéme was one of the more prolific and “experimental” lines (in terms of materials and finishes) among Montblanc’s series of writing instruments.

 

Anyway, the result is that today you have to pay an higher price for a used Bohéme, with limited choice, than you was requested for a new pen in a Boutique a few years ago…

 

Maybe this will concur in making them rarest and more legendary.

[fpupulin]

As per request as to the inks used in this series, these are, from the top, an old bottle of Montblanc Blue Black, Montblanc Royal Blue, and Graf von Faber Castell Carbon Black.

[Toolattack]

Love this series @fpupulin

[chromantic]

On 2/3/2023 at 10:11 PM, jchch1950 said:

 Beautiful handwriting. The big Boheme is an incredible pen that fits my hand perfectly. What was the reason to discontinue this line of pens?,it was an attractive design.

 

If they're the ones with retractable nibs, some reviews reported the inner parts had a tendency to rust/degrade. Whether it was common, I don't know.

[Toll]

What a beautiful post, Franco — a tribute to a Montblanc marvel — I love the now discontinued Boheme line.  And to the observation by chromantic, I have never had a problem with degradation of the mechanism. 

[fpupulin]

Well, the corrosion of the terminal, metal ring, was in fact quite a common problem with the retractable Bohémes and also with the ones with a fixed nib. The reason for the rust was not, generally, the ink, but the cleaning procedure of the pen. People used to let the water run inside the barrel to expel the rests of the ink. This water, trapped inside the barrel, provoke the damage to the ring.

 

For long time, Montblanc sold a special, long "syringe-cartridge", to insert within the barrel like a normal cartridge in order to blow-out the ink from the nib and feeder, without leaving any water within the barrel. I bough half a dozen of those syringes and use them religiously to clean my new Bohémes, and they never had problem of sort. The only pen I bought used, my golden line midsize with fixed nib, has large spots of rust on the ring.

[Toll]

9 hours ago, fpupulin said:

Well, the corrosion of the terminal, metal ring, was in fact quite a common problem with the retractable Bohémes and also with the ones with a fixed nib. The reason for the rust was not, generally, the ink, but the cleaning procedure of the pen. People used to let the water run inside the barrel to expel the rests of the ink. This water, trapped inside the barrel, provoke the damage to the ring.

 

For long time, Montblanc sold a special, long "syringe-cartridge", to insert within the barrel like a normal cartridge in order to blow-out the ink from the nib and feeder, without leaving any water within the barrel. I bough half a dozen of those syringes and use them religiously to clean my new Bohémes, and they never had problem of sort. The only pen I bought used, my golden line midsize with fixed nib, has large spots of rust on the ring.

 

I also have one of those plastic, pipette-looking tools but I have never had to use it. 

[TheDutchGuy]

 

Such a great pen. Mine is always inked and in use. Suits me like a glove.