100th Anniversary editions

[fpupulin]

5 hours ago, Centurion said:

chamfered = corners smoothed out, less of a 90 degree sharp corner?

 

This way, in my opinion:

 

Image from: eziil.com

 

But, in the case of the "present day" Montblanc broad nibs (and perhaps double broads), all the corners are round and smooth. This no doubt helps, as @NoType noted, those writers who rotate the pen, with a much improved smoothness of the nib on the paper, at cost of a reduced variation between horizontal and vertical strokes. 

[fpupulin]

A truly unusual and great 149, in my opinion.

 

 

[NoType]

3 minutes ago, fpupulin said:

 

This way, in my opinion:

 

Image from: eziil.com

 

But, in the case of the "present day" Montblanc broad nibs (and perhaps double broads), all the corners are round and smooth. This no doubt helps, as @NoType noted, those writers who rotate the pen, with a much improved smoothness of the nib on the paper, at cost of a reduced variation between horizontal and vertical strokes. 

@fpupulin Yes, thank you for capturing precisely what I meant; I could not have explained it better.

[NoType]

10 minutes ago, fpupulin said:

A truly unusual and great 149, in my opinion.

 

 

@fpupulin What a lovely paean in visual form of a distinguished new addition to the Maison’s oeuvre.  This subforum is immeasurably indebted to you for sublime images of your variegated and splendid scripts, as well as the implements with which they were created, the sum totals being so much more than writing samples.  May we be fortunate enough to be the recipients of much, much more of your largesse.

[Centurion]

5 hours ago, NoType said:

@fpupulin Yes, thank you for capturing precisely what I meant; I could not have explained it better.

I’m glad I asked 😊

[fpupulin]

Will try to show here, under the microscope, how it is chamfered/rounded the B nib of my 149 the Origin.

[fpupulin]

I'm sorry if I seem to be diverting this thread to the topic of Montblanc's broad nib tips, but the good excuse is that the discussion (and the images) refer to the nib of my 149 The Origin, one of the pens celebrating 100 years of Meisterstück.

 

So here's what the tip of my pen's broad nib looks like under the critical eye of a microscope. The magnification is about 30x, obtained with a Leica Z16 Zoom Apo microscope and a Leica planapochromatic objective with 0.5x magnification. The magnification on my Nikon's full frame sensor is about 11x. The scale in the image corresponds to 1 millimeter, with ten divisions.

 

 

As you can see from the photo, the tip is slightly chamfered in front and on the front portion of the upper sides, with a horizontal inclination of about 45º (on the sides) and a vertical inclination that I would say is around 35-40º. The chamfered parts take up about 1/4 or 1/3 of the total thickness of the tip.

 

None of the edges of the chamfers are sharp, but all are quite rounded, especially the front edges on the right and left and the lateral ones. All the lower edges, which are not chamfered, are abundantly smoothed/rounded.

 

Under the microscope, the workmanship of the nib, which according to Montblanc literature is hand-finished, reveals a high degree of precision and uniformity.

[Seney724]

4 minutes ago, fpupulin said:

I'm sorry if I seem to be diverting this thread to the topic of Montblanc's broad nib tips, but the good excuse is that the discussion (and the images) refer to the nib of my 149 The Origin, one of the pens celebrating 100 years of Meisterstück.

 

So here's what the tip of my pen's broad nib looks like under the critical eye of a microscope. The magnification is about 30x, obtained with a Leica Z16 Zoom Apo microscope and a Leica planapochromatic objective with 0.5x magnification. The magnification on my Nikon's full frame sensor is about 11x. The scale in the image corresponds to 1 millimeter, with ten divisions.

 

 

As you can see from the photo, the tip is slightly chamfered in front and on the front portion of the upper sides, with a horizontal inclination of about 45º (on the sides) and a vertical inclination that I would say is around 35-40º. The chamfered parts take up about 1/4 or 1/3 of the total thickness of the tip.

 

None of the edges of the chamfers are sharp, but all are quite rounded, especially the front edges on the right and left and the lateral ones. All the lower edges, which are not chamfered, are abundantly smoothed/rounded.

 

Under the microscope, the workmanship of the nib, which according to Montblanc literature is hand-finished, reveals a high degree of precision and uniformity.

Wow!  This is amazing to see....and with such clarity!!  Thank you @fpupulin

[NoType]

1 hour ago, fpupulin said:

I'm sorry if I seem to be diverting this thread to the topic of Montblanc's broad nib tips, but the good excuse is that the discussion (and the images) refer to the nib of my 149 The Origin, one of the pens celebrating 100 years of Meisterstück.

 

So here's what the tip of my pen's broad nib looks like under the critical eye of a microscope. The magnification is about 30x, obtained with a Leica Z16 Zoom Apo microscope and a Leica planapochromatic objective with 0.5x magnification. The magnification on my Nikon's full frame sensor is about 11x. The scale in the image corresponds to 1 millimeter, with ten divisions.

 

 

As you can see from the photo, the tip is slightly chamfered in front and on the front portion of the upper sides, with a horizontal inclination of about 45º (on the sides) and a vertical inclination that I would say is around 35-40º. The chamfered parts take up about 1/4 or 1/3 of the total thickness of the tip.

 

None of the edges of the chamfers are sharp, but all are quite rounded, especially the front edges on the right and left and the lateral ones. All the lower edges, which are not chamfered, are abundantly smoothed/rounded.

 

Under the microscope, the workmanship of the nib, which according to Montblanc literature is hand-finished, reveals a high degree of precision and uniformity.

@fpupulin I second @Seney724’s post that the image’s detail and clarity are amazing, indeed.  Many thanks for sharing with us in extreme close-up, the form and configuration of the broad nib of your The Origin 149.  

[ak47]

3 hours ago, fpupulin said:

I'm sorry if I seem to be diverting this thread to the topic of Montblanc's broad nib tips, but the good excuse is that the discussion (and the images) refer to the nib of my 149 The Origin, one of the pens celebrating 100 years of Meisterstück.

 

So here's what the tip of my pen's broad nib looks like under the critical eye of a microscope. The magnification is about 30x, obtained with a Leica Z16 Zoom Apo microscope and a Leica planapochromatic objective with 0.5x magnification. The magnification on my Nikon's full frame sensor is about 11x. The scale in the image corresponds to 1 millimeter, with ten divisions.

 

 

As you can see from the photo, the tip is slightly chamfered in front and on the front portion of the upper sides, with a horizontal inclination of about 45º (on the sides) and a vertical inclination that I would say is around 35-40º. The chamfered parts take up about 1/4 or 1/3 of the total thickness of the tip.

 

None of the edges of the chamfers are sharp, but all are quite rounded, especially the front edges on the right and left and the lateral ones. All the lower edges, which are not chamfered, are abundantly smoothed/rounded.

 

Under the microscope, the workmanship of the nib, which according to Montblanc literature is hand-finished, reveals a high degree of precision and uniformity.

This is what one could say...be inside the job.

Thank you franco

You give us un upgrade everytimes you post.

[Heinkle]

47 minutes ago, digitorum said:

Just found an unboxing video of this 149 - 1924 Traveller 

 

 

 Indeed, although because the pen isn't a demonstrator, he opts not to remove it from the plastic, so it's mainly an overview of what comes in the box (for £4000)

[Arcadian]

I really don't get people who buy pens and don't play with them. I also don't get people who don't like chocolate. Both seem equally against the order of nature to me. 

 

That being said, I'm glad he mentioned the significant weight distribution problem with the Traveller. I had the opportunity to handle one last week. The filling mechanism in the cone at the rear of the pen is so heavy that it probably ranks as the most imbalanced pen I have ever held. Maybe with the exception of a couple of GvFC pens when they had the cap posted. 

 

 - P. 

[a student]

5 hours ago, digitorum said:

Just found an unboxing video of this 149 - 1924 Traveller 

 

 

 

Thank you for posting this. I watched it on You Tube, and glanced through the comments. One irreverent poster had made this comment: 

This is like buying a car and getting a factory, car wash and gas station with it. 

 

My own, albeit simple minded, view is that it would be difficult to travel with this Traveller unless there is purpose made travel bag (like the ones made for cameras -an opportunity there for Oberworth?) to carry this contraption in. 

 

My question is whether this is something offered by the same "thinkers" who designed the Cinema wonders?

 

[Seney724]

5 hours ago, digitorum said:

Just found an unboxing video of this 149 - 1924 Traveller 

 

 

No.

Just no.

 

BTW, it appears that the "Environmental Sensitivity" Team must have taken the week off when they designed the packaging! 

That or this pen was determined to be worthy of an exception.

[Karmachanic]

3 hours ago, Arcadian said:

I also don't get people who don't like chocolate.

 

Most people don't like chocolate.  They like the milk and sugar.  Try Montezuma's 100% cocoa dark chocolate.  Xocolatl!  You could ease in with Lindt 90%.

[Amit.]

Anyone over here picked up the 149 LE 1924 ? If so , please share your review.

[fpupulin]

So I checked, in a very unscientific way, the differences in strokes between my 149 The Origin with her broad nib and an older 149 fitted with a BB nib.

 

As you san see in the two photos hereafter, a difference between them does exist, but is barely noticeable. The fact that I used two different inks is of no help in the comparison, but you may observe as - at more or less the same size of writing - the broad nib maintains open the occhiello of the "o" and "a" letters, which is mostly closed when written with the BB nib.

 

 

 

In the second pic, in the few lines written on the top right on Amatruda paper (from Amalfi), you may appreciate more the difference in width between the two nibs. Here it is evident that the B nib (on top) is around 1 mm in width, and the BB surely more than 1 mm (on the bottom).

[ak47]

Always you are over the top.

Thank you franco

[fpupulin]

And here are a few different kinds of "scripts" that I am experimenting with the broad nib of The Origin.

 

As it commonly happens with new pens and nibs, The Origin is improving day by day, and I just discovered that the nib also has a bit of flexibility in it.

 

[fpupulin]

3 minutes ago, ak47 said:

Always you are over the top.

Thank you franco

 

Thank you, @ak47, for your kind words.