What's a MB "Signature Nib"?

[Pravda]

Usually 146 for skeletonized LEs and 149 on older ones. Others can comment more on this.

I believed it's actually the other way around.. almost all skeletons I know of are based on the 149.

 

That being said.. beautiful pen

[OngL]

I believed it's actually the other way around.. almost all skeletons I know of are based on the 149.

That being said.. beautiful pen

I agree that older skeletons and artisan are based from 149, however, if we look at PoA, Great Characters that are more known skeletons, they are based from 146. Is this correct?

[Ghost Plane]

I'm starting to have fantasies of a skeleton with an O3B

[Tom Kellie]

I'm starting to have fantasies of a skeleton with an O3B

 

 

~ All OBBB fantasies are pre-approved.

Even a Mozart OBBB?

Ha! Why not?

There's a challenge to keep the Hamburg nib team up late at night in 2017, no doubt listening to ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’.

Tom K.

[Pravda]

I'm starting to have fantasies of a skeleton with an O3B

**whisper** Wait for my first post in 2017

[Pravda]

I agree that older skeletons and artisan are based from 149, however, if we look at PoA, Great Characters that are more known skeletons, they are based from 146. Is this correct?

Many/more limited editions are based on the 146 than the 149 I agree, but you're talking about 'skeletons' which refers to see-through pens like yours! I am starting to think you meant the 'chassis' of the pen because there isn't a single WE/POA that's a skeleton design.

[Ghost Plane]

**whisper** Wait for my first post in 2017

Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

[OngL]

Many/more limited editions are based on the 146 than the 149 I agree, but you're talking about 'skeletons' which refers to see-through pens like yours! I am starting to think you meant the 'chassis' of the pen because there isn't a single WE/POA that's a skeleton design.

Pravda, I edited my post earlier as the question posed was from Nib perspective. So If I were to take a few example such as Miles Davis, JFK, Leonardo Da Vinci, and a few recent skeletonized higher Limited Edition (<100), these came in the same form factor of the barrel and nib of the entry LEs. Hence, I am in the opinion that the recent skeletons are based on 146 nibs and perhaps even the barrel.

 

This, howevever, does not discount the fact that artisan edition or the older proper skeletons are mostly based of 149.

[Pravda]

I am sorry I didn't quite understand you earlier, I believe now I am following.

 

Size wise, you're right these specific models seem to lean towards the 146.

[zaddick]

If the pen is a skeletonized version of an existing pen, it will use the same nib as the base pen. Thus Da Vinci, Einstein, Lennon, etc will all have #6 nibs. Current skeletons not part of a series are almost all using the #9 nibs. The exceptions I can recall are the Diego Rivera and Frida Khalo.

Edited December 30, 2016 by zaddick