Montblanc 149

[Golddollar]

You actually write every day? For real? With a pen? On paper?

What are you? A dinosaur?

I resemble that remark. When I was working on land titles I often had to plot the legal descriptions, using hand tools like a protractor, measuring scale and drawing compass. By that time computer programs for plotting legal descriptions had been developed but I couldn't make those work to save my life.

But this week I got to dust off my old skills. Using my long rested protractor and scale, I plotted out the descriptions of properties that a couple citizens coming before the town planning commission wanted some action on. They owned several adjoining parcels of land by three different deeds. Not only did I plot by pencil on paper the description of each individual parcel, but I was able to position all of the parcels in relation to each other. The town Zoning Officer and the chairman of the planning commission were really amazed at what I did and it made it a whole lot easier to understand the situation we were facing. Sometimes the old skills and old tools come through.

 

[Skeet 028]

Cajunlawyer you surprise me..2 posts lately raise the bar for you in my estimation...A thread on Wine and now on a great MB Pen(and you use both!). I tip my hat to you! Oh and I know you duck hunt too

 

[swsig]

I don't use a fountain pen. Charles M. Schulz explains why:

 

[chief38]

I've always been a Fountain Pen enthusiast and use one of them on a daily basis. I did have a Montblanc set years back (loved it) but unfortunately for me I damaged it by dropping it on rough concrete from step stool height while helping my neighbor with a garage fixture when I got out of my car after work. - don't ask! Anyway, it was beyond practical repair and I gave it to a pen collector friend who used it for the parts that were still viable.

After that episode I got into Parker Duofolds and have a few sets of them. I also have a few Waterman and Pelican's but the Duofold's remain my every day writers. Occasionally I have though about getting back into Montblanc's but have not yet done so. they are somewhat more fragile than many others - at least that has been my experience with them. I'd be careful with yours and stay off of ladders on concrete! LOL!

Nothing like writing with a fountain pen!! When I worked I always had a Parker, Montblanc or similar pen in my pocket and a bunch more in a special pen holder box on the top of my desk along with several bottles of my favorite ink. Contrary to what some may say, I have NEVER in all the decades of carrying & using Fountain Pens had one leak and ruin a shirt. The only time I've gotten ink on my hands is when I have filled them in a hurry or dropped them - take your time!

BTW check out the following if you are into Fountain pens!!

Glenn's Pens.

 

[s&wchad]

Congratulations, a Meisterstuck 149 is a wonderful family heirloom!

My dad didn't splurge on luxuries and wasn't a pen guy, but I do have my moms Sheaffer's fountain that was given to her by her father. I cleaned it up, re-sacked it and it's still a smooth writer. It's far from my most valuable pen, but the sentimental value makes it priceless to me! It's the pen on the right in the first photo.

I love Fountain pens and own a few, but I have to confess to using a rollerball for daily writing. I do ink up a fountain pen from time and use it for about a week, but then I drain it, flush it out and put it away. If I kept them inked up, I'd have a bunch of clogged nibs on my hands.

I've accumulated a few Montblanc's, but they're mostly 144's. I do have a 146 ballpoint and a 320 from the 1970's. Here are some of the pens in my collection. They can be every bit as addictive as guns, knives and watches. It's a good thing I never had the room to collect cars!

 

[CCantu357]

MB makes some beautiful pens. I would love to get one, but I still can't figure out if I prefer Pilot or Uniball!

 

[03hemi]

I have one.
I drove over it with my car about 30 years ago.
MB gladly replaced my plastic pen, but they told me it wasn't plastic; it's resonated glass fwiw.

 

[s&wchad]

… but I still can't figure out if I prefer Pilot or Uniball!

Don't laugh… They might not have the prestige of a Montblanc or S.T. Dupont, but their cartridges/refills are some of the smoothest writers on the market. I'm sure a lot of pen aficionados own them, for the same reason many watch collectors own Seiko's - They make quality stuff!

Pilot/Namiki offers more than just disposables. They also have higher end products like their Emperor, Yukari and Vanishing Point fountain pens. Some of them can bring thousands of dollars!

I have one.
I drove over it with my car about 30 years ago.
MB gladly replaced my plastic pen, but they told me it wasn't plastic; it's resonated glass fwiw.

They now advertise it as "precious resin".
Read that as $$$!

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I have one.
I drove over it with my car about 30 years ago.
MB gladly replaced my plastic pen, but they told me it wasn't plastic; it's resonated glass fwiw.

Actually it's "precious resin"
And yes I write every day. Something about signing a judgment or an arrest warrant with a fountain pen. I use a dark purple ink.
Oh and s&wchad I do LIKE me those Pilot G2's as well!
Years ago when I was given my 146 I used burgundy colored ink from Montblanc. It looked like I was signing my name in blood

 

[Bullet Bob]

I'm down to two Japanese, and one Italian fountain pen. I started using them a few years ago to improve my handwriting, as they seem to make you slow down and concentrate on writing.

Same concept to me as using a Colt SAA instead of a Glock, or a manual watch instead of a Casio; I like them all, and enjoy each for their own reasons.

 

[TheHobbyist]

I really like their men's cologne. Get a lot of compliments on it.

Sorry I don't have a photo to share, but I have a couple Parker's. Use the Pilot's everyday.

 

[DWalt]

I seldom write anything other than my signature. I print. No one can read my handwriting, not even me. My father always used fine fountain inkpens, but I don't remember what kind. He wrote in a beautiful Spencerian script that was perfectly proportioned. I apparently did not receive that handwriting gene from him. The only pens I have come from Dollar Tree.

Back when I graduated from high school, an uncle gave me a present of a gold ballpoint pen. I don't remember what kind, but high-quality ballpoints were quite expensive at that time. It took me less than a week to lose it. That is when I learned that throwaway plastic pens are always preferable, at least for me. I used to be one of those nerds who always wore a plastic shirt pocket protector for pens and pencils, used one all through college and for some time afterward. I wonder if those are still made? I don't remember seeing one for a long time.

 

[H Richard]

I had a pair, Roller ball pen and the auto pencil model. I used them daily for many years, gifts from my wife. Since I retired I no longer carry a pen, but have a plastic Pilot G-2, 02 laying on my desk that is used daily. I do like the gel type ink in them.

 

[Skeet 028]

Have a few fountain pens somewhere. My handwriting these days is atrocious. Nothing high end other than a Parker brushed stainless T ball from the later 50s. It cost more than 10 dollars in 58. Lot of money then. I did most of my schoolwork with a fountain pen.. I used a kinda light blue ink. When in elementary school we were taught penmanship. We even had desks with inkwell holes in them. I didn't do too bad... Then they invented computers. I did an awful lot of run reports etc etc. Quit work and my handwriting now looks like chicken scratching...So I use a Bic. Still hen scratchings

 

[NYlakesider]

Despite twelve years of Catholic schooling, my handwriting is terrible...and only getting worse as I age. My printing is actually pretty good, thank heavens!

Heck, I only had eight years in catholic school and that was with much hitting on the hands with rulers, pointers. (good thing there was not a 2X4 in the classroom!) My writing is so bad I should have been a famous cardiac or brain surgeon!

I got asked a few times over the years was I actually born a left hand writer and forced to use my right hand.


Added-- We had to use fountain pens in catholic school. All our desks had ink wells and it seemed like all the pens leaked. White shirts with ties were required wear for the boys and every shirt pocket I had had ink stains on it. Circa mid 1950s

 

[ameridaddy]

I resemble that remark. When I was working on land titles I often had to plot the legal descriptions, using hand tools like a protractor, measuring scale and drawing compass. By that time computer programs for plotting legal descriptions had been developed but I couldn't make those work to save my life.

But this week I got to dust off my old skills. Using my long rested protactor and scale, I plotted out the descriptions of properties that a couple citizens coming before the town planning commission wanted some action on. They owned several adjoining parcels of land by three different deeds. Not only did I plot by pencil on paper the description of each individual parcel, but I was able to position all of the parcels in relation to each other. The town Zoning Officer and the chairman of the planning commission were really amazed at what I did and it made it a whole lot easier to understand the situation we were facing. Sometimes the old skills and old tools come through.

And no batteries required!

 

[Aggie1906]

My professional opinion is you will not harm your 149 Diplomat by inking it. Some would argue the nib tip will eventually conform to your writing position and be a reason not to lend it out more than momentarily.
Keeping the cap in your off hand is a keen strategy to make sure the borrower does not pocket your pen.
Mine is from the mid-1970s. I have others too.
Former pen dealer.

 

[Eagle 477]

I used to work with a guy named Steve, He had this collection of Pens that was massive. He had everything from Water man to Bic's and everything in between. He could tell you everything about any kind of pen ever made. He had a collection of Solid gold pens that he kept in a safe deposit box and would check them weekly to be sure that the bank President didn't take any. Steve was a really smart guy Had a Masters in Physiology last i heard from him he was 74 years old and living in his Car and didn't have a friend left that he didn't screw over.

Rob

 

[boykinlp]

I really like their men's cologne. Get a lot of compliments on it.

Sorry I don't have a photo to share, but I have a couple Parker's. Use the Pilot's everyday.

Which cologne do you use?
Larry

 

[Rustyt1953]

While in college I had a friend who had a pen made to resemble a mercury thermometer. Whenever someone would ask him If they could borrow a pen he would hand it to them and say: "sure...just don't put it in your mouth".

No takers.