Thread: Any Fountain Pen Users?

I just spent a half hour with the Mont blanc guy looking at the Leonardo ball point and the Einstein fountain. Yikes.

I quite like the Einstein actually, though the lid looks incongruous IMO. And $4.5K is a lot of money....

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I just spent a half hour with the Mont blanc guy looking at the Leonardo ball point and the Einstein fountain. Yikes.

I quite like the Einstein actually, though the lid looks incongruous IMO. And $4.5K is a lot of money....

I think you should just go for these...all the birds with one stone as they say, I'll pass on them and let you get this eBay BIN...have at it:

Montblanc Alfred Hitchcock Albert Einstein Leonardo DaVinci Fountain Pen New | eBay

Cheers!

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I just spent a half hour with the Mont blanc guy looking at the Leonardo ball point and the Einstein fountain. Yikes.

I quite like the Einstein actually, though the lid looks incongruous IMO. And $4.5K is a lot of money....

You do realise that you could buy 1,500 jinhao's for that, i bet they would last longer too (even at 6 months each that montblanc would need to be going for 750 years)

Though speaking in seriousness if you like and can afford it - why not.

Well, I don't know for sure but I suspect it's a bit like razors - a good quality fp will out last you, your kids, and their kids if you take care of it properly. Though the bladder-type ones do suffer a bit with degradation.

But yeah, a lot of money. Their more normal ones like the Starwalker or Meisterstruck ranges are slightly more sensibly priced. These limited editions don't really ring my bell to be honest, plus you are stuck with whomever they decide is worthy of immortalising. If they ever did a decent Sir Isaac Newton one, though, my wife and I would probably have to get divorced....

In any event, I agree Ed - if you like it and can afford it why not? People spend their money on weird and wonderful things. If I think a bit about it, over the past whatever years I'd have spent at least [censored by "marital bliss" software] on razors and related stuff I reckon, and that's quite abysmal when you think about it.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I just spent a half hour with the Mont blanc guy looking at the Leonardo ball point and the Einstein fountain. Yikes.

I quite like the Einstein actually, though the lid looks incongruous IMO. And $4.5K is a lot of money....

To gaudy for me.

Tim

It does look a bit overblown, I agree. In fact all the special editions do IMO, though some are nicer than others. It is slightly better in the flesh, and does feel nice in the hand. No idea how it writes because they'll only charge it with ink if you are really serious about purchasing which of course I was not.

But these are just the moderate ones. According to the shopkeep, those people with a "special relationship" to Mont Blanc get invited to special low-volume or even one-off pen offerings in exotic European locales. I think the "special relationship" definition involves money spent, basically.

Ah, lifestyles of the rich and famous!

James.

What, they didn't invite you to Gstaad!!!
I'd take you as a +1, but they don't have +1s for obvious reasons (you get a buffet of +es on location which would inevitably result in a very costly disassociation with any preexisting +1 you may bring along...)

I personally like functionality first then artistic impression. When the looks start interfering with the functionality is the big stopping point for me. Or if the look thing is there for no reason other to impress. I almost deleted that but will continue. I like things that work. If they look good while doing, that it is great! A gold nib with a stainless brushed pen, push on cap, is about perfect for me. If you find it I lost mine! A combination of looks and practicality.

I hope this ramble makes sense.

[Parker Sonnett]

Tim

Yes, makes perfect sense to me. I'm the same with my everyday writing utensils.

James.

I have decided in my life that everything that I get is "everyday". I might not use it everyday but I could!

I might add patina....

Tim