Mont Blanc Question

Honestly, it is a "status" pen. Why in the hell would you pay so much for a pen? They have some nice ones in the 1k range, but they still do not write smoothly and they are cheap. My Dad has one and it's just cheap plastic with his name on it. He was explaining it to me or whatever but I was just like yeah, it's a pen, who cares. No point in having an overpriced writing instrument, a regular pen will do fine. You will lose it just like sunglasses.

 

Yes they do lot's of different sizes styles and weights, the basic ones are just a but too small for my taste.

 

To the degree of different materials being heavier and costlier than plastic, yes.


There's a couple good pen threads in the archives, might be worth a read.

Personally, I prefer Pelikan and Omas.

 

Your questions are not silly at all. A pen is a very personal thing. I grew up writing with a fountain pen in school (didn't grow up in the US) and I have always liked heavier pens. That said, for the last ten years or so, I have really liked Mont Blanc pens. I received my first as a gift some years ago, since then I have received others. Now I have three black + platinum. One roller-ball, one fountain (the Frederick Chopin pen) and one mechanical pencil. They make a nice set. No, they are not as heavy as other pens, but they all write wonderfully. Also the cases are *NOT* plastic. They are a kind of resin. I don't know much more about the actual material, but I don't believe they are simple plastic. And yes, they obviously have a status element to them, and I have no problem with that as long as they write well.

Of course, this is more a function of the pen itself for the fountain pen (and to a lesser degree the mechanical pencil), but not really for the roller-ball, where it's a function of the ink cartridge and not the pen body or construction itself.

At the end of the day, it's what you like. Mont Blanc offers many styles, several of which are much heavier than the "classic" Meisterstruck pens.

Not sure how much that helps. All I know is I love my Mont Blancs and constantly get "nice pen" comments...

Good luck.

 

Wow, a very classy reply. It's conversations like this that make me proud to be involved in this forum.

Patrick W. Heinske -- [email protected]

 

I received one when i was 14 years old . Its still in its box . I have absolutely no use for it because i dont want my mind thinking " where did i put my pen" when i work/have business meetings. Its just the kind of things i dont want to be worried about losing ..

 

Thanks Patrick -- me too, I have found some really good people on Fchat.

You're welcome. Hope I was helpful. Noticed you mentioned you're still in college -- good luck with school. Enjoy it, it's a great part of your life.

 

I like fountain pens. I've bought a few different ones, a couple of watermans and a levenger. My daily pen for taking notes is the Lamy Safari fine nib. It is cheap but functions great. I don't know what the nib is but it has some flex to it. The hand grip is a bit uncomfortable though. The next pens I want to get are the Namiki Falcon with a modified nib and a big Pelikan 1000.

Try nibs.com for fountain pens.

My biggest problem with every pen I try is that they are too thin for my hand not to cramp when I'm writing, even a short time.

 

I'm not a big fan of the Mont Blanc's. Yes, the material is a resin, but in the meisterstruck that I have, it seems really cheap. In fact, I have heard of many of them cracking over time.

I have been happy with every pelikan I've owned (a 200, and an 800). The 800 is weighty, and writes wonderfully, and IMHO, you get more bang for your buck than with a montblanc.

My last pen purchase was an Omas 360 Vision from Nibs.com mentioned above. The Omas is a light pen, but still fells more solid than the monblanc I have. The Omas writes just beautifully. Also, it is Italian, in keeping with the theme of this board

Dom