This pen was givin by my wife and kids for my birthday in june 2009. We bought this pen in a store in The Netherlands in Groningen that goes by the name Vulpenwereld (fountainpen world). It is not an internetstore, but just an old fashioned store where their is actually someone who knows pens. Some history on this Montblanc Meisterstück pen you can find on Wikipedia.
Package
The pen comes in a big (shoe)-box 175x175x90 mm (6,9"x6,9"x3,5"). Big box for a big pen.
Inside the box their is a second luxury box and a service guide.
Luxury box
Inside the luxury box you'll find the pen and a great glass bottle of Montblanc black ink. It looks great on your desk opened all the way. Every pen is unique numbered. My pen has number CT1325479 lasered in the ring of the cap.
The pen
The pen is a huge classic rounded pen design. They also call it big classic cigar shape. It is big but has great grip. I like big pens so this one was my choice for my birthday present. I wrote every day with it since I got it. It is kind of a replacement for my Parker Duofold Checkered Amber (medium). For my feeling it uses a lot of ink. I always write with this pen in business and filled it with Noodler's Black. The pen is a so called piston-filler. Works great. The pen can hold a lot of ink. Their is a looking glass so you never will be surprised with to little ink.
To bad of the scratches appear at the place the cap screws. But you can't have it all. Whoops I can see right through the looking glass. I have to fill it again.
The nib
The nib is huge, length 27mm (1,06") to be precise. The nib writes just great. I never found it hesitating. It has just the right spring in it. It is 11mm (0,43") width. The nib of this meisterstück is the same size as it's German competitor Pelikan M1000. I mostly choose a fine nib. But with Montblanc the nibs are always a little bit broader then other company's fine nibs.
Facts
lenght: 146mm (5,7") - with cap over the nib-side (I think you call it capped??)
lenght: 131mm (5,2") - without cap and ready to write
niblength: 27mm (1,06")
barrel: 15mm (0,59")
price: about $ 605,= to $ 668,= (€ 410,= to € 460,=)
It is a pen with great impact and a joy to write with Great classic design Good size if you like big pens What a fantastic nib
A minor is that their are no minors in my opinion (hmmmmm tiny minor? pricey? ;-D )Desktopimage
Here's the desktop image at 1920 x 1200 click here. It is free to use.
Conclusion
Well it is a pricey pen. But the day I got it I wrote with it every single day. Just filled with ordinary plain Noodler's Black in my Moleskine's.
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9 reacties:
OUTSTANDING review & pics! ;-)
Nice review! This pen looks huge! What a funky ink bottle...can you say more about it? I assume the design assists filling in some way...how is the ink? Thanks!
I posted something about the bottle here: http://bit.ly/GcopM
Thanks for the compliments!
It's beautiful but I could never afford such a thing.
Awesome review of the Meisterstuck. I'm looking for a vintage 149 as well as a new one. Take care. :-)
Very beautiful...I have been thinking of getting a pen like this for my Father's birthday which is coming up soon.
Thank you for the review.
You have definitely added something new - this great packaging is not usually shown, and I appreciate seeing the pen in a non-photo studio environment.
These are endurance pens. They hold an incredible amount of ink, the B nibs are rather stubbish and give lovely line variation and shading, and they literally last a lifetime with basic care.
Great writing! Great blog as well!
Just one question, are you right about the price? I ordered one (in Holland) and the price was euro 570.
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