Montblanc Meisterstück no 149 (fine) review

I thought what can I write about the legendary "Montblanc Meisterstück no 149" after so much reviews on the web. What would my review add to all that. Well honestly I don't know, but I hope you enjoy my story.

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 )

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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.