OGG Flex Fountain Pens #54: Montblanc Meisterstück 149 Calligraphy FP
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- This is the first modern, unmodified flex pen that behaves close to a vintage flex. I would say that this is a medium to full flex nib that writes very well with the proper about of ink. Sorr for the length but it includes the unboxing, comparison with the regular 149, some discussion on flex and a comparison of the pen with other pens. I apologies for some rough spots but I thought I should get it out there fast since this pen just became available.
Thank you for a fantastic production! I can only echo Chris's comments, and add that yuo have completely changed my attitude toward the Calligraphy Special Edition. I have owned a 149 size Meisterstuck since 1972 when it was named Diplomat in the US market. (My first one suffered from a fall onto the floor of the barbershop, my second was stolen, and the current one is 25 years old.) Yet I was ready to blow this one off as just a marketing ploy. You have shown me that I was wrong to pre-judge it.
Wonderfull review. Love this pen and i just bought it, even dued to your great video. Thanks PS hope to learn to use It properly...i have also a classic fine nib 149, but the writing feeling is very different. Love this one 😊 and love to use It for normal writing too... It's very smooth. Thanks again for you great videos
Scuola Non Scuola can you use for fast writing while flexing a little bit ?
@@fakhertoumi9691 yes you can, i'm using it everyday, even now! It wonderful...ciao
Scuola Non Scuola thx a lot
@@fakhertoumi9691 PS i also have a 149 fine nib, and i m not using it anymore. I will sell It....🙏
Very interesting. Discovered your channel in a post to my Facebook feed. I downloaded Binder nib line chart. Great sheet. Softness, amount of pressure to produce a line width, is a critical aspect of flex. In my experience that is what vintage flex is, easier to produce a wider line with less pressure than modern nibs. I have some Waterman eye droppers that are super soft and lay down a river of ink. I'm not a fan of the term "wet noodle" but for some nibs it is appropriate. Thanks for providing these great details.
It's the first supposedly flex nib that I see which is 18 carat gold instead of 14 carat gold. It makes me wonder if it's just a nib with some spring, like the Pelikan m1000... Anyway, owning a true flexible 149 from the 50s, I am not even giving this one a try. Also, it looks the feed is the same as in the regular version. I would say you would also need to make changes in the feed, to keep up with the increased ink demand.
I agree with the comment about the feed. I'm on my third 149 flex and the first two were hopelessly inconsistent with standard Montblanc inks, railroaded under pressure, then ran dry. Both the first and second were exchanged by the boutique shop without too much hassle - in fact the service was good. The nib guy in the boutique (Dubai Mall) had been told by MB that he could not adjust the nib and there was some suggestion by the sales guy that the feed IS different. Like you though I'm not convinced. The third version is better though I'm still not totally happy with the flow. After four weeks I now use Herbin inks only to ensure minimal railroading and drying out - which is shame. I do wonder how many 'dry' flexes are out there as gifts that are not used often and really aren't up to the task. I suspect Montblanc will quietly drop the flex in a couple of years as too expensive for most enthusiasts and unappealing to those who are sold it as a 'signature pen', which has been said to me on numerous occasions by sales staff. I realise this sounds too negative. However, this pen has a lot of personality and you do really feel a relationship with it - and that's something none of my other pens offer. It's like a slightly flawed best friend and I enjoy all of my time with it...
Nice review. I'll be getting mine next week
I had 3 MB 149s - now I have 2... various eras - and I always felt that pen lost it's full character by 1965 (last time they had somewhat flexible nibs - which were almost the norm at the time). So - seeing how this new one performs, and that there is a snap-back (controlled elasticity) - I'm convinced this pen is something I want and need :) I'll sell two other 149s which I don't even use.
Btw - this designation "manifold/rigid, soft, semi-flex, medium flex, full flex, super-flex etc" - the debate about what that exactly means is going of for years now. The last consensus :) is - it refers to the ease of flexing i.e. directly tied to the elasticity of the nib. Not so much to the line width. The only nib to which this does not apply is "wet-noodle" which is typically a oddball or rarity.
One interesting thing to try is a wet and a dry ink. I think you will like this pen
What a idea
Right as you flick the knife open and I wonder which one it is, you show it :)
I would like a flexible nib to have long, narrow 14K tines, but the MB nib has short, wide 18K tines. Another acceptable type of narrowing of the tines, can be seen in the Pilot FA nib which is also 14K.
Great review. If you use a darker black ink for your pen review, it would highlight the nib qualities better in my opinion. Thanks for doing this great review.
I’m curious how it compares to the vintage Monte Blancs. I’ve always heard they were pretty flexible- regardless it is a beautiful pen.
I wonder - why they didn't used 14K alloy... knowing that - historically and tried-and-proven - that alloy has better elasticity and to some extent better chance to survive inexperienced caligrapher wannabes. The 18K was typically more prone to permanent deformation. This is interesting. Are they debunking decades old (century old by now) rule? :)
EU (European union) sabotaged European flexible gold nibs when EU (especially France) insisted that gold nibs must be a minimum of 18K.
That is some serious skipping going on with the pen!!! Never seen skipping so bad in my whole life!
I am writing with a very light hand. So I am actually putting less pressure on the nib for these thinest lines, much less than weight of the pen. That way you can get the thinnest lines. This nib is designed to give you an EF line with normal pressure. But if you use a very light hand I was getting 4XF. If you look at the lines that are XF (the design point) there is no skipping. Also I did not clean the nib and most new nibs will skip a bit but I think the main reason was the super light pressure that I was putting on it.
@@robertkeenan8664 That explains it (I had some doubt so I had to ask)... Too bad it's only a semi-flex... I would have bought one without hesitation if it were full-flex but I'll stick to my Pilot Falcon for now... :(
what does ogg stand for?
Kon Old Guy’s Gentleman Flex Fountain Pens. My youtube name is Old Guy. I started doing Gentleman Flipper Knife reviews. Upper end fancy looking knives ergo gentleman’s. Then I got into pens and I just kept using the name. But I got tired of typing the Old Guy’s Gentlemen and it took up too much space on the video title section so it became OGG! Most of the pens I review are upper end pens..... in some cases somewhat fancy, The flex nature of the nibs lends itself to Spencerian and other more elegant writing styles that could be referred to what a Gentleman might write. Maybe its a stretch but I have too many videos with that name already. Not going to change now. ;-)
This is just a freaking semiflex. Why nobody admits it? Just because it's a Montblanc?! lol
Do you have the pen? The terms rigid, some flex, medium flex, full flex, and wet noodle are all relative terms. They are labels put to line variation from the spread of the tines with the amount of pressure it takes to spread the tines. I have about 50 flex pens (vintage, modern, and modified modern). I do reviews on flex nib pens,and. Started a FB group (now with over 2000 members) called Flexy Fountain Pens. In my opinion, because of the line variation of XXXF to 3B with the pressure required to get that means that I would call this a medium flex Plus or something between Medium and Full flex. MB should not be calling it a calligraphy pen. About the only calligraphy it can do is a conservative Spencerian. But.... I really like this pen.
@@robertkeenan8664 Thank you for the clarification. That sounds reasonable. :)
I'm no Montblanc fan, I actually don't like their pens at all, but this nib, according to this video, goes from 0.1 mm to 1.3 mm. That's a 13x spread. That's not a mere semi flex by any definition.
Thanks for the review.. interesting that Montblanc decided to create a flex at this point in time.. btw you might want to get a manicure before you shoot very close video of your nails.. just saying..
Thanks for the comment. Yes I am glad they added that and I hope more pen companies do it as well. As far as the manicure... probably not. My fingers are what they are ;-)
can’t finish the video.. the smacking is too bad
CryptoMatt Funny... I do have that problem... must be an age thing. I spent about a half hour going though and erasing the smack... but sounds like I missed a bunch. Thanks for mentioning it, I will check it more closely in the future.