I just have a few fountain pens and this pen is the jewel all of them. The pen is smooth and comfortable to use. The ink capacity is huge with elegant and classy look.
Appelboom always offer excellent price, secure beautiful wrapping and fast shipping. After years collecting Montblanc pens, finally I got my grail pen, the 149. This pen is smooth, its iconic shape with gold accents represents the perfection.
This is my first Meisterstuck 149, and the 5th pen bought from Appelboom. Appelboom always offer beautiful price and secure wrapping. The 149 gives a powerful feeling due to its larger grip section & 18k nib, but not too heavy to control because of well balanced. This 149 B is a little bit of less smoother than 146 B, but after one week writing, it become more smoother.
The MB149 is well balanced when not posting the top cap and seems to give me more control due to the larger gripping area. I feel it is best to write without posting the top cap because it makes the instrument a little tail heavy. Ink flow is consistent and wet and I am presently using Montblanc Permanent Blue. I have read other reviews of how this pen is over priced and not to the same level as other lesser priced pens, but it writes beautifully and shows real quality.
Appelboom's service was nothing short of excellent and the pricing I obtained was the tipping point for me to purchase from them. I could find no other authorized Montblanc dealer that offered the same services for their asking price. The pen was delivered to the United States in three days from the purchase date and I will not hesitate to use Appelboom for all my future writing needs.
When at the end of the last year i asked to an important italian online authorized reseller of Montblanc that i was interested to buy two 149 with BB and O3B nib he told me (after one week from my request) that the BB nib maybe was possible with a nib exchange and the O3B nib was non longer in production...
I discovered the Appelboom store watching some video about fountain pens on youtube so i decided to make him the same request and only few minutes later Appelboom respond to me said that this specialty nibs were not in stock but can be ordered and will be available in ten working days.
Since that i've made two order from Appelboom and now i have 3 149 with BB nib (gold trim, red gold trim and platinum trim) and 3 149 with O3B nib (gold trim, red gold trim and platinum trim).
The first order arrived in 4 weeks (but was Christmas time) and the second in only 2 weeks.
Thanks from Italy to Appelboom to let's possible all of this.
Finally I got my grail pen, Montblanc Meisterstuck 149. I bought this pen with Fine nib and it writes beautifully. The nib is quite soft and springy but it's not a flex nib. I was looking for this pen for quite sometime and was not able to purchase it due to its premium price. There is no denying that Montblanc pens are expensive and there are cheaper options around. However you are paying for the brand recognition hence the high price.
I bought it from Appelboom at a very decent price (including 15% discount). 149 is the flagship model of MontBlanc and it sports a 18kt dual tone gold nib. The beauty of Montblanc is that they have a wide range of nibs from EF, F, M, B, BB, OM, OB, O2B and O3B.
The pen cap adorns 3 gold plated center bands and unique serial number on the clip. It's a piston filler pen and holds a lot of ink.
It's a traditional cigar shape classic design. The pen though made of precious resin feels solid and it has a very satisfying heft to it.
Montblanc Gold Plated 149 is my best lover. I bought this fountain pen with an EF nib. The pe itself is very beautiful and it writes with a very smooth feeling. Many pen shops do not have the special nibs like EF in stock and they have this pen in stock and offer you a very fast speed: It only take 3 days to ship into the US in a very secure wrapping.
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