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lutz (Login ammererlutz)
AP Discussion Group
Posted Oct 20, 2004 1:49 PM
something more exclusive than a Bohème in the Montblanc collection.
I have a Bohème roller and its alright for everyday use,but very fussy with carbonized copying paper(and I have a lot of this sort to deal with in my profession).
Namiki-I think of the precious laquered ones of course and not of the standard "Pilots"-are something quite special in their finish(if You like the design,what not all people do),so should be compared to the more exclusive Montblanc pieces.(Although I have no experience with Namiki`s writing abilities whatsoever)
The tips of the Bohèmes I tried were acceptable,but in no way comparable to their top-grade pens' nibs!
Especially Montblanc`s fine nibs of their BEST pens are really exceptionally and wonderful to write with.
I always wrote with "Medium" Pelikans,Lamys,Parkers,Watermans,Omas,then "Broad" Parkers etc,then XXB Parkers,Montblancs,then OXXB Montblancs etc and never liked this "scratch" of fine nibs until I tried a "Fine" Montblanc "limited series" and was just stunned.
Since then,I almost always ask for a fine nib first when buying a pen.
Please,mind I do NOT want to appear as pen-WIS here,since I bought my last proper fountain pen 10 years ago(my Toledo M900) until by chance I had to indulge into the pleasure of pen-choosing again a month ago),so others here,more experianced in recent developments,could give you further advise.
Coming back to Your question,I would look for the more exclusive Montblancs too(esp.with fine nib) before making any decision for whatever brand,if they are not better than the Bohéme,stay with it.
About MB-service I refrain from any comments,my experiances always have been good,but some people apparantly had problems,but that could happen anywhere.
regards,
lutz
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