davelindberg
August 20th, 2012, 07:16 AM
Hi Everyone,
I bought a one-owner second hand MB 149 circa 1988. A good looking pen with a medium nib and split ebonite feed. I bought the pen because I thought having a Montblanc where they control the ink and all components of a pen would result in a better writing experience. Alas, for right now I was wrong!
I need your help.
Is there any reason that my MB 149 will not write with Montblanc Midnight Blue without hard starting every 7-10 words or so? It doesn't hard start on very cheap paper. The same ink in a different non-MB pen writes fine on all papers. And what paper is everyone using that gives good results that I could use as a notebook?
If I can't get a good writing experience, even with Montblanc, I'll have to go back to *ahem*... ballpoints.
Dave
P.S. And yes, I have been using fountain pens for 10+ years and still struglle with ink-pen-paper ratios.
I bought a one-owner second hand MB 149 circa 1988. A good looking pen with a medium nib and split ebonite feed. I bought the pen because I thought having a Montblanc where they control the ink and all components of a pen would result in a better writing experience. Alas, for right now I was wrong!
I need your help.
Is there any reason that my MB 149 will not write with Montblanc Midnight Blue without hard starting every 7-10 words or so? It doesn't hard start on very cheap paper. The same ink in a different non-MB pen writes fine on all papers. And what paper is everyone using that gives good results that I could use as a notebook?
If I can't get a good writing experience, even with Montblanc, I'll have to go back to *ahem*... ballpoints.
Dave
P.S. And yes, I have been using fountain pens for 10+ years and still struglle with ink-pen-paper ratios.