MKE's view on pens

  From left to right: unknown, Profit Lady, Profit Standard, Profit Standard, ProGear 21, ProGear 21, Profit 21, ProGear Sigma 21, ProGear Realo, Kingprofit The pictures are taken under sub-optimal conditions. Consider them just as placeholders until the story is told and new pictures are taken.

  Vanishing point, unknown felt tip pen (using cartridges), Custom Grandee, Custom 67 or 74-based Maki-e, Custom 74 blue and black, Custom 743, Custom 823 and Custom 845.  The pictures are taken under sub-optimal conditions. Consider them just as placeholders until the story is told and new pictures are taken.

I borrowed a "Montblanc 146" from a Chinese friend and I hope I can show that simply weighing/measuring can show that it is a fake. This one is certainly a fake. I think this pen is really made to cheat people. It is fully made from plastics. A Chinese pen (design copy) is usually made from brass - at least partially. length total: 13.7 cm; uncapped 12.3 (cap 6.6, nib 1.8, feed section 3.2, barrel 8.2) diameter cap 1.3, barrel 1.2; nib 0.7 weight total 18.7 g (cap 7.9, feed section including nib 3.6, barrel 5.4, converter 1.6) As I am not knowledgeable with Montblanc pens. Am I correct that this is a copy of a 146? or should it be something else.   Addition After consultation with members of the Fountainpen network , it is clear now that this is a fake of the Montblanc 145 Chopin. 145 Konverterfuellfederhalter Classique \"Chopin\" length ca. 138 mm (137 measured) cap diameter ca. 13 mm (13 measured) barrel diamet...

The pictures are taken under sub-optimal conditions. Consider them just as placeholders until the story is told and new pictures are taken.

  On the left are a Cross ballpen, a Cross mechanical pencil, a Sheaffer and a Waterman C/F.  The pictures are taken under sub-optimal conditions. Consider them just as placeholders until the story is told and new pictures are taken.

  From left to right: 1? 2-4 Flamme 5 ? 6 Barley corn 7 ? The two pens on the right side are a Waterman C/F and a pilot. The pictures are taken under sub-optimal conditions. Consider them just as placeholders until the story is told and new pictures are taken.

From left to right: 1 Insignia? 2-4 Insignia 5-6 7-9 Barleycorn (Grain d'Orge) 10 Presidential 11 Diamond 12 Perle 13, 14 Price de Galles, Ecossais     From left to right: 1 Lacquer black? 2 Ecossais 3 Flamme 4 Perle 5 Cissele Links to Penography 75 Parker 75 Vintage pens Parker The pictures are taken under sub-optimal conditions. Consider them just as placeholders until the story is told and new pictures are taken.  

* Sheaffer: No-Nonsense (Premium) Fountain pen (green marble LINK ; blue marble LINK ) * Sailor: Professional Gear, King of Pen (KoP) LINK * Montblanc 149 (pre-1985) Dreams: Sailor , Nakaya , Namiki , Platinum Izumo

  Let’s Reevaluate Converter Filling Fountain Pens LINK Brian Gray, Edison Pen Co.

"Professional Gear Sigma" seems to be the successor pen to the "Professional Gear". In some markets these pens are marketed as "Professional Gear II". There are some differences in the clip design and the sizes. Additionally, there is now a bicolor nib also in the "slim" version - and, not to forget, some quite larger differences in the price. Uphill, off course. Soon here: a comparison between a Professional Gear21 and the corresponding Sigma. " Professional Gear " XXXmm YYg *Professional Gear Slim Mini 124mm 16.8g *Professional Gear Slim Silver: red, black, blueberry, white (14K, rhodium-plated, middle size) *Professional Gear Slim Gold: black (14K, 24K gold-plated, middle size) 124mm 17.0g *Professional Gear Slim Saibinagi: red (14K, rhodium-plated, middle size) 129mm 21.6g *Professional Gear Silver: black (21K, bicolor, large size) *Professional Gear Gold: black (21K, bicolor, large size) *Professional Gear Impe...

Got two new Hero 382, a blue and a red one - they are also available in black, pink, white and yellow with silver and gold trims. Caution - there are two types of the Hero 382 on the market - see the different clips below. Data sheet: length (capped):       136 mm length (uncapped):   121 mm width (at trimband): 13 mm width (at barrel):      13 mm nib length:                 18 mm nib width:                  7 mm nib size ?   weight all   : 31.5 g cap:              10.9 g barrel:          11.9 g feed section (including nib):   7.4 g converter:    ca 1.3 g  Excuse the poor qu...

Just got a full set of Jinhao 159. Aliexpress had a brand shopping week and they were very "affordable". From the rosegold/copper and the purple pen, only silver-trim pens are available. Nibs of the silver and gold trim pens Silver trim in yellow, black, silver, green, gold, orange, white, red, blue and purple -  gold trim in the same colors - only purple doesn't exist as gold trim Disassembled As usual with Jinhao pens, the quality is quite good. Some pens show some microdamages like punctures or scratches but still this is not visible if one doesn't look very close. Apparently the quality check at this price is also reduced. If you don't plan to get a set which is 100% perfect, it is acceptable. I tested all of them with Pelikan 4001 brilliantblue. The nib quality is good. The nib sizes are medium (0.5 mm) as ordered - some of them tend towards broad, however. There are also broad nibs with 0.5 mm writing size. Data sheet (wei...