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FeelingTheBlues · 14 March 2012, 08:05 AM

Greetings TRF,

I thought it would be nice to share with you my "fancy" pen and pencil. I used to only write Bic's and was honestly fine with them but the ones I'm about to show you are gifts from my father and my grandfather, therefore they both have a great sentimental value!

Let's start with my pen, a Lefebvre wooden pen made in Trois-Rivières which was given to my father as a work gift before he decided to give it to me (he didn't really use it).

Here are some boring box and papers pictures, everything is, of course, in French.

And my precious!

Some close-ups

They engraved my father's name on the clip and I really like that. I know that when I'll be older I'll look at it and remember the man who raised me and gave it to me (insert some nostalgic smiles/"that's lame!" comments here).

I think it fits my Dreyfuss rather well, you can't really go wrong with brown and gold!

FeelingTheBlues · 14 March 2012, 08:13 AM

And here is the other one! It's a Montblanc Oscar Wilde LE mechanical pencil and it belonged to my grandfather. It has quite an original look and I understand it may not be for everybody but I really like it and I think a pencil is always useful (you see so many MB pens anyway...

).

I wonder where it came from...

Papers, bloody papers...

The book shaped box (I really like the look of it)!

And when you open it...

Oscar Wilde's signature.

Since it's a bit older, you can see that the metal parts are a bit worn and used. I really like the "beat up" look it gives to the pencil! It adds character, as they say.

And finally, here are some pictures of the duo!

Ready to be used!

Thank you for watching! Feel free to comment!

drockadam · 14 March 2012, 08:50 AM

Absolutely gorgeous pens Carl! The wooden one is very nice! How does she write?

FeelingTheBlues · 14 March 2012, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by drockadam

Absolutely gorgeous pens Carl! The wooden one is very nice! How does she write?

Well I don't know how long my father had it before he gave it to me but I had to let it roll on the paper a bit before ink started to come out! It's quite a good pen now that it works though!

EDIT: How impolite of me! Thank you very much for the compliment!

Sweramic · 14 March 2012, 09:05 AM

Carl, I love the Oscar Wilde pen. Your grandfather had/has great taste

I can inform you that it was first released in 1994 and it was the third Writers' Limited Edition released by Montblanc (Montblanc has released one Writers' Edition every year since 1992).

Here's a good link for you to learn more

:

Penslimited

FeelingTheBlues · 14 March 2012, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweramic

Carl, I love the Oscar Wilde pen. Your grandfather had/has great taste

I can inform you that it was first released in 1994 and it was the third Writers' Limited Edition released by Montblanc (Montblanc has released one Writers' Edition every year since 1992).

Here's a good link for you to learn more

:

Penslimited

Thank you Carl!

My grandfather received his Montblancs as gifts as well and passed this down to me, he does have (

) great taste indeed and he currently has the Friedrich Schiller RB pen (or is it a BP?) as well as the Chopin FP. He also gave a Charles Dickens FP (a huge pen, might I add!

) to my brother!

Thank you for that interesting link! I could really use one of those Agatha Christie's or Alexandre Dumas's!

threemonkeys · 14 March 2012, 01:35 PM

That was a very fun read, Carl. Now I'm going to have to check out the link that Carl posted above.

Pretty neat!

dbelle7 · 14 March 2012, 01:44 PM

These are great! So very cool and sentimental!

FeelingTheBlues · 14 March 2012, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by threemonkeys

That was a very fun read, Carl. Now I'm going to have to check out the link that Carl posted above.

Pretty neat!

Thank you Craig but you shouldn't open that link unless you are ready to buy one (or twelve) pens!

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Originally Posted by dbelle7

These are great! So very cool and sentimental!

Thank you for the kind words!

oneillba · 14 March 2012, 01:56 PM

Pens, pencil and highlighter. All Mont Blancs.

threemonkeys · 14 March 2012, 02:00 PM

Here's my contribution. I'm clueless about pens. But this is a Waterman pen that I received from a good family friend. I just googled it and I believe it is part of the Serinite line.

FeelingTheBlues · 14 March 2012, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by oneillba

Pens, pencil and highlighter. All Mont Blancs.

Lovely, Brian!

Would you have any pictures of the whole pens?

FeelingTheBlues · 14 March 2012, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by threemonkeys

Here's my contribution. I'm clueless about pens. But this is a Waterman pen that I received from a good family friend. I just googled it and I believe it is part of the Serinite line.

That's a very nice fountain pen Craig! It seems like it gets a lot of useful writing time.

Just saying!

threemonkeys · 14 March 2012, 02:07 PM

And lastly - here's my wife's Montblanc that she bought 20-something years ago. She likes the fact that it says 'W Germany' on the pens.

FeelingTheBlues · 14 March 2012, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by threemonkeys

And lastly - here's my wife's Montblanc that she bought 20-something years ago. She likes the fact that it says 'W Germany' on the pens.

And boom goes the dynamite! Your wife has great taste my friend!

threemonkeys · 14 March 2012, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

And boom goes the dynamite! Your wife has great taste my friend!

Of course, she married me.

Shazam!

FeelingTheBlues · 14 March 2012, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by threemonkeys

Of course, she married me.

Shazam!

That drawing isn't good anymore, I cut my hair!

Don't make me start a "who draws better funny guys" contest, young padawan!

threemonkeys · 14 March 2012, 03:05 PM

I just realized, Carl, that I started posting my pens in your thread. That was actually very bad form as I should have posted in the general 'pen' section. Sorry about that.

Beautiful pens from your Grandad and father!

FeelingTheBlues · 15 March 2012, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by threemonkeys

I just realized, Carl, that I started posting my pens in your thread. That was actually very bad form as I should have posted in the general 'pen' section. Sorry about that.

Beautiful pens from your Grandad and father!

*Read this in an old veteran's voice*

Young lad, if I had a dollar every time I hi-jacked a thread I would have bought myself a yellow-gold Day-Date by then! Don't feel sorry for your pictures were nice and funny! Keep it up!

Lion · 15 March 2012, 04:23 AM

Carl(FeelingTheBlues)I like your writing instruments and really like your mechanical pencil.....enjoy!!!

Lion · 15 March 2012, 04:28 AM

There's nothing like carrying and using fine writing instruments on a daily basis.....everyone should treat themselves to one!!!

FeelingTheBlues · 15 March 2012, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Lion

Carl(FeelingTheBlues)I like your writing instruments and really like your mechanical pencil.....enjoy!!!

Thank you Leo! I appreciate it!

14 March 2012, 08:05 AM	#1
FeelingTheBlues "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: Carl Location: Always moving Watch: If you wish... Posts: 22,039	My pen and pencil Greetings TRF, I thought it would be nice to share with you my "fancy" pen and pencil. I used to only write Bic's and was honestly fine with them but the ones I'm about to show you are gifts from my father and my grandfather, therefore they both have a great sentimental value! Let's start with my pen, a Lefebvre wooden pen made in Trois-Rivières which was given to my father as a work gift before he decided to give it to me (he didn't really use it). Here are some boring box and papers pictures, everything is, of course, in French. And my precious! Some close-ups They engraved my father's name on the clip and I really like that. I know that when I'll be older I'll look at it and remember the man who raised me and gave it to me (insert some nostalgic smiles/"that's lame!" comments here). I think it fits my Dreyfuss rather well, you can't really go wrong with brown and gold! __________________ Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin

14 March 2012, 08:13 AM	#2
FeelingTheBlues "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: Carl Location: Always moving Watch: If you wish... Posts: 22,039	And here is the other one! It's a Montblanc Oscar Wilde LE mechanical pencil and it belonged to my grandfather. It has quite an original look and I understand it may not be for everybody but I really like it and I think a pencil is always useful (you see so many MB pens anyway...). I wonder where it came from... Papers, bloody papers... The book shaped box (I really like the look of it)! And when you open it... Oscar Wilde's signature. Since it's a bit older, you can see that the metal parts are a bit worn and used. I really like the "beat up" look it gives to the pencil! It adds character, as they say. And finally, here are some pictures of the duo! Ready to be used! Thank you for watching! Feel free to comment! __________________ Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin

14 March 2012, 08:50 AM	#3
drockadam "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Real Name: Adam Location: Ontario, Canada Watch: Pepsi. Posts: 5,749	Absolutely gorgeous pens Carl! The wooden one is very nice! How does she write? __________________ - Adam Instagram: @GMTSUBTIME

14 March 2012, 01:56 PM	#10
oneillba "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Real Name: Brian Location: Hamilton, MI USA Watch: My beloved TT DJ Posts: 3,831	Pens, pencil and highlighter. All Mont Blancs. __________________ My Trusty TT DJ

14 March 2012, 02:00 PM	#11
threemonkeys "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Real Name: Craig Location: Seattle-ish, USA Watch: GMTIIc, AK, LVc Posts: 7,022	Here's my contribution. I'm clueless about pens. But this is a Waterman pen that I received from a good family friend. I just googled it and I believe it is part of the Serinite line. Attached Images

14 March 2012, 09:05 AM	#5
Sweramic "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Europe Watch: Movies Posts: 4,531	Carl, I love the Oscar Wilde pen. Your grandfather had/has great taste I can inform you that it was first released in 1994 and it was the third Writers' Limited Edition released by Montblanc (Montblanc has released one Writers' Edition every year since 1992). Here's a good link for you to learn more : Penslimited

14 March 2012, 01:35 PM	#7
threemonkeys "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Real Name: Craig Location: Seattle-ish, USA Watch: GMTIIc, AK, LVc Posts: 7,022	That was a very fun read, Carl. Now I'm going to have to check out the link that Carl posted above. Pretty neat!

14 March 2012, 01:44 PM	#8
dbelle7 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: wilderness Watch: Everose DD Posts: 1,400	These are great! So very cool and sentimental!

14 March 2012, 02:07 PM	#14
threemonkeys "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Real Name: Craig Location: Seattle-ish, USA Watch: GMTIIc, AK, LVc Posts: 7,022	And lastly - here's my wife's Montblanc that she bought 20-something years ago. She likes the fact that it says 'W Germany' on the pens. Attached Images

14 March 2012, 03:05 PM	#18
threemonkeys "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Real Name: Craig Location: Seattle-ish, USA Watch: GMTIIc, AK, LVc Posts: 7,022	I just realized, Carl, that I started posting my pens in your thread. That was actually very bad form as I should have posted in the general 'pen' section. Sorry about that. Beautiful pens from your Grandad and father!

15 March 2012, 04:23 AM	#20
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Carl(FeelingTheBlues)I like your writing instruments and really like your mechanical pencil.....enjoy!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

15 March 2012, 04:28 AM	#21
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	There's nothing like carrying and using fine writing instruments on a daily basis.....everyone should treat themselves to one!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

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