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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Born2it, post: 9516796, member: 59977&quot;]Well, as long as we’re talking about Montblanc pens…. I worked at a pen store a couple decades ago.&nbsp; Gentleman came in because he’d dropped the nib section of his Montblanc fountain pen down the drain of his hotel room, and was hoping to buy a replacement. Unfortunately we didn’t have a service license, so I couldn’t help him with that.&nbsp; Disappointed, he was standing in front of the Montblanc cabinets, grumbling about needing a pen but not wanting to buy something he already had multiples of.</p><p><br /></p><p>I asked him if he travelled a lot, and he rolled his eyes and said he definitely did. So I showed him the Pilot Vanishing Point, and he about lost his mind (for non-pen freaks, imagine seeing a mechanic or carpenter use a ratcheting screwdriver for the first time). I also showed him some exceptional Pelican school pens, and a bunch of other fun stuff.&nbsp; We had a ball.&nbsp; By the time he got to the register, he had quite the pile, but his total was less than a mid-range Montblanc fountain pen and he was positively cackling with glee.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’d put his poor decapitated pen in a box for safe keeping, along with the information he needed to order a replacement.&nbsp; When I tried to hand it to him as he left, he shook his head. Said “You keep it, kid, save me the trouble of going through all that nonsense.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Which is how I got the limited edition Montblanc 75th anniversary fountain pen with a diamond on it (well, most of it, anyway) not only for free, but got paid for the time I spent getting it.&nbsp; I confess I replaced the nib section with an ordinary one, but it definitely brought me joy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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