2/5 Austin P. 7 months ago on Google • 25 reviews
Tried
to
sample
a
fountain
pen.
As
soon
I
started
writing,
the
staff
started
praising
how
great
the
pen
is,
and
she
goes
"The
president
of
Russia
and
China
uses
Mont
Blanc
on
historic
occasions..."
How
are
these
dictators
great
example
as
the
users
of
their
product?
It
completely
ruined
my
experiences.
According
to
Kant,
aesthetics
judgement
is
not
fundamentally
different
from
moral
judgements.
I
just
can't
take
this
experience
with
me
buying
a
pen.
It
happens
sometimes
at
luxury
stores
maybe
because
me
as
Chinese
appears
to
their
sales
targeting
demography
nowadays.
It's
getting
on
my
nerves
though
these
money-hungry
stores
bend
their
morals
to
the
status-seeking
fobs.
Mont
Blanc
also
makes
a
whole
bunch
of
signature
pens
such
as
for
Jimi
Hendricks
and
whoever
who
are't
even
writers.
I
love
Jimi
and
I
have
not
read
anywhere
he
used
mont
blanc
in
any
occasion.
It's
pretentious
that
Mont
Blanc
tried
to
associate
itself
with
significant
cultural
icons
for
publicity.
I
went
with
Sailor
1911L
fountain
pen
on
eBay,
shipped
from
Japan,
much
better
in
terms
of
value.
Sailor
nibs
all
made
in
Hiroshima,
by
locals.
Mont
Blanc
probably
have
factories
outside
Germany
or
have
Made-In-Germany
by
non-locals
just
like
Made-In-Italy
cloths
are.
(There
is
a
significant
population
from
ZheJiang,
China
who
live
in
Prato
Italy
only
to
make
those
product
in
a
way
not
much
different
from
the
sweat
shops
in
China.
These
foreign
workers
legal/illegal
don't
speak
Italian
nor
leave
their
community
for
much
of
their
years
there.)
I
write
roman
as
well
as
kanji,
so
Japanese
Fountain
Pens
are
better
geared
towards
any
ways.
I
am
disappointed
by
the
direction
of
Mont
Blanc
in
general.
It's
nothing
but
rich
man's
plaything.