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Originally Posted by cruvon
Thanks, had Googled and some seem to suggest that the Hemingway, Dumas and the current Homer are 149 based with 9 sized nibs.
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Yes it is the #9 sized nib (third digit in MB model designation) but is patterned after
the 139 which preceded the 149 and was more a domed ended rather than the Sheaffer like shape of the 149.
The 139 was made from the late 1930s until the early 1950s.