The Meisterstück 146 has the highest prestige value and uses acrylic resin, which in everyday use stays particularly scratch-resistant; Montblanc also offers reliable service over decades. OMAS models have a warm haptic, but the softer material shows clear use marks already after short use, and the complaint rate of older years was high. Similar quality concerns earlier applied to Visconti, which may have improved in younger models. Anyone seeking off the beaten brand path and valuing high-quality black/silver looks finds in S.T. Dupont (e.g. Orpheo) or Caran d'Ache an alternative; in Hannover Goebelhoff at Steintor carries S.T. Dupont. On the 146 with piston system the ink volume is comparable with about two standard cartridges.