What Did I Buy?

[mickey85]

I'd been in the market for a cheap carry-around pen, and really liked my Hero 616s, so I decided to go cheap and Chinese again. After looking about, I see an ebay ad for "Hero 329's" and decided to bite. I know that the old-version of the 329s look a lot like the 616's, but with a gold arrow on the end of it...that said, these look nothing like them. They write well...I destroyed one of them pulling it apart, but the other two are pretty nice.

 

That said, what are they?

 

Here's the original ad:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400763749599?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

And here are a few at-home pics:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/shortymac83/20150219_115611.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/shortymac83/20150219_115629.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/shortymac83/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-02/20150219_115743.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/shortymac83/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-02/20150219_115717.jpg

 

 

Also, when shaken (not very hard), they're pretty drippy...so are my 616's...

 

is there any way to stop this?

[J_MM]

This appears to be the $0.99 pen I've seen on ebay. I gather this is the new Hero 329. Been wondering how they can ship them for free all over the world at this price. Are they any good? Worth more than 99 cents?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Quality-goods-Burgundy-Hero-329-Stainless-Cap-Fountain-Pens-Pen-New-/201158554855?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ed5fbf4e7

[rochester21]

Yep, it`s a 329. Wet nib, medium. Quite smooth. Definitely a good purchase for that price. I pay 2.5 usd for 3 pens, which is ridiculous

Edited March 7, 2015 by rochester21

[inkstainedruth]

Not familiar with this model, but it looks a lot like it might be Hero's version of a Parker 61 (the way a 616 is supposed to be a Parker 51 knockoff/clone). What sort of fill system does it have? And by "drippy" do you mean that it seems to be leaking, or just that it's a very wet writer?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth