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Just got into fountain penning and this is my third pen... handwritten with photos. WOOT! Hope it's a good review.

oh yeah, with noodlers bulletproof black. (i love this stuff!)

 

 

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36/50 points. that's a 72/100. A C-??? What kind of grade is that? (sorry, i'm a teacher, i can't help myself)

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If you like that then you'll love the Parker 51. That is really a knockoff of the Parker 51 which was first made in 1941. And the actual name for the filling mechanism is an aeromatic filler just for further notice. I hope you enjoy your pen! :lol:

One of the few and proud 16 year old FPN users.

My favorite fountain pens in my collection:

Parker 51 (cedar blue, vacumatic, 0.9mm Cursive Italic)

Waterman 52 (Black Chased Hard Rubber, SuperFlex .2mm to 2.0mm)

Conklin Crescent 25 (Black Chased Hard Rubber, Wetnoodle .3mm to 2.5mm)

Diamond P.P. Combo Pen (Orange, Flexible Fine, 1.1mm Graphite)

Pelikan M200 (Black, M400 Condor Nib)

Waterman Carene (Deluxe Blue, Medium)

Omas 360 (Black w/ Rhodium Trim, Medium)

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yeah i've read that the hero is a knockoff of the 51, but i've never seen a parker face to face and i wanted to write this from the perspective of not really knowing anything about it or its history.

 

aerometric. right. i'll remember that. thanks.

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Nice review, I have never tried a Parker 51 or any hero pen but they seem like good writers.

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This is a great review of the Hero 616 ( I have never warmed to mine). The pictures, texts and detailed explanation, thank you.

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I've finally "warmed" to my Hero 616s...took a while. But they do really write well (they write GREAT for a $5 pen!). Carried my 616 "Jumbo" all day yesterday (today is the Hero 329).

 

But don't look at the 616's construction materials as "cheap plastic." Rather, consider they are made from "semi-precious resins!" :ltcapd:

-mike

 

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Nice review, thanks.

And how can this be, because he is the Kwisatz Haderach.

 

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Thanks for the review! I bought a 10-pack of these a couple weeks ago and I've also found that the sweet spot is fairly small -- and varies from pen to pen. The one I'm using now I have to rotate to the right in order to get it to write.

 

I have a P51 and I have to agree with everyone else -- the P51 beats the Hero 616 hands down, but the 616 writes very well for its price.

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I have a P51 and I have to agree with everyone else -- the P51 beats the Hero 616 hands down, but the 616 writes very well for its price.

 

I have a P51 Vac from 1945. I've never used a Hero 616, but I have to consider that I could buy five ten-packs of 616s, with shipping, for what I paid for my 51 Vac -- and I have several other cheap Chinese pens that manage to stay in my regular rotation (and just ordered several more after dropping one and breaking the nib this evening). I might have to buy some 616s, just to say I have 'em -- a ten pack is about the same price as a bottle of ink.

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Does not always foot up columns correctly.

Does not always sign big checks.

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