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Wing Sung 703 Nos: Handwritten Review

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A kind FPN member, knowing my love for cheap 'n' cheerful Chinese pens, sent me two NOS Wing Sung 'Children's Pens' from the '70s.

 

These are mini-pens and bulb fillers, somewhat similar to the Hero 366, except that the Hero has a cigar shape and a silvertone cap, where the Wing Sung has flattened ends, goldtone trim, and a plastic cap that seats with a nice audible 'click.' Both have a clear clutch ring to view ink supply.

 

One Wing Sung was black, the other burgundy. I tested the black pen first with some dark-green ink I call Navy Green (a deep mix of blues, browns, greens and reds).

 

Alas, this black pen spewed ink all over my fingers, the barrel, everywhere. I cleaned it up and took a breath.

 

A bit cautious now, I filled the burgundy model with a much lighter ink consisting of one drop of the Navy Green and several of JH Orange Indien. The result was a light green ink. And this pen did not leak.

 

The nib is a nail, no doubt about it, but it writes fairly wet and lays down a consistent fine-medium line. The Hero's nib is notably smoother.

 

Review page scanned:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/ProfessorBunky/Pens%20etc/WingSungChildrensPenTests.jpg

 

 

The Wing Sung, side-by-side with a Hero 366, laid on the test-page notebook (a Staples comp notebook, quad-ruled).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/ProfessorBunky/Pens%20etc/WingSungPensw_Test.jpg

 

Would I buy it? Perhaps, if the price was right; the Hero 366 in bulk worked out to about three USD per pen, and none so far have leaked or balked in any way.

 

Bulb-fillers are cute; I like seeing the ink squirt up into the bulb. They don't have a huge ink capacity but that's never bothered me.

 

In all, though I think the Hero 366 would win any comparison, the Wing Sung seems a cute pen and would fit little hands very well.

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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Thanks for the fun review Sailor Kenshin! I greatly enjoy the two cheap Chinese pens I own and think they compare very well to my better pen. I've never tried a Hero or a Wing Sung before but they both look like good pens. I also really like your homemade green ink thumbup.gif !

 

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Thanks---just call me Dr. Inkenstein. ;-p

 

It is a cute pen and I do like the look--- wish the black one was working. I would have offered it to someone.

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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i was reading on the forum earlier that Wing Sung makes a "sheaffer-snorkel-like" fountain pen, is this true?

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I don't know---anyone else?

 

This was only my second Wing Sung pen. The other one was given in the PIF thread, or even before that.

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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i was reading on the forum earlier that Wing Sung makes a "sheaffer-snorkel-like" fountain pen, is this true?

they sure do...

 

http://isellpens.com/Images/WingSung/WING%20SUNG%20237%20SET.JPG

http://isellpens.com/Images/WingSung/WING%20SUNG%20233%20BLACK%201.JPG

(images from isellpens: http://isellpens.com/wingsung.html )

 

... and many more models with that type of triumph nib!

 

 

edited to add: triumph nib: YES! snorkle: NO!

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Where could i get one of these?

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8703/letterminizk9.png

 

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/7260/postminipo0.png

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Where could i get one of these?

 

 

Kind of You to ask (especially after learning that 1 of the 2 pens sent had a bad leak*)

About ten days ago I sent a handful off, from Shanghai, to speerbob.com. Assuming they get there

on time, He'll have them at the D.C. show. If there is a good response, perhaps Bob

will offer more on his site.

Best wishes to all, and my thanks to Sailor Kenshin for looking the pens over.

mompus

*the leak does not come 'standard'

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And I forgot to mention that the Hero 366 and WIng Sung both have hooded nibs.

 

I have a thing for those. :lol:

 

The other Wing Sung that I owned is the one in Lovemy51's pic: the butterscotch color. Interesting finish and nib.

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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I hear the Wing Sung children's pen also comes in green and gray.

 

After a week or so, I have to give the WS the win in looks over the Hero 366. It just looks better. True, the Hero's nib is a bit smoother and wetter; however the Wing Sung seems to be 'smoothing out' as I write wtih it.

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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