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Hello,

 

My name is Kal. I'm a software developer in Hong Kong. Even though I'm an "I.T." guy, I still appreciate old-school things like mechanical watches and fountain pens.

 

I can't say I'm "pen mad". I recently bought myself, for my birthday, a Staedtler Initium Lignum fountain pen, with a plum wood barrel. I like it a lot, but I suddenly remember that I used to own two other fountain pens when I was younger, which is what brought me here, after a few hours of searching on Google, trying to find those old models.

 

One of them was a Parker Vector, brushed stainless steel, which I was sure I still had until my university years. It's pretty much a workhorse pen, nothing fancy. I'm pretty sure it's still produced today and that I can easily buy an authentic one from Amazon.com.

 

The other one is trickier. It was probably a Hero, and probably a Hero 329-2. I say "probably" because it was some 20 years ago that I owned it, during my early years in primary school. I remember it had a golden arrow head logo at the nib. After some search on Google, I think the closest thing is the Hero 329-2. However, Chinese brands being Chinese brands, I'm wary of counterfeits. I'm a native Hong Konger and I know that some of my "compatriots" on the otherside of the border will stop at nothing to counterfeit even the cheapest products.

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Hello and welcome, I was born in HK, lived in Jardines Lookout and father worked at Jardines. Pens are hard to find in HK, there used to be some antique shops that sold them in Des Vouex Road in Central but I think they are gone now.

 

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Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

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Welcome, Kal !

 

Parker Vectors were very popular. I believe that they are currently produced by a company in India. You can search Ebay for them, as well as for the various models of HERO pens.

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Welcome to our little corner of the universe from a pen user in San Diego.

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Hello Kal and welcome to FPN, from Cape Town, South Africa.

To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a [fountain] pen - that is true happiness!


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