What Is The Most High End Pen Out Of China?

[Tseg]

I heard recently there are 1B fountain pen users in China. I have to believe a super high end domestic brand is emerging. Maybe there is already a thread about it?

[old4570]

Yes , interesting question ...

High end Chinese Fountain Pens ...

 

I did see a $1000 + Chinese fountain pen .. But why was it $1000 + ?? ( Or why was the seller asking such a price ? )

[alexwi]

The Montblanc Meisterstück? ;-)

[alexwi]

I did see a $1000 + Chinese fountain pen .. But why was it $1000 + ?? ( Or why was the seller asking such a price ? )

 

If an ebay product has a good ranking for their search algorithm, it's in the seller's best interest not to lose their position. In order to do this, sellers who keep inventory of an item jack up the price to a ridiculous amount, so that no sales take place (and inventory's never depleted, as far as ebay's concerned), only to replace it with a normal price once they have the product in stock again.

 

Of course, if I needed a friend to wire me $15,000 and don't want to leave an easily found paper trail, I can put my old flip-phone for sale for that sum, and have my friend buy it. I'll lose on the paypal commission, but that would be my cost of "doing business."

 

alex

[katerchen]

The Montblanc Meisterstück? ;-)

 

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/312/563/05d.jpg

[old4570]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chinese-Nan-Yang-100-Dushan-Green-Jade-Jadeite-Gilt-Hand-carved-Fountain-pen-S/173293810227?hash=item28591db233:g:5~IAAOSwOyJX4~ip

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chinese-Fountain-Pen-Collection-by-Jinhao-Blue-Double-Dragon-Medium-Cloisonne/292501465483?epid=22017261105&hash=item441a72298b:g:xWMAAOSwdxJauwTD

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Hero-24K-Gold-Clad-1997-Hong-Kong-Return-To-Motherland-Fountain-Pen-New/132611062127?hash=item1ee03c396f:g:j3AAAOSwp7taUDb8

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HERO-3000-18K-FOUNTAIN-PEN-THE-IMPERIAL-COURT-GOLD-NET-BODY-COLLECTION-PEN/192487342286?epid=1148636892&hash=item2cd123c0ce:g:0p0AAOSwGtRXyYJB

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hero-18K-Gold-Nib-Collection-Fountain-Pen-with-Gift-Box-Gray/162834813639?hash=item25e9b612c7:g:aqsAAOSwDFBaTZry

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hero-18K-Gold-Nib-Collection-Fountain-Pen-with-Gift-Box-Gray/162834813639?hash=item25e9b612c7:g:aqsAAOSwDFBaTZry

[MuddyWaters]

Probably the penbbs

[Hanoi]

I think these high end Chinese pens exist but are not heavily advertised. The problem is that most Chinese consumers with money do not buy them. I know some products made in China that are the best in the world for their current production that no one buys. This situation may change in the future who knows.

[woleizihan]

There are many high end vintage Chinese pens. They are just very hard to find with little info online. I have two that are definitely high end in all aspect. Close but probably not the most high end.

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=12LEBbr8h0OBGfwGUmsrFL7Dmzmp6OoJN

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BykjkAL0uKk8iiGbCl0FsE3Tu5pQ5N6s

[ayeneneyeee]

There are many high end vintage Chinese pens. They are just very hard to find with little info online. I have two that are definitely high end in all aspect. Close but probably not the most high end.

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=12LEBbr8h0OBGfwGUmsrFL7Dmzmp6OoJN

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BykjkAL0uKk8iiGbCl0FsE3Tu5pQ5N6s

 

Oh my! Do you have any further details on these two pens, especially the one on the right?

[Mech-for-i]

oh oh oh ... the old Gold Star 925 Chinese Zonidac and the Wing Sung Lucky 300 Cloisonné , both vintage early 90's and long out of production

[woleizihan]

oh oh oh ... the old Gold Star 925 Chinese Zonidac and the Wing Sung Lucky 300 Cloisonné , both vintage early 90's and long out of production

 

 

Oh my! Do you have any further details on these two pens, especially the one on the right?

 

 

As mentioned, it's the Wing Sung Lucky 300 in black cloisonne. I believe they come in a set of fountain pen and ballpoints/rollerballs. They have a dragon on the fountain pen and a pheonix on the ballpoint. 14k Sheaffer style nib. There are also blue colored ones and I believe black ones are rarer. Not 100% certain but black ones are more expensive at least.

 

The Gold Star Zodiac has silver filigree and is almost impossible to find these days but the Wing Sung is still available from many places. Expensive though. Last time I checked, blue ones sets like $400 and black ones are well above $1000.

[ayeneneyeee]

Do you know what these two pens are called in Chinese? I'd like to look further into them but there isn't much about them in English.

 

 

The only pictures I could find of a WS 300 Cloisonné has a black grip section instead of the decorated one. Woleizihan and Mech-for-i, do you know if the decorated section is only on the 14k nib version of the pen or if the black sectioned pen is an imitation?

[skeelee]

Do you know what these two pens are called in Chinese? I'd like to look further into them but there isn't much about them in English.

 

 

The only pictures I could find of a WS 300 Cloisonné has a black grip section instead of the decorated one. Woleizihan and Mech-for-i, do you know if the decorated section is only on the 14k nib version of the pen or if the black sectioned pen is an imitation?

 

There are inscriptions on the nibs of these two pens about their origins.

 

The pen on the right is 幸福, a pen from Wing Sung called Lucky.

The one on the left, Red Star, is a pen manufactured by 红星 that may not be in business anymore since the search returned a company producing ink for Chinese caligraphy. From some articles returned by the search, it is a pen much sought after at or around the time of the cultural revolution, deemed to be better than Hero.