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Another couple window shopping discoveries

 

Hongding 1841 Saturn ( referring to the planet ), Resin Construction No.6 nib ( 32mm aka short no.6 ) , stated by dealer that first few batches offer option for 14K gold nib with steel as default

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O1CN018be6661Do2OG3jnQr_!!2207450340262.

 

Also Hingding 920 metal with rose gold trim ( the dealer state the black model had resin section and the white model had metal section ) , the pen and cap is metal

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The models shown appears to be heavily 'inspired' by the Platinum Balance and Platinum Vicoh PTL-5000A respectively (but the Platinum models' nibs have 'straight' nibs that don't have flared 'shoulders').

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I say the Cigar shaped pen is simply too generic to say its based on this or that ... that shape and style can be said to be resembling something and fa too many something ( dated back all the way to pre war years. The metal pens IMHO seems imore like inspired by some old Montblanc in term of profile and styling , I had quite a few Platinum Vicoh, while general shape are there the proportion not quite where the old Montblanc pretty much spot on

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Hm I wonder where I might find these for purchase from USA, and what the prices are (particularly for the 14K nib version).

Edit: found some reference prices for the first pen

https://www.yoycart.com/Product/626386709915/

(I do not endorse that website to actually buy from, and there are some questionable reviews about it, so it’s just for more pictures and a rough price)

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I had quite a few Platinum Vicoh, while general shape are there the proportion not quite where the old Montblanc pretty much spot on

 

If you say so.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Platinum+PTL-5000A&tbm=isch

 

I don't have any (old or new) Montblanc pens, and I don't want to acquire any, so I haven't researched/studied them and I can't say. I do have a couple of Platinum Vicoh pens (as well as a Sailor Young Profit pen), and I'd say the flat-ended HongDian model shown above is, well, 'inspired' by either of those models.

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it kind of all look like the old Montblanc from the 60's ( and some Pelikan too ) but then I could not say any are really original, even back then the Montblanc & Pelikan were all considered pretty generic alright , that straight taper with flat top style had been used on pens for so long , there is simply too many of similar from pretty much all the brands then. With fountain pen styling, unless one goes berserk, really there is nothing new under the sun .. its a pen and there is only that much one can do to a piece of rod , it can be straight , it can be tapered, it can be curvved , it can had flat top, it can had pointy top, it can had ciger end , it can had thick band , thin band , no band .... pretty much all ad been there since way way back.

 

Though generic , these 2 do looks to me interesting on their own , not as much as flashy design goes. But straight forward classic styling and just the basic Black or White .. these combination always work and won't go out of style soon. Am not a fan of that kind of clip though , they should just use their old straight piece of a flat clip.

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I can understand that, cause I see the same , the Mfr themselves refer to their product ( brand name ) some time as Hing Dian ( 2 word ) , which is , I believe , what should be the official way how the brand are to be named cause that's how they put that on their stands in shows ( and on their products ). But then sometime in their article / online or paper .. their naming become Hongdian or Hongding ... I wager their Marketing Dept got some explaining to do to their boss .. but on the pens its always Hong Dian ( 2 words ) which correspond to their native name in the native language ( again in 2 words not 1 )

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