The Hero 007 in green

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While taking my morning constitutional around the fair city of Nan Jing ( that's Southern Capital if interested) I came upon the XinHuan bookstore. Now you can imagine that an English speaker with very little Mandarin would have little use for a bookstore in China but I had found that there are several books that I have not found in the States about Confucius that are bound with the translation. I had purchased one 4 volume set and was looking for another two volume set, so into the store I went looking for literature. In the middle of the store beneath a staircase was a two display case store selling various items including fountain pens. Well there were about 14 different Hero pens in the case so I went for the 007 which is a more streamline version that still recalls the Parker 51. Through a bit of pantomine I was able to purchase a green with brushed metal cap for $1.50.

 

At the end of my walk back in the hotel I filled it with an amount of Blue Dux ink. It is an aerometric filler with the threads clear so you can see the level of ink. The hooded nib is an European fine that writes very smoothly. Once I had the pen in my hand the seller had already opened a bottle of ink and dipped the pen to test. It was a good choice.

 

 

All in all I would suggest this again as a low priced pen with very good quality.

 

K