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I bought a job lot of these pens as my son is:

a) starting to use a fountain pen at school

B) likely to lose things

 

I only thought to look for prior reviews once they were delivered and...these are not the same pens as the last 'Hero 001' model that was reviewed!

 

Overall, I'm impressed - for the price, these are very good pens. The quality isn't fantastic, but I'm more than willing to forgive that when they have an expected lifespan of a few weeks before they are lost / misplaced / dropped nib-first on the floor.

 

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My apologies for the lighting in the following two shots. The Pilot V4 is shown for scale.

 

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Interesting. Style-wise, they remind me a lot of the current Parker Profile/1M fountain pen, currently only available overseas. Probably about the same price point too.

 

Is this a new or relatively new model for them?

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Great review, thanks, perfect for the job.

And how can this be, because he is the Kwisatz Haderach.

 

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Did you get them from Speerbob or some other supplier? Mind telling us what you paid for the dozen?

There never was a body that give the undertaker a tip.

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The Hero '001' used to have an omni-directional nib, no? I guess that's the design change You're talking about. The trouble, for me at least, is that without the 360 degree nib, this seems a pretty 'mama huhu'* pen.

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* mandarin for 'so-so'

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