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After a long time recently I started using Fountain Pen once again and my love for it rose once again. I brought this pen from ebay and the price it was being offered i didn't think twice and placed an order. It came in a ebay seller packaging (no company packing) of plastic case covered by bubble wrap. Appearance and design - The first thing you notice about it is a pen with footprints of popular Hero 616 or Parker 51 but with a modern twist specially in the Cap design which is different than traditional Hero pens. The body is black lacquered plastic body with chrome colored metal cap. Build quality is very good for body parts as well as cap. But it is a bit flimsy where it mattered most. The portion were nib assembly (nib along with feed) fits into the body is screwed with the main body with just few threads, even that were not perfectly manufactured resulting in a not so good writing experience. Nib and Performance – While purchasing it description says that it had a flighter nib. Being unsure of what it is I won’t get into that and just put down my observations. As said previously the nib section is screwed to the main body and there is a metal ring in between nib assembly and main body which also acts as lock for cap. Thus it puts more pressure on the small screw section and every time I uncap the pen it feels that the nib assembly has got a bit loose. Another weired thing about this pen which I dint noticed while watching that the angle of nib WRT to body was a bit unusual. Nib tends to point towards centre of the pen. Which gives a unique writing experience which I personally didn’t liked. Filling system – It can take international cartridge/converter, while it came with a sac based aeromatic converter. Which I kinda liked. Cost – Cost was around $2. But I definitely think buying a more traditional Hero 616 would have been a batter choice. Conclusion – Definitely not a daily writer pen. U can take it for collection purpose. After a long time recently I started using Fountain Pen once again and my love for it rose once again. I brought this pen from ebay and the price it was being offered i didn't think twice and placed an order. It came in a ebay seller packaging (no company packing) of plastic case covered by bubble wrap. Appearance and design - The first thing you notice about it is a pen with footprints of popular Hero 616 or Parker 51 but with a modern twist specially in the Cap design which is different than traditional Hero pens. The body is black lacquered plastic body with chrome colored metal cap. Build quality is very good for body parts as well as cap. But it is a bit flimsy where it mattered most. The portion were nib assembly (nib along with feed) fits into the body is screwed with the main body with just few threads, even that were not perfectly manufactured resulting in a not so good writing experience. Nib and Performance – While purchasing it description says that it had a flighter nib. Being unsure of what it is I won’t get into that and just put down my observations. As said previously the nib section is screwed to the main body and there is a metal ring in between nib assembly and main body which also acts as lock for cap. Thus it puts more pressure on the small screw section and every time I uncap the pen it feels that the nib assembly has got a bit loose. Another weired thing about this pen which I dint noticed while watching that the angle of nib WRT to body was a bit unusual. Nib tends to point towards centre of the pen. Which gives a unique writing experience which I personally didn’t liked. Filling system – It can take international cartridge/converter, while it came with a sac based aeromatic converter. Which I kinda liked. Cost – Cost was around $2. But I definitely think buying a more traditional Hero 616 would have been a batter choice. Conclusion – Definitely not a daily writer pen. U can take it for collection purpose.