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Greeting all. I just uploaded another informal review (as I'm not currently importing Chinese pens for my website). So informal, in fact, that it wasn't until publishing that I realized that I hadn't mentioned the filling system! These are cartridge/converter pens, unlike the piston fill Hong Dian Gray Rabbit pen I profiled last time. There are three versions: Steel Flighter; Brass; Cargon Fiber over brass. Regards, Norman

There seem to be more and more pens with an all-black/stealth color scheme. The relatively new Hong Dian 3016 is one of them. I haven't heard of Hong Dian before and the 3016 was kind of a spontaneous instant buy. But there is already a thread about a very similar pen from Hong Dian here. I have it for four days now and inked it with Lamy black. It's a small metall pen, good build quality (very good considering the price is about 15$), it feels solid and long lasting. The barrel is coated with some kind of black rubber, maybe this won't last as long as the rest of the pen, but it feels good and not cheap at all. The section, cap and the end of the barrel are not black, more like a very dark grey with some brown/gun-metal. The finish is matte and not slippy, looks and feels good, without any flaws. The nib (I went for the EF, it's also available in F and bent) is supersmooth, slightly on the wet side (for an EF) and quite stiff. It is a really good nib, I like it a lot. It's about the size of a #5 nib, but I didn't try to swap it. The pen posts secure, but the cap is very heavy, and most of the weight is at the top of the cap. For me it's way too backheavy posted. But for me almost all pens feel unbalanced if posted, so don't take my word for it. The clip is spring loaded and fun to play with, with little wobble to the sides. I don't clip my pens anywhere, but I tried it for this review and it seems very secure to me and easy to clip on, if you don't use the little lever. It's harder to lift the clip with the lever, but possible with one hand. The cap is snap-on, feels good and tight. It doesn't wobble and you need some force to rotate it. No problems with drying out or hard starts so far, it always wrote with the first stroke. But it only sat for no more then 20 hours, cap up and horizontal. The threads on the section (for the barrel) had some dust on it, but after wiping it off, the threads are smooth. At the end of the threads is a o-ring (hard to see on the photos), which feels a bit weird and tight, if you start unscrewing the barrel. Maybe it's purpose is to secure and tighten the fit of section and barrel, but that's just a guess. Because it's a metall pen, I don't think it's for eyedropper reasons. The pen comes with a glass converter, which seemed like good quality. But when I unscrewed the barrel for the photos, there was a bit ink inside it. I hope the converter just wasn't pushed far enough into the section or my converter is leaking, but I will update this review when I found the problem/leak. Alltogether the 3016 is a great pen with an even better nib for a great price. A little too thin and small for me, but I grip it at the front of the barrel/end of the section, and that's OK. The step to the section is rounded and doesn't bother me. I might even buy a second one with a F nib. Section: 9-11mm (tapered) Barrel: 12 mm Capped: 138 mm Uncapped: 118 mm Posted: 145 mm Weight (inked with converter): 49,3 g Uncapped: 25,7 g Cap: 23,6 g