Baoer Skywalker

[nansaidh]

I cannot for the life of me get the nib OUT of mine!

[fasthall]

I broke the nib in a Baoer Skywalker and put a #5 steel nib in it and its one of my best writers.

Which nib did you use?

Could you upload some pictures?

I'd like to put a FPR flexible nib into it!

[Ron_L]

When I first received my Baoer 79, I promptly loaded it with the Hero blue black and it seemed to write just fine. However, as I was talking on the phone with a client and were were doing numbers on my calculator something odd happened. I tend to hold a pen between my thumb and index finger as I punch a calculator. The 79 was open and it was spewing ink on my calculator as I computed. Luckily it all wiped up, but it certainly freaked me out. Perhaps I had it too full, I don't know. But since then, it's been a good writer and no troubles.

[Fermata]

I bought one of these Baoer Skywalkers, it arrived today. It works well and is good to use, I think that it is attractive, I also like the way that the cap screws on to the back of the barrel.

 

The nib really is just a functional nib, stiff in the extreme, now replaced with a Jinhao X250 nib that has been reshaped to an oblique.

 

It would have been nice to have bought a MB Starwalker but at more than $400, this Baoer was $5, I cannot afford or justify the difference when I was really just buying the pen for its looks.

Edited November 1, 2019 by Parkette

[hankosaurus]

Hello Forum.

 

I received a Baoer 79 in yesterday's mail. It took about three weeks from China, and cost $3.50 delivered. I discovered several things which I would like to share.

 

1. The "crystal acrylic" cap does not have any logo inside it. It's just black when viewed from the end/top.

 

2. The converter is a bit too wide at the rearmost part, causing it to become at one with the barrel. So, when untwisting the barrel, it causes the piston to go down and flush the ink out the nib and onto whatever happens to be below it.

 

3. The nib was a little slow to start, even though I flushed it several times before inking it (Parker black Quink). I worked with the nib a bit and got it going okay, but it was still a bit greedy on the tops of some characters like a and o... skipping there once in a while.

 

So, I swapped the "too big" Baoer converter for a slimmer "Jinhao" converter. The ink expulsion problem went away. And I switched the nib to another which I had received in a group of 5 from China a year or so ago (just several dollars for the lot). The result is a pen that works just fine. I suppose there is nothing I can do about the cap having no logo in the top. I'll just regard it as the "Black Hole" version of this celestially inspired pen.

 

Here you can see what I was talking about with respect to the converter, the cap, and the nib:

 

Edited December 5, 2019 by hankosaurus

[txomsy]

Odd. I have like four, and none of them had any issue with the converter. The cap logo is a question of time in that they modified the design at some point in time and recent pens do not include it.

 

None of mine had issues with writing or spewing ink.

 

OTOH, I have swapped the nib in two of them by FPR flex nibs and they worked like a charm. After also doing the "Ease my flex" mod to the nibs, they now work even better.

 

What I did have an issue with was the section. In one of them it developed tiny "bubbles" on the grayish lacquered coating, I think because I used to leave it water overnight whenever I switched inks and possibly at some point this was too much. I no longer do and the others have shown no signs of this.

 

All in all, for the price, it is a nice pen. Hefty, made in brass, which makes it heavier and solid, and easy to extract the nib/feed and swap for any #5 (or #5.5 as FPR's). Great to experiment with.

[Fermata]

The section is a little small for my grip but its ok. I changed the nib to a Bock because I wanted just a little more give and I like a wetter flow, the standard nib was ok, it just could have been better.

 

I like the look and weight of the pen, and its affordability.

[hankosaurus]

The section is a little small for my grip but its ok. I changed the nib to a Bock because I wanted just a little more give and I like a wetter flow, the standard nib was ok, it just could have been better.

 

I like the look and weight of the pen, and its affordability.

 

I need to learn more about aftermarket nibs such as you mention. I'm developing an interest in nibs with a bit more flex, less like a nail. Most of my pens have pretty stiff nibs.

 

Four days on and the Baoer 79 is agreeing with me in every respect. And affordable it is!

 

Your picture/avatar of the water and boat is gorgeous. Are you a professional image-maker?

Edited December 9, 2019 by hankosaurus

[Fermata]

The nibs that I use have been collected over some years, some from pens that have been scrapped or damaged. I like a nib that is smooth, gives a good flow of ink and isnt so stiff. The standard Baoer nib was smooth enough, just a little on the dry side but really stiff compared to what I normally use.

 

Fortunately it was easy to change, I tried a Jinhao 250 nib first of all and that worked well also.

 

Thank you for the kind comment on the avatar, I am just a collector of attractive images. I must admit that the idea of sitting in that boat as the sun sets is very appealing.

 

Here is another in a similar style

Edited December 9, 2019 by Parkette