What Chinese Pens Are You Using Today?

[bookworm2109]

Ta Tung 717 (Green) filled with Noodler's Bad Green Gator.

 

BTW, I LOVE my Hero 100s!! One of the best values out there!

[auto winder]

Today's Chinese pen is the Hero 110, with Pelikan 4001 blue-black.

[sirtoti]

Duke 209

[Newjelan]

Wing Sung #233 in Tan filled with Iroshizuku Yama-Budo - very nice

[petergly]

Jinhao 159 with some Lamy blue. Have been using it (and the matching roller ball) at work all week.

 

Just started a new contract, and it looks like I've landed in a team of fountain pen lovers - Mont Blancs and Pelikans everywhere!

[richardandtracy]

petergly,

 

The MB lovers will be sick if they ever find out how much you paid for your J159!

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[Scribblesoften]

Today's Chinese pen is the Hero 110, with Pelikan 4001 blue-black.

 

I like the 110's. Not much has been written about them but they are nice little pens.

[auto winder]

Today's Chinese pen is the Hero 110, with Pelikan 4001 blue-black.

 

I like the 110's. Not much has been written about them but they are nice little pens.

 

Yes I guess they are a bit overshadowed by the popularity of the Hero 100, but I like it a lot. I have a Hero 100 incoming too, so it will be interesting to see how they compare

[richardandtracy]

I'd love to have one of the gold nibbed Hero hooded nib pens, but they only seem to do them in 'Fine' or smaller. Yuk.

 

Today's pen is the Huashilai A053, and I have inky fingers again.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[davidw]

Hero 616, and a 329. I am not able to find a hero 100 with a medium nib.

Edited November 6, 2012 by davidw

[51ISH]

Baoer 79.....Jinhao 159.......

 

Maybe a Faber Castell Basic later.....what do you mean that doesn't count....are you sure?? :hmm1: :ph34r:

 

Oh the Faber Castell is EF Richard....my first....and somewhat surprisingly......

I'm enjoying it a lot

Edited November 6, 2012 by 51ISH

[FantasticMrXav]

Yiren 828 and an incredibly ostentatious Wing Sung Lucky 2001.

[Sailor Kenshin]

I was using a Hero 9090 to do some paperwork at the bank. The lady there said she liked it and wanted one like it, so I gave it to her, because it is International Fountain Pen day.

 

Awesome!

 

Haven't written with a fp since Sandy, nor counting a blue Foray disposable.

[richardandtracy]

I have a K316 in Charcole and The Huashilai A053. As I have the two together I suppose I should do a review of the A053 and comparison with the K316.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[alc3261]

I have a K316 in Charcole and The Huashilai A053. As I have the two together I suppose I should do a review of the A053 and comparison with the K316.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

 

Not sure but I think someone has?

[rogerb]

Cross Verve Merlot .... made in China, so I guess it qualifies?!

Beautifully made, lovely writer(Japanese Namiki nib!), but the cap doesn't post well and it needs to be fuilled with care, preferably just the converter, if you are to avoid inky fingers, because ink tends to lurk in the interstices around the nib.

[richardandtracy]

Roger: :roflmho:

 

alc3261, if it has been reviewed, it's not in the index.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[richardandtracy]

I've written a review of the Huashilai A053, 'tis here if you're interested: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/233123-huashilai-a053/

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[richardandtracy]

My Charcoal Kaigelu 316, accompanying a home made pen with my first effort at grinding an italic nib. Have a bit to learn about nib grinding, but it seems to be working.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[J.R.]

Jinhao Century MK 1, thanks to Richard, for the review and the advice. Fits my hand much better than the Kaigelu. And, as luck would have it - I haven't experienced the problems with plating loss or chipped lacquer (yet).

 

Take care,

J.R.