Baoer 519

[parilla]

I have two Baoer 519 fountain pens which are absurdly good for the low price (and very good at any price). However, they don't show up on ebay lately...does anyone know why?

[UK Mike]

I have two Baoer 519 fountain pens which are absurdly good for the low price (and very good at any price). However, they don't show up on ebay lately...does anyone know why?

 

I have a couple of Baoer pens for which I have no published model number. Apart from the 388 they don't seem to be as fastidious in naming their pens as their sister Jinhao. Could be they are on eBay but not indexed by the model number. All I could find were the rollerball and ballpoint so perhaps the fountain pen is discontinued or just not available from sellers at the moment. It is coming up to Chinese New Year so there will be some disruption in supply.

Edited January 23, 2013 by UK Mike

[GHigley]

I bought a 519 last year on eBay. They are available now for around 8 bucks shipped on a "Slow boat from China". I love mine with its "Faber-Castell" good looks. It only took a bit of smoothing on micromesh to become a lovely writer. Great pen for an amazingly low price.

 

I also really enjoy my Baoer 388 "Parker Sonnet" tribute pen (satin stainless steel with gold colored trim). It's a far better writer than my mid-90's Parker Sonnet with 14K nib. I need to get that one to a nibmeister I suppose. Sad that such inexpensive pens write better, eh?

Edited March 11, 2015 by GHigley

[dompred]

Yesterday I received my Baoer 519. It's a great pen that looks well build and more expensive than it really is. The nib was good out of the box but I smoothed it just a little. The surprise came from the fact that the nib is the broadest I've got from a chinese pen so far.

 

Will agree on the Baoer 388 as well, great pen with a very very good nib. Totally worth the few bucks it asked.