Fulin 352 with Longpoint Iridium 1.0 mm Calligraphy nib

[m949]

Hello everybody,

 

I recently purchased a Fulin 352 fountain pen with the 1.0 mm Calligraphy nib (steel). I ordered the pen directly from Fulin over their Taobao Shop in China. Since I haven't found any reviews or mention of Fulin pens at FPN other than a few post mentioning Fulin nibs in the Mix & Match thread, I wanted to make a short introduction of the pen. Fulin pens may not be available outside of China.

Prior to ordering I had a long discussion with the manufacturer on whether their nibs would fit on Jinhao X750 and X450, as I was mostly interested in their nib. They told me that it is not advisable to use their nibs on the Jinhao's since the radian of the nibs are not the same. This may have been a sales tactic to get me to buy the pen; from reading various posts on FPN Fulin nibs can indeed be put on Jinhao pens. Also, I was advised against changing the nib on the Fulin itself (e.g. from a 1.0 to a 0.8 Fulin nib) since the nib and feed are matched to each other and exchanging them would result in the pen not writing the same as before; again this may have been a sales tactic. Be that as it may, I do not regret ordering the pen. It was very reasonably priced at RMB 159 (around 24 USD), and it came with a pen pouch and metal sheet to adjust ink flow on a nib. 

The pen itself is a converter pen made of resin and is available in a variety of colors. I ordered the pen in amber. The nib is excellent. I cleaned the nib and converter with water before use and filled it up with Sailor Ink Studio #973 (a matching ink to the pen). The nib wrote incredibly smooth from the start and ink flow is quite high. I can honestly put this nib in a league with my Pilot Custom Heritage 92 >M< and Pilot Custom Heritage 743 >WA< nibs. The recommended writing angle for this nib is at 60-70 degrees turned toward 11 o'clock. Variations on writing angle produce thinner lines (higher angles) or thicker lines (at lower angles). The nib itself is suitable for both latin and asian scripts, but is better suited to asian scripts.

Fulin also produces lacquer pens with Naginata nibs. The price point for those pens is between  RMB 1500 and RMB 2700 (USD 224 - 400); those specialty nibs are also available with the Fulin 352 pen, the price then is in the USD 200 range, depending on the desired nib and grind. All nibs are steel nibs. The nibs are available in two lengths (26 and 35 mm), various sizes (1.2, 1.5, 1.8 and 2.0 mm), various versions( double layer, triple layer, quadruple layer, quintuple layer), and several different grinds (double reverse single use, double reverse double use, triple layer reverse single use, triple layer reverse double use, and quadruple layer reverse single use) - the terminology here's translated from their Taobao page. 

I have included a few photos of my Fulin 352 with the 1.0mm Calligraphy Longpoint Iridium nib and various screenshots of Fulin Naginata nibs and their lacquer pens.

 

 

Edited June 28, 2022 by m949
Included larger photos, as previous photos were too small and showed too little detail.

[A Smug Dill]

Nice looking pen. I see it has essentially a Zoom nib (in Sailor Pen's parlance).

 

Interesting nib lineup shown in that narrow strip of a photo with the lilac background. Is that the manufacturer's marketing image? I see what is essentially a Cross Point nib, a Cross Concord nib, … and then some.

 

Thanks for sharing!

[m949]

8 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

Nice looking pen. I see it has essentially a Zoom nib (in Sailor Pen's parlance).

 

Interesting nib lineup shown in that narrow strip of a photo with the lilac background. Is that the manufacturer's marketing image? I see what is essentially a Cross Point nib, a Cross Concord nib, … and then some.

 

Thanks for sharing!

Yes, that's correct. The lineup is from Fulin's Taobao shop page. The nomenclature for their lacquer pens is: Lacquer Triple Layer King Cobra Vermilion (shown in the image in my post), Lacquer Quadruple Layer King Cobra, and Lacquer Quadruple Layer Green Viper. 

[Mech-for-i]

Fulin had been offering these nibs for years , way before this latest deluge of Long Knife Grind nibs , and I've had them for years too , I can testify to the quality of their nib , recommended - they had both no.5 and no.6 nib on offer with either short tipping ( sort of like Sailor Zoom ) and long tipping ( sort of a mix between Naginata and Architect ) , the multi Layer , am not sure , definitely not the best for general day to day use but if you are after penmanship, calligraphy , that kind of writing ..