Hssqq's purchase of Chinese pens

[hssqq]

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[hssqq]

Name: 圆环钛马(ring pen with Ti-Damascus）
Bought: March2025
Maker:钛极致, Build-to-order
Highlights: A knock-off Faber-Castell. Titanium body, functional clip, Ti-Damascus decoration rings, moissanite crown and tail. Nib not included

 

 

 

 

 

 

[hssqq]

Name: 笔王风硬橡胶(KOP style Cumberland) / Silver pen by Hongdian
Bought: 2022
Maker: pen body 珞凡, Design-to-order/ Nib and section by Hongdian from 2020
Highlights: double-start thread, gloss polish (fine enough in 2022) pen body, gold nib and sterling silver section by Hondian

[Dan Carmell]

Very cool, both in different ways! Nice to see custom pens being made in China. A little jealous too!

 

Really nice additions to the first pen. It could rank as one of Faber-Castel’s ‘year of’ pens!

 

About the second pen, did Hongdian make the sterling section and nib in collaboration with the pen maker?

[hssqq]

On 8/17/2025 at 10:07 PM, Dan Carmell said:

About the second pen, did Hongdian make the sterling section and nib in collaboration with the pen maker?

The pen body was Design-to-order between me and maker.
Problem with Hongdian 银河（Galaxy）is being too heavy, plus the cap's thread being one-start. These make the pen not convenient enough for daily use. That led to me ordering a custom pen body.

[hssqq]

Name: Type 286 demonstrator 

Bought: April, 2025

Brand: 永续好物

Highlights: 28 for remastering kinsin28, 6 for using size 6nib. Button filler, keyhole pattern breather hole. Nib is OEM by 君来, special heat treatment adds softness. Section is jowo compatible, nib fitted to a threaded tube(open bottom, no nipple for convertor )

 

 

[drakolord]

4 hours ago, hssqq said:

Name: Type 286 demonstrator 

Bought: April, 2025

Brand: 永续好物

Highlights: 28 for remastering kinsin28, 6 for using size 6nib. Button filler, keyhole pattern breather hole. Nib is OEM by 君来, special heat treatment adds softness. Section is jowo compatible, nib fitted to a threaded tube(open bottom, no nipple for convertor )

 

 

Really wish I pulled trigger instead of waiting. Since it seems to be limited production for west

[Dan Carmell]

3 hours ago, drakolord said:

Really wish I pulled trigger instead of waiting. Since it seems to be limited production for west

Yes, they disappeared from AliExpress pretty quickly. I got one in a beautiful red marbled acrylic. It arrived with a #32 nib but I happened to have a #32 heartbeat 14K that fit beautifully. I had to remove the silicone sac, which was so big the button filler couldn’t squeeze it. I put in a smaller rubber sac but now the barrel is not translucent. 
 

Lovely pens, the trim is very nice and I would have bought one or two more. 

[Dan Carmell]

Is this the original demo that was a Limited Edition or something new? Love the keyhole nib. 
 

I didn’t understand the 6 before, thanks for explaining that. I have a 286 in red marble. I added a #32 14K heartbeat nib which is very nice—but I would have preferred that keyhole nib! Enjoy!

[hssqq]

1 hour ago, Dan Carmell said:

Is this the original demo that was a Limited Edition or something new? Love the keyhole nib.

It is the releasing special edition and limited to 100 pcs.

Keyhole nib is said to be available sooner or later.

[hssqq]

Name: 柠檬莎/尤莎

Bought: August 2025

Brand: 柠檬/万宝尤

Highlights: Knock-off, adapt low-ink-level feed system from Hongdian, machine-grind tip is merging sailor zoom and nagahara nobuyosi styles

[hssqq]

Name: 012.0/type1, ver2.0

Bought: February 2025

Brand: 善华serica revivo

Highlights: titannium pen, 14k nib, low-ink-level feed made of Nikko hard rubber, POM inner cap extends to cover the rim of the cap, which protects the spring loaded tail piece, which can be pressed to uncover the thread at the tail.

 

[Dan Carmell]

8 hours ago, hssqq said:

Name: 012.0/type1, ver2.0

Bought: February 2025

Brand: 善华serica revivo

Highlights: titannium pen, 14k nib, low-ink-level feed made of Nikko hard rubber, POM inner cap extends to cover the rim of the cap, which protects the spring loaded tail piece, which can be pressed to uncover the thread at the tail.

 

Very nice! I like how it is essentially a minimalistic pen but with some details as well. It seems very nicely engineered, with that button as the end concealing the threads—very clever!

 

Thanks for showing pens we don’t get to see otherwise!

[hssqq]

Name: v800 grapevine semi-engraving

 

Bought: September  2025

 

Brand: 长兴La Veritas, limited editon one of 100pcs

 

Highlights: Sterling silver pen with engraving of grapevine motif, can choose from full engraving or semi-engraving. Four color options for ink window, mine purple. Top of the cap with engraving of Pelikan's old logo (no longer a valid trademark). Tail knob with La Veritas's own logo.

[hssqq]

Name: №6 grapevine engraving

 

Bought: September  2025

 

Brand: 长兴La Veritas, limited edition one of 100pcs

 

Highlights: Sterling silver pen with engraving of grapevine motif, no ink window. Top of the cap with inlay mother-of-pearl.

Cons: Strange catching feel between cap and barrel. Literally "grapevine" engraving on the ring below top of the cap is kind of weird. More gold-plate rings, more parts, more cost, more price.

[OCArt]

9 hours ago, hssqq said:

Highlights: Sterling silver pen with engraving of grapevine motif, no ink window. Top of the cap with inlay mother-of-pearl.

Nice pen! I think it's very lovely. 

[hssqq]

Name: 英雄fp-b330b

Bought: September 2025

Brand: 英雄Hero, maybe a fake

Highlight: It is sold at 2.5 RMB on PDD (domestic Temu) each, and writes as well as if not better than a Pilot calligraphy pen. The clip and feed looks like a Sheaffer. 

[hssqq]

Name: 丁丁的犀飞利-潜艇维多利亚

Bought:June 2022

Maker: 丁丁的犀飞利

Highlights: Third party sterling silver pen body and aluminium section for sheaffer snorkel, by vintage sheaffer seller 丁丁的犀飞利. The "Victoria" pattern is from sheaffer legacy.

[Dan Carmell]

The pens you share here are so interesting and unique! Please, keep them coming!

[hssqq]

1 hour ago, Dan Carmell said:

The pens you share here are so interesting and unique! Please, keep them coming!

Thank you for always giving me motivation with kind replies