I'm Curious, How Many Of Us Have Kaigelu 316's?

[richardandtracy]

As said in the title, I'm curious, how many of us have K316's, and how many?

 

The reason I ask is that the K316 is not mentioned a great deal - possibly more often than any Chinese pen except the H616, but that's still not frequent - so I didn't think there were too many in the wild even in this FPN enclave of relatively adventurous people. Thinking this, I put an advert up for a few barrel finials I had made yesterday (13 to be precise), and managed to requests for them all within about 8 hours. I am very surprised as I had not realised there were so many around - in fact I didn't think there were likely to be enough owners to sell all the finials I had made. This set me thinking; How many of us here at FPN have them? I promise that I am NOT going to use this thread as a marketing tool to victimise owners, I am just very curious.

 

To answer my own question, I have two (charcoal & amber/grey), and would like to get another 4 in the long term (2 white with black stripe, one to be a user, and charcoal & amber/grey pens to keep pristine so I can gloat over my preciouses).

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[linearM]

I have an amber/grey 316. I've read some negative comments (coloring on two tone nib off center) in pen reviews but it is one of my favorite pens . The material and workmanship is excellent, the nib smooth, and it is a very nice looking pen. It is one of my heaviest pens.

[Brian C]

I've got the charcoal and grey that is nice but I never ever ever use it.

[erpe]

I have an Amber and a White marbled. The white is in use everyday for my "breakfast notes", the amber is currently at rest but is in regular rotation. Just today I received a 356 as well and it seems it is just as nice.

[fraven]

I have a charcoal one, and it's one of my favourite writing tools: big, heavy and supersmooth.

[whereisandy]

I have 2 - an amber and a charcoal. I'm really starting to like Kaigelu as I recently purchased a few 356's and 382 to go along with my 322 and 335.

[Flounder]

I also have two. A charcoal, and another charcoal! I think one thing that sets the H616 and K316 apart from most Chinese pens is the superior cap design. No crappy inner-cap-as-deforming-snap-cap here.

[5370H55V]

I'm the opposite, I have zero (for now). I wanted to buy a K316 until I read reviews about it being too heavy and poorly balanced, which kept me from pulling the trigger. When I saw richard selling his new finials though, it eliminated the only problem I had with it, so now I have both the finial and pen on order.

[dcwaites]

I have one, an Amber.

 

Having accidentally removed the black lacquer on the cap finial, the now brass finial matches the rest of the gilded furniture quite nicely.

[jcastro1975]

Waiting for a couple just ordered, a Century Stars Brown Celluloid and a white one. Hope they are good as they look!

[richardandtracy]

Hmm, seems there may be fewer of us than I had thought yesterday. What a shame, with it being such a great pen. My Charcoal is such a daily user that I've given up reporting it on the 'What Chinese Pen are you using' thread, I reckoned I must be getting tedious stating the same pen over & over again.

 

Richard.

[Larry T]

I have a charcoal model. Great writer, smooth, generous medium nib.

 

Larry

[Flounder]

Hmm, seems there may be fewer of us than I had thought yesterday. What a shame, with it being such a great pen. My Charcoal is such a daily user that I've given up reporting it on the 'What Chinese Pen are you using' thread, I reckoned I must be getting tedious stating the same pen over & over again.

 

Richard.

 

Well, there must be more, there's been more finial requests than replies to this thread! Maybe they're prospective owners like 5370H55V (of the Newport 5370H55Vs?).

[mhguda]

I have one, and amber, that I got after reading, among other things, your review, and I liked it a lot even though it was heavy; I hardly ever post my pens, certainly not the big ones. But in the last six to eight months I have started a serious affair with Indian fountain pens, and the Chinese crowd is taking a back seat. But I expect that I will come back to them occasionally; I am not yet ready to move them out of my collection. And the K316 is a beautiful pen.

[Droffats]

I've a 316 in amber, it's a regular for me, smooth nib (though it gets swapped about a bit) and a heavy, if not too chunky pen. I've got my eye on a white/black one on ebay currently, my other Kaigelu is a 368 that also works well, for me clearly one of the best Chinese brands.

[kidde]

I have two on the way, Amber and White. I have read wonderful reviews with the only complaint being a balance issue. I'd read of Richards finials curing that and have been debating on asking him to make some for me. Seeing his add made me jump up and order both pens and finials. Really looking forward to getting both. My wife's expression will be priceless when I tell her I "had" to order more pens. Don't ask how many I've bought in the last couple of months.

 

Paul

[WC Lee]

I got the charcoal and the white one .. I use the charcoal one quite a bit with Lexington Gray but rarely use the white one

[robofkent]

I have the Tiger Eye version on order after reading richardandtracy's review

[zdeveric]

I had a situation with this pen. Crown of the cup fall down when I put it on the shirt. I solve this by glueing.

I am enjoying using this pen.

[Dickkooty2]

The power of FPN. I will have a a 316 just in time to sign my income tax return on April 15! Add one more soon-to-be-owner to your list.