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Hi, I just got an Asvine V126. It is a vacuum filler and almost exactly the same size and shape as the Pilot Custom 823 which is so expensive. The big difference is the blue frosted acrylic material the pen is made out of, and of course it just has a steel nib rather than the Custom 823's gorgeous 14k nib. It is really quite attractive, and seems much more substantial than the Wing Sung 699 that everyone talks about as a clone. I had a 699 but it almost immediately broke--the barrel cracked. This seems better made to me and it writes quite smoothly. The quality reminds me more of PenBBS pens. I like it, although I am not a big fan of vacuum filling pens--this goes for the Pilot Custom 823. Don't get me wrong, the Pilot Custom 823 has a much smoother nib. It glides across the page, while the Avine pen has some feedback and absolutely no flex. The Custom 823 bounces a bit when you write, the way that lovely gold nibs do and it has some variation. I did a short review on YouTube of the Asvine at: