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Hi All I have bough a Hero 1000 from ebay(Seller: jewelrymathematics). Buy going through the ebay reviews and some post in FPN, I can assume that jewelrymathematics is a reliable seller. But the problem is, he sent the Item through Yenwen Express. In internet I am unable to find any positive review on the same. Although he has EMS option but that is too expensive ($25 shipping on $43 pen ). I have advised him to send the item thought registered china post, but he said that will be very slow. So if you have any prior experience with this seller and the carrier(e.e. Yenwen Express) pleas let me know. Thank You

Hi All I have bough a Hero 1000 from ebay(Seller: jewelrymathematics). Buy going through the ebay reviews and some post in FPN, I can assume that jewelrymathematics is a reliable seller. But the problem is, he sent the Item through Yanwen Express. In internet I am unable to find any positive review on the same. Although he has EMS option but that is too expensive ($25 shipping on $43 pen ). I have advised him to send the item thought registered china post, but he said that will be very slow. So if you have any prior experience with this seller and the carrier(e.e. Yenwen Express) pleas let me know. Thank You

i've had my copy of this pen for a little while now, and on the whole i'm not unhappy with it. it still leaves me a bit conflicted --- it's not a bad pen, far from it, i just think it's overpriced for what it is. (i can't believe i paid $40 for a pen! this hobby is getting to me.) i bought it because i wanted a good, hooded nib pen, and the online retailer i trust was out of Hero 110's; i got a good, hooded nib pen, but still wish i'd ordered a 110 instead while he still had them. the good: perfectly good quality, better fit and finish than on my other Hero pens, works without issue on the first try, has given me exactly zero problems. the not so good: not the kind of fit and finish i'd expect for $40. the threads between the barrel and section feel gravelly and loose, the hood screws on well enough but doesn't stop very positively when it's lined up with the nib, the feed looks just a bit misaligned with the hood opening. the nib: i've no idea what it's made of. some online sources claim it's 10K gold, others say 12K, most say nothing at all about it, and i myself don't really much care so long as it writes. and it does, leaving what i'd call a medium line --- but since i judge nibs by Japanese standards, it's probably a European fine. wetness-wise i'd call it a medium wet; no skipping or hard starts, lays down plenty enough of bulletproof black without soaking anything or blotting at all. it's not my smoothest nib, not even as smooth as my Hero 329, but it isn't scratchy either. writing with it gives a hard-to-describe feeling of rounded texture, as though the nib were a ball rolling gently over an uneven but not jagged surface. i don't mind it, but then i appreciate a bit of tooth in my nibs anyway. the bad: this is a heavy pen. Todd Nussbaum called it a "medium weight", but that just means i won't be buying any pen he calls heavy. it weighs in at 20 grammes uncapped, 32 capped; the weight and balance of the cap is such that i don't want to write with it posted, which is unusual for me. more bad: the clip. it's fancy-looking, but very stiff, and the shape is such that pinching it away from the cap with one's fingers is uncomfortable and cumbersome. it's also very tight, enough that clipping it on anything thicker than a regular shirt pocket might be difficult; all in all it's not very practical. the looks: plenty of photos of this pen online, and they do not lie. it's black, chrome cap and furniture, and a white plastic... not really "jewel" but cap, on top of the barrel. metal body coated in... something black; maybe lacquer, maybe spray paint, who can tell? no flaws on this account, anyway. verdict: solidly in my "journalling pens" rotation. i won't be making it a "daily carry" pen, if only because of the clip, but it is getting use and will continue to.

Hi there, when I am away on business travel, I take my Pilot Custom 823 with me as a pen for taking notes, a role for which it is suited to on account of it being a vacuum filler. However, the pen has a screw-on cap, which I find slightly annoying, and in addition, I would like to take a cheaper pen with me. For this reason, I am thinking of purchasing a Hero 100 / 1000, but only if it shares the same air travel-friendly properties as the pen upon which it is modelled on, the Parker 51. Does anybody of the esteemed members here have any experiences with the Hero 100/0 in terms of air travel? Thanks for the help! Luis