Chinese Pens Show And Tell.

[sanyalsoumitra]

To me, since I grew up in Kolkata in the 70's and 80's, fancy pens meant Chinese pens and Chinese pens meant metal capped plastic body Heros and WingSungs. Most American and European pens were beyond our reach anyway. Later, much later when I started to buy pens to make a collection one of the priorities were to have a full set of retro WingSungs and Heros. My main source of finding the pens were ebay. China Interstingly had never discontinued making these pens.

[Ian the Jock]

Thanks for the encouragement Ian, you are probably right that I could do worse. With the exchange rate the way it is Chinese pens are still affordable. The next pen in my sights is a Jinhao, I think probably a 750 or perhaps their 450, either way will report my findings in this great post.

 

 

Greg

It's all part of the fun Greg. 😂

It's a brilliant hobby.

The x450 and 750 are both excellent, but you might also consider the x500, which is said to be Pelikan-esque in appearance.

I actually prefer it over the other two.

 

Whatever you get......Enjoy.

 

Ian

[sanyalsoumitra]

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[sanyalsoumitra]

That would be enough for now. Will post pictures of some less common new and old Chinese pens again. Thank you all for viewing. Warm regards.

[ian1964]

I really like that Wing Sun 106F. Thanks for the Pictures ....keep them coming please.

[Ian the Jock]

A new one for me today.

This Baoer 027 dropped through the door this morning, and I'm very impressed.

It cost me a whopping $3.49, and to be honest, It's probably my favourite Baoer already, having used it all day.

 

 

 

It has the expected stiff Baoer nib and it writes beautifully, nice and smooth, with what I'd describe as a fine-ish medium line.

I confess...I din't flush it as I usually do, instead merely filling and emptying it with ink through the nib a couple of times before writing, but alas, it made no difference...it was off and running immediately with no nib "footering" required at all.

 

 

As you can see, it's just slightly bigger all round than that other excellent Baoer, the 388, although the 388 has a slightly longer section.

I really like the 388, as it's an excellent pen, and a nice looker too, but I like this new 027 better.

It's just a matter of taste, but I prefer the look of the new guy.

It looks lovely in the hand posted, and it is comfortable to use all day, with no issues with either the pen or the hand.

 

 

So, all in all.......A Bargain

Another pen, that if you like the styling, is well worth splashing out your hard earned for, knowing that it will be $3-4 well spent.

 

Ian

[inkeverywhere]

A new one for me today.

This Baoer 027 dropped through the door this morning, and I'm very impressed.

It cost me a whopping $3.49, and to be honest, It's probably my favourite Baoer already, having used it all day.

 

 

 

It has the expected stiff Baoer nib and it writes beautifully, nice and smooth, with what I'd describe as a fine-ish medium line.

I confess...I din't flush it as I usually do, instead merely filling and emptying it with ink through the nib a couple of times before writing, but alas, it made no difference...it was off and running immediately with no nib "footering" required at all.

 

 

As you can see, it's just slightly bigger all round than that other excellent Baoer, the 388, although the 388 has a slightly longer section.

I really like the 388, as it's an excellent pen, and a nice looker too, but I like this new 027 better.

It's just a matter of taste, but I prefer the look of the new guy.

It looks lovely in the hand posted, and it is comfortable to use all day, with no issues with either the pen or the hand.

 

 

So, all in all.......A Bargain

Another pen, that if you like the styling, is well worth splashing out your hard earned for, knowing that it will be $3-4 well spent.

 

Ian

Love that 388 Ian, being a Parker fancier it reminds me of older Vacumatics colours and patterns. Will be buying one, looked on the bay and found both red and blue versions, I couldn't make my mind up which colour I liked most.

 

Being a Chinese pen made the solution very easy, they are cheaper enough to buy both colours.

 

Still love this topic.

 

 

Greg

[Piper 987]

Although early in the proceedings, I thought today I'd bring out one of my " Big Guns"

 

The Jinhao 1200 with gold dragon clip

 

Or as its' better known

The Big Silver Dragon

After reading your post on the "Big Silver Dragon" and watching a review by sbrebrown, I just had to see about getting one.

 

As fate would have it, what I found for just under ten bucks (free postage) was a "Big Gold Dragon" which just might shout, "BLING!!" even louder than the silver version.

[Ian the Jock]

After reading your post on the "Big Silver Dragon" and watching a review by sbrebrown, I just had to see about getting one.

 

As fate would have it, what I found for just under ten bucks (free postage) was a "Big Gold Dragon" which just might shout, "BLING!!" even louder than the silver version.

Excellent..

There is also a more "understated" black version, but it has no scales

What's the point in that????

A big scaley dragon with no scales.

 

I'm sure you'll enjoy yours.

 

Ian

[Ian the Jock]

Love that 388 Ian, being a Parker fancier it reminds me of older Vacumatics colours and patterns. Will be buying one, looked on the bay and found both red and blue versions, I couldn't make my mind up which colour I liked most.

 

Being a Chinese pen made the solution very easy, they are cheaper enough to buy both colours.

 

Still love this topic.

 

 

Greg

 

Good shout Greg

The 388 is a smashing pen, and you mentioning it had me inking mine up again.

Here's a few more pics of it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers

Ian

[bobje]

The chevron design on the Baoer 027 reminds me of the pattern on the Hua Hong blue belter. What is the size of the 027 in relation to the belter?

[richila]

Baoer by Richila, on Flickr

Does anyone know what model this is? It came with a lot of 517s, but the cap screws on and screws on to post.

[dvalliere]

Looks to me like a Baoer 79 Crystal Cap Starwalker. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=baoer+fountain+pen+starwalker&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xbaoer+fountain+pen+starwalker+crystal.TRS1&_nkw=baoer+fountain+pen+starwalker+crystal&_sacat=0

[richila]

Looks to me like a Baoer 79 Crystal Cap Starwalker. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=baoer+fountain+pen+starwalker&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xbaoer+fountain+pen+starwalker+crystal.TRS1&_nkw=baoer+fountain+pen+starwalker+crystal&_sacat=0

Thank you! My husband wants one and he can't have mine.

[Ian the Jock]

The chevron design on the Baoer 027 reminds me of the pattern on the Hua Hong blue belter. What is the size of the 027 in relation to the belter?

 

Here we go Bob.

 

 

Now that I've got my belter out (ooer missus) I may as well use it.

I'm going to ink up my red one as well and have a few days of "beltin' writing"

 

Thanks Bob.

 

Ian

[Zookie]

If you like the Baoer 79, then take a look at the Crocodile 232. It's a beauty and a great pen for the money.

[Ian the Jock]

As Bob put me back onto my "Belters" I thought I'd do a bit about them.

 

HUAHONG "BELTER"

These pens don't have a model name or number, and have been dubbed the blue and red "Belter", the reason being, that is exactly what they are.....Belters.

These are basically the same pen with a different coloured cap, and they are excellent pens.

They are very well made and feel robust in the hand, and genuinely feel "built to last".

The nibs too, are excellent, which I have found to be the case with all of the Huahong pens that I have,

and these ones write with a nice wet medium line with no flex or variation.

I really do believe that the Huahong brand is a bit of an unknown quantity to many, probably as they do take a bit of knowledge, patience and guile to get at the best price, but it is certainly worth the effort as I have found their pens to be of really good quality.

These Belters are quite weighty, tipping the scales at 40g, but they are very well balanced and a continued pleasure to write with.

 

Ok, so here are the photies.

 

 

 

 

 

SO THERE WE HAVE IT......THE HUAHONG "BELTER".......TOP PEN.

 

Ian

 

 

Edited February 10, 2016 by Ian the Jock