Chinese Pens Show And Tell.

[Inkvisible]

I dropped the Wing Sung 590 nib down shortly after it arrived. Because it's so soft, I was able to coax it back into the proper shape. It is a very good workhorse pen for me.

 

Mech-for-i, I think the nib is why I would like another one. The softness, although you point out it was not meant for English handwriting, really adds character. I have bought the Hero-Yangtze. Any idea why the Huashi is so expensive?

[Ian the Jock]

Inkvisible, I agree.

Although I find the 590 to be a bit of a comedy pen, like you, I like the nib.

The softness gives it a bit of flex, which does add character to your handwriting.

 

Ian

Edited August 15, 2017 by Ian the Jock

[Helen350]

Here! That looks nice Helen.

It looks a bit like a better made Wing Sung 590, is it huge?

I'm not sure if the stone on the clip is for me but it looks like a nice pen, and a screw cap too.

At $1.04 if it writes, YOU'VE WON.

And it writes,Yaaaaaaaaaaay. You're A winner.

Ian

 

Nice girth on this pen (15mm largest diameter). Definitely did not require capping, though not top heavy when capped. Posted length 173 mm; uncapped 128 mm; capped 138 mm. I agree with you that it looks like the Wing Sung 590. However, I wonder if they were making the 590 in 1980?. Did a bit of writing with it all day yesterday, and the nib worked itself out by the end of last nite. You're right, this time I did win.

[Inkvisible]

I have noticed people staring, Ian. I never know if it's the size of the pen, or if they have just never seen a fountain pen in action. I am willing to brave the embarassment of writing with a baseball bat.

 

It is very light for its size, and I find the big section comfortable. Not a beauty, but practical.

 

I think that Hero-Yangtze was worth every penny. I am looking forward to mine.

[Ian the Jock]

I think that Hero-Yangtze was worth every penny. I am looking forward to mine.

Yeah, I just got one too, I couldn't help myself. or maybe that should be a

 

Ian

[Ian the Jock]

 

Nice girth on this pen (15mm largest diameter). Definitely did not require capping, though not top heavy when capped. Posted length 173 mm; uncapped 128 mm; capped 138 mm. I agree with you that it looks like the Wing Sung 590. However, I wonder if they were making the 590 in 1980?. Did a bit of writing with it all day yesterday, and the nib worked itself out by the end of last nite. You're right, this time I did win.

I want to win, I want to win.

You win again Helen, I just ordered one.

It was the princely sum of $2.09 though, so you win again.

And you blame me for enabling.

 

Ian

[Ian the Jock]

I've been using this fine fellow for the last couple of days.

A Hero 68, with a fine/medium nib.

 

 

And the pen.........

 

Ian

[bobje]

Helen is single-handedly responsible for the reaction of an eBay seller somewhere in Chengdu or Hangzhou or someplace, looking at orders of a Hero-Yangtze pen that nobody has ever heard of, saying, "What the heck. I've sold out of a dozen of these in two days!"

[Ian the Jock]

Hahaha, very true, there only seems to be 1 seller, and he/she will be thinking, "whoa! I'd better get more of these in, they're selling like fortune cookies".

 

Ian

[Helen350]

For $1.04 I am taking my 1980 manufactured Hero-Yangtze pen, and writing up a storm! The nib has started to 'settle in', and I have no grounds for complaint. Ian, glad you got one for $2.09. At that price we can overlook the orange 'stone' or a flaw..

 

Bob, Ian is usually the one who finds the nice Chinese made pens. I've been in love with the Picasso since he first introduced the 915 approximately 11 months ago. My most recent Picasso Avignon (recommended by Ian) writes like I'm floating across the paper. I hope that all Avignon nibs grant others that same writing experience.

[dompred]

Delike New Moon:

 

A very well made pen. It arrived in a hard paper box, very well protected. Being a c/c pen, it came with a Hero converter, which I have found to be quite well made and of some quality in comparison with every Jinhao converter I've seen. One note on the converter is that it seems to not be the same as the standard international. I could fit a Hero aerometric converter and a Pelikan (Schimdt) but I couldn't fit the Jinhao converter. Also I could not fit the standard international cartridge, I tried a J. Herbin. Also the converter has one of those ink agitators inside, personally I find it bothersome and I removed it.

 

The nib I got is an EF, although there is an option for a Fude nib (actually more of a waverly nib). It wrote very smoothly and with no problems straight out of the box. For an EF it's quite fine (though not as fine as a Pilot Penmanship EF) and also quite wet (not as wet as the Penmanship EF). The nib is friction fit but also the nib housing can be unscrewed as well. The last is very convenient as it makes nib swapping quite easy.

 

The body is what you'd call small and cute. Being plastic it's not heavy and the vivid colour is very pleasant for the eye. The cap posts quite securely, something important as I believe very few would want this pen unposted. The cap screws to the body and I had no problem with the threads. For its size the section is comfortable and writing for a long time is not something tiresome.

 

It comes at quite higher price than the usual chinese pen, you can expect to pay about 15 USD or 13 EUR or 12GBP shipped. Not what you would call expensive, in my opinion it's well worth the price, but a considerable higher cost compared to famous chinese pens like Hero 616, Jinhao X750, X450, 159, Baoer 388 ect. There are 5 different colours to choose from although I have recently seen another one colour to be available, also a new version on the pen with different converter, slightly longer, slightly bigger, different section.

Edited August 15, 2017 by dompred

[Mech-for-i]

I dropped the Wing Sung 590 nib down shortly after it arrived. Because it's so soft, I was able to coax it back into the proper shape. It is a very good workhorse pen for me.

 

Mech-for-i, I think the nib is why I would like another one. The softness, although you point out it was not meant for English handwriting, really adds character. I have bought the Hero-Yangtze. Any idea why the Huashi is so expensive?

 

I have no idea why its so pricey , but in its home market it was only marginally more expensive than the other two over sized ones. there were a couple other over sized one that are truly more expensive even in the home market mostly due to rarity of the specific models

[ian1964]

Delike New Moon:

 

A very well made pen. It arrived in a hard paper box, very well protected. Being a c/c pen, it came with a Hero converter, which I have found to be quite well made and of some quality in comparison with every Jinhao converter I've seen. One note on the converter is that it seems to not be the same as the standard international. I could fit a Hero aerometric converter and a Pelikan (Schimdt) but I couldn't fit the Jinhao converter. Also I could not fit the standard international cartridge, I tried a J. Herbin. Also the converter has one of those ink agitators inside, personally I find it bothersome and I removed it.

 

The nib I got is an EF, although there is an option for a Fude nib (actually more of a waverly nib). It wrote very smoothly and with no problems straight out of the box. For an EF it's quite fine (though not as fine as a Pilot Penmanship EF) and also quite wet (not as wet as the Penmanship EF). The nib is friction fit but also the nib housing can be unscrewed as well. The last is very convenient as it makes nib swapping quite easy.

 

The body is what you'd call small and cute. Being plastic it's not heavy and the vivid colour is very pleasant for the eye. The cap posts quite securely, something important as I believe very few would want this pen unposted. The cap screws to the body and I had no problem with the threads. For its size the section is comfortable and writing for a long time is not something tiresome.

 

It comes at quite higher price than the usual chinese pen, you can expect to pay about 15 USD or 13 EUR or 12GBP shipped. Not what you would call expensive, in my opinion it's well worth the price, but a considerable higher cost compared to famous chinese pens like Hero 616, Jinhao X750, X450, 159, Baoer 388 ect. There are 5 different colours to choose from although I have recently seen another one colour to be available, also a new version on the pen with different converter, slightly longer, slightly bigger, different section.

 

Now I really like the look of this pen. I promised myself no more pens for a month and now you have gone a shown me this one

[leewm]

Have just received a homage of Kaweco sport brass fountain pen from China in a very nice presentation box. Got it from Aliexpress.com, search for "brass fountain pen". No specific brand.

 

It has some heft to it and it feels really solid. I tried to squeeze the pen cap flat without success. Most pens would give slightly but not this brass cap.

 

The pen clip is a bit loose and slides off the cap easily; I guess one can always use a pair of pliers to crimp it tighter.

 

To prevent tarnish, the manufacturers have applied clear lacquer on the brass surfaces.

 

There was a "War and Peace" engraving on the cap which I didn't quite like and used sand paper to scratch it off. I applied nail clear coat over the scratched area for some protection.

 

It comes with an extra fine nib and writes beautifully. Here are some pix of it.

 

 

[melodiousb]

Delike New Moon:

 

A very well made pen. It arrived in a hard paper box, very well protected. Being a c/c pen, it came with a Hero converter, which I have found to be quite well made and of some quality in comparison with every Jinhao converter I've seen. One note on the converter is that it seems to not be the same as the standard international. I could fit a Hero aerometric converter and a Pelikan (Schimdt) but I couldn't fit the Jinhao converter. Also I could not fit the standard international cartridge, I tried a J. Herbin. Also the converter has one of those ink agitators inside, personally I find it bothersome and I removed it.

 

I ordered one of these a couple of months ago and it got lost in the mail (in New Jersey, according to the tracking info). I got a refund and decided to give up on the pen, but...it looks really good.

[Ian the Jock]

Have just received a homage of Kaweco sport brass fountain pen from China in a very nice presentation box. Got it from Aliexpress.com, search for "brass fountain pen". No specific brand.

 

It has some heft to it and it feels really solid. I tried to squeeze the pen cap flat without success. Most pens would give slightly but not this brass cap.

 

The pen clip is a bit loose and slides off the cap easily; I guess one can always use a pair of pliers to crimp it tighter.

 

To prevent tarnish, the manufacturers have applied clear lacquer on the brass surfaces.

 

There was a "War and Peace" engraving on the cap which I didn't quite like and used sand paper to scratch it off. I applied nail clear coat over the scratched area for some protection.

 

It comes with an extra fine nib and writes beautifully. Here are some pix of it.

 

 

 

 

Hi

Isn't that a Delike alpha?

The ones I've looked at have war and peace on them too, but they also have delike on the nib and clip.

 

Ian

[Ian the Jock]

Delike New Moon:

 

A very well made pen. It arrived in a hard paper box, very well protected. Being a c/c pen, it came with a Hero converter, which I have found to be quite well made and of some quality in comparison with every Jinhao converter I've seen. One note on the converter is that it seems to not be the same as the standard international. I could fit a Hero aerometric converter and a Pelikan (Schimdt) but I couldn't fit the Jinhao converter. Also I could not fit the standard international cartridge, I tried a J. Herbin. Also the converter has one of those ink agitators inside, personally I find it bothersome and I removed it.

 

The nib I got is an EF, although there is an option for a Fude nib (actually more of a waverly nib). It wrote very smoothly and with no problems straight out of the box. For an EF it's quite fine (though not as fine as a Pilot Penmanship EF) and also quite wet (not as wet as the Penmanship EF). The nib is friction fit but also the nib housing can be unscrewed as well. The last is very convenient as it makes nib swapping quite easy.

 

The body is what you'd call small and cute. Being plastic it's not heavy and the vivid colour is very pleasant for the eye. The cap posts quite securely, something important as I believe very few would want this pen unposted. The cap screws to the body and I had no problem with the threads. For its size the section is comfortable and writing for a long time is not something tiresome.

 

It comes at quite higher price than the usual chinese pen, you can expect to pay about 15 USD or 13 EUR or 12GBP shipped. Not what you would call expensive, in my opinion it's well worth the price, but a considerable higher cost compared to famous chinese pens like Hero 616, Jinhao X750, X450, 159, Baoer 388 ect. There are 5 different colours to choose from although I have recently seen another one colour to be available, also a new version on the pen with different converter, slightly longer, slightly bigger, different section.

I quite like the darker blue and the orange but at £12 we are getting into Picasso territory, and they take some beating at that price point.

Decent looking pens though, and if you are after something fairly light they could be just the job.

 

Ian

[richila]

Have just received a homage of Kaweco sport brass fountain pen from China in a very nice presentation box. Got it from Aliexpress.com, search for "brass fountain pen". No specific brand.

 

It has some heft to it and it feels really solid. I tried to squeeze the pen cap flat without success. Most pens would give slightly but not this brass cap.

 

The pen clip is a bit loose and slides off the cap easily; I guess one can always use a pair of pliers to crimp it tighter.

 

To prevent tarnish, the manufacturers have applied clear lacquer on the brass surfaces.

 

There was a "War and Peace" engraving on the cap which I didn't quite like and used sand paper to scratch it off. I applied nail clear coat over the scratched area for some protection.

 

It comes with an extra fine nib and writes beautifully. Here are some pix of it.

 

 

I love this pen! It's my camping pen. I took it camping in freezing weather back in March. The only thing that stops it from writing is running out of ink. I keep permanent ink in and use it to address envelopes and write while out of doors or camping.

[leewm]

Hi

Isn't that a Delike alpha?

The ones I've looked at have war and peace on them too, but they also have delike on the nib and clip.

 

Ian

Could be! Scrutinizing the pen clip, there's the word DELIKE on it. I thought it was because it was a mispelt "Delight" or something lol.

[Ian the Jock]

Could be! Scrutinizing the pen clip, there's the word DELIKE on it. I thought it was because it was a mispelt "Delight" or something lol.

By all accounts they appear to be pretty decent.

I read a thread all about them recently, which included posts by someone who rubbed off all of the laquer to get to the base metal.

If you search Delike Alpha you'll find it.

 

Ian