Wing Sung 698, First Impression Review

[woleizihan]

Which pen is that, the gold one in the very last picture?

 

Thanks

It's some Hero pen with a 12k nib and I don't recommend it. The gold color is actually some sort of lacquer over metal finish and is extremely vulnerable to chip/dent.

[taxlord]

What is the third pen from right? The big black one.

[bfoutch]

What is the third pen from right? The big black one.

Wing Sung 590 I believe.

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/239674-wing-sung-590-giant-flat-top-the-old-design/

[IndigoBOB]

OOTB, this is one of my favorite pens. Great writer! and I find them to be really comfortable.

 

A big surprise!

[TheRealMikeDr]

Just got my Wing Sung 698 yesterday. My initial impressions:

 

1) The quality of the plastic on the body and cap is a little nicer than what I was expecting.

2) The silver trim pieces look very very cheap. Particularly the fancy bit on the end of the cap. Nonetheless - overall the pen looks nice sitting on the desk. It's only when you start to look closely that you notice the cheap bits.

3) The nib was aligned nicely with a perfect gap between the tines straight out of the box. The nib sure looks like a Pilot Metro nib.

4) I rinsed it out -dried it off a bit - then inked it up with some Robert Oster School Blue ink - and she wrote a very nice fine line. Started right up and no skiping.

5) She burped once - and some ink was leaking into the cap during the first few hours of being inked. Not sure what that was about - I cleaned up the cap and checked it this morning - no leaking overnight.

6) She started right up after sitting over night - writes well - smooth and consistent.

 

Overall - worth the $17 I paid for it. Not so cheap as some Jinhao pens. Nib is surprisingly nice, was aligned/tuned nicely out of the box and even has a little give to it. Provided the leaking was an anomaly I'll likely keep it in my rotation.

[krysza2]

I'm waiting patiently for my WS 698, i hope it will work OK from the beginning.

[Honeybadgers]

Just got my Wing Sung 698 yesterday. My initial impressions:

 

1) The quality of the plastic on the body and cap is a little nicer than what I was expecting.

2) The silver trim pieces look very very cheap. Particularly the fancy bit on the end of the cap. Nonetheless - overall the pen looks nice sitting on the desk. It's only when you start to look closely that you notice the cheap bits.

3) The nib was aligned nicely with a perfect gap between the tines straight out of the box. The nib sure looks like a Pilot Metro nib.

4) I rinsed it out -dried it off a bit - then inked it up with some Robert Oster School Blue ink - and she wrote a very nice fine line. Started right up and no skiping.

5) She burped once - and some ink was leaking into the cap during the first few hours of being inked. Not sure what that was about - I cleaned up the cap and checked it this morning - no leaking overnight.

6) She started right up after sitting over night - writes well - smooth and consistent.

 

Overall - worth the $17 I paid for it. Not so cheap as some Jinhao pens. Nib is surprisingly nice, was aligned/tuned nicely out of the box and even has a little give to it. Provided the leaking was an anomaly I'll likely keep it in my rotation.

 

Same problem all steel nibbed pilots have, you have to FIRMLY press that nib and feed in and rotate it a bit as you do to ensure that bugger is in there tight, and wipe off the nib really well after a fill to prevent it from seeping. Once you do, it wont' burp.