Hey Doug, great review as always. Love the intro music! Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits are some of my favorites. As far as the pen goes, I like the ebonite feed. :). Thank you for your consistent high quality & honest reviews!
My gold capped N6 has just arrived in Australia. I managed to get it with a Long Knife blade. Thanks for this great video. I would call the structure on the nib as being a pagoda. Loved your musical performance. Thanks.
Fantastic intro!!!! Thanks for the great review. I don't know if I have the skills to fix it the way you did, so probably have to hold on this for now.
Hi Doug! I saw your interesting review as I needed information on the Hong Dian N6 fountain pen. Your tests are very interesting but I have to point out to you strong perplexities on two issues. That tool, the feeler gauge, should not be used on the nib mounted on the feeder. You risk compromising the feeder channel(s) as well. A possible recursive application on the disassembled nib is required. I would not use an ink with metallic particles on an extra fine steel nib. As already tested, the Hong Dian "pagoda" engraved nibs have an excellent performance, with their feeders and their nib holders. Thanks for what you shared!
Yes, shimmering inks do not do well in fine nibs. You are correct about the use of the feeler gauge. It must be used with caution. A brass shin is preferred as it is softer.
Hi Doug! Awesome shortie!! Lovely inks. While I am not into many shimmering and sheening inks, the J. Herbin and the Ferris Wheel Press inks are stunning. As always, thank you for sharing.
Esas introducciones musicales son EXCELENTES. Me quedo siempre entusiasmado de disfrutar toda la canción. Felicitaciones. Esa pluma antoja tenerla en la colección. Se ve muy elegante y después del arreglo se ve que el flujo de tinta quedo muy bien. Saludos desde Medellín.
Many thanks for the review Doug! This pen has been on my radar for some time now. I have the Hongdian N1S, another piston filler. It came with an EF nib which was just horrible. I replaced it with a Wing Sung medium nib but it took some effort to get the original nib out of its nib-feed housing. Now it writes beautifully. It's a coincidence that you replaced your nib with a Wing Sung, a gold nib nonetheless. :)
Great intro song! It's really nice to see an ebonite feed on an inexpensive pen. Although it is such a small nib at least it arrived smooth even if it did need tuning to make the ink flow acceptable. :-)
The hongdian 6016 is very beautiful too. Similar to the N6, but it looks like it is availabe only with silver trim. It is more beautiful the N6, a little thicker, it has more presence.
Thanks for another interesting video, a lovely pen and ink combination. I also like the example of one of my real likes about this hobby/obsession of ours in that you can combine parts from different (often disappointing) pens to produce something that really works they way we like it.
There's also a hongdian A1 with a beautiful silver colored body with a floral pattern engraved into it. Unfortunately, I can only find it with a 14k gold nib and that drives the price up to almost $100. Wish they'd make a steel nib version.
I wouldn't know because the only one I've found that fits the N6 is the Wing Sung. The HD N6's cap clearance is very small. I would measure the HD nib that is in it and find out the total length of the #6 size gold nib you wish to use before considering swapping it.
Hongdian are producing some attractive pens lately, and this ticks a lot of boxes. And that J. Herbin Shogun ink looks like silky fabric. Just I wish you had shown how you swapped the nib. Did you just wait until it had juiced up and then pull it? I might have misheard.
Yeah. I used the rubber mat on the nib and gave it a little more force. I generally push my knuckles together to force the nib/feed from the section (a technique learned from Brian Goulet). But having the ink in the pen for a couple of days helped lubricate it enough for it to give in.
@@InkquiringMinds That's great. I must admit if I went for this I would hunt down a Fine, and save up for a decent third party gold nib. It would look good in silver too.
@@InkquiringMinds That happened to me with an Esterbrook J, the nib unit was almost cemented and budge, but after a week of being inked, when it was time to clean it, it just unscrewed without a problem.
Finally I have waited for this release of your video. The cap has Chinese characters but those are incomplete characters, they are like prefix or part of the character. the nib is a Chinese Pagoda, I saw this pen last year but I did not buy it because I felt the colour of the cap and the shaft did not match... I did not know this pen is a piston filler with a clear ink window, I love the piston filler mechanism and hence I will consider putting this on my next-to-obtain pen. Thank you for the video!
13:21 caught me by surprise as you were in the thick of technical maintenance issues, and I liked it. The pen certainly looks interesting; I’m going to search a bit and see if it comes in silver trim. But that gold nib, I’m going to have to try Allie Express for the first time.
I wonder if this is the year that a Chinese company makes a stellar piston pen. I was able to unscrew the nib housing (finally) and got the nib and feed out of the housing (finally.) Cut down a fuliwen medium steel nib with a hacksaw to a little shorter than the stock nib. Put everything back together. It writes great with the #6 fuliwen medium steel nib. Very wet, very smooth. Surprised, I like it so much. Wouldn't have done it if you hadn't. Really like the ink window and the way the piston goes all the way past the window.
Your guess is right, HongDian N6 has a ebonite feed (Hongdian has a new model last year called HongDian 100 had ebonite feed, they have the same feed) and that piston is metal, as I know, that was made of alluminium alloy. And just for mention, HongDian just putted his new piston-filled N7 on sale and I gotted one. It´s a great pen and lookes very attractive. The nib grinding is also approved and now very smooth but still fine.
We know that Hong Dian can provide a good bouncy 14k nib. My No 5 in the 885 writes so well! I hope they bring out such a good No 6 nib soon. Meanwhile, as always, a super exposition of this pen. N.B. I won't try a shimmering ink in any nib smaller than Broad. . . . Eventually. Still using inks I don't have to work hard to get out of piston or vacuum fillers.
Great in-depth review Doug & i liked the look of this pen but once again its let down with the choice of nibs.I will take a rain check on this one & keep my eye open for future added nib choices.
Hey Doug, is the cap of Wing Sung 629 compatible with the cap of Hongdian? I don't like Hongdian's metal cap, so I want to replace it with Wingsung's cap. Like you swapped nibs on both pens XD
Thanks Doug! You ultimately succeeded in getting the nib out--did you just keep pulling (insert Steve C) or what? The piston assembly looks fragile and sounds like you got a nib that you didn't order, hrmph! Glad you were able to transform it. Cheers!
David: I had it inked for a couple of days and then used the same technique (rubber mat on the nib) that I had used before and added a little more force and it came out. The ink sometimes helps to lubricate the nib/feed.
Excellent review. Sadly I would only buy this now to get it in use with that gold nib. Having had time with other xf dry writers I don't have the tools and want to tinker just that much. However I see my self investing in deeper cleaning tools soon and brass sheets. Perhaps pens like this will flow my way soon. I am glad you found a happy place for this one in your collection. Also I feel this feed is probably ebonite. It has a coarser look and looks too juicy to be plastic. I recently reinked my nightmare FPRs and their feeds have that super wet look as opposed to plastic ones. After finding nothing mentioning plastic feeds on 3 different sellers I stand firm for now.
It is my Leonardo Momento Zero Blue Hawaii with a custom ground architect nib made by Jack Hernandez from a broad Leonardo Bock nib. The ink is J. Herbin Kyanite du Nepal.
Thanks for the great review. I've been really impressed with Hongdian lately. I got both colors and nib sizes of the 1841, I just ordered a second N1 (price drop!), and I can't wait to see more colors for the N1S so I can get a second one of those. But it looks like the N6 is going on the list, too.
Hey doug, depending on how you feel about this, look into the hongdian N7 its another piston filler, no.6 size nib, turned resin body, gold accents, and its peacock themed
This is a perplexing pen, Doug. Echoing some of your sentiments in writing this. I was too going back and forth from liking to disliking the Hongdian several times while watching. I like that it is a piston filler, but hate the look of the cap. The length seems a bit too short but the girth seems fine for large hands. The nib it comes with is a turn off, but that it has an apparent ebonite feed got my interest. If the Chinese pen industry starts moving into ebonite feeds it would eliminate one of the few criticisms of their pens (with the exception of PenBBS) of dryness issues. That you have to swap out nibs is almost standard practice with many of these pens, although Jinhaos and some select pens are just fine. This is one where I say to you good job on making it work to be a really fine pen, but it took some effort, and I think for the price, there are better pens out there.
Don't get me wrong, most of the Chinese nibs that I've gotten were pretty "dry" but I feel as though that's by design. I can't really think of why anyone would want an EF or F to have the flow of a Medium (or higher) because for that to happen you would either have to increase the point size, expand the nib's tines for greater flow, or adjust the feed slits, which more often than not increases the size of the line, and at that point you may as well get a higher nib point or adjust the nib/flow yourself. As far as the feeds go, Chinese companies likes Fuliwen, Moo-john, Hero, Lorelei, Jinhao, Delike, Hongdian, Wing Sung, etc... all seem to use (with some exceptions) a Chinese standard #6/5 black plastic feed, which for the most part seem to perform accordingly to whatever nib you stick in them, a Broad write like a Broad, an EF writes like an EF, but of course when it comes to mass produced products YMMV. While Ebonite feeds would certainly boost their appeal, I don't believe the issue is dryness, rather a lack of higher nib point choices, most if not all Chinese nib options are EF or F with exceptions like Fuliwen and Jinhao which come in Medium's (which sometimes write more like Broads), Jinhao with their Fude nibs, or Lorelei and "their" mini fude/Waverly nib.
@@i.c.3157 I think you are correct up to a point. Yes, they are mainly designed for Chinese writing. I prefer medium or broad nibs, and have struggled with most of the standard fine or medium or even fude Chinese nibs to maintain wetness, which is why I have turned to the Indian brand Kanwrite nibs for replacements. I wish I could swap out the feeds as well, but I would have to shave them down. With the exception of the recently reviewed Majohn T5 pen ,I have really been turned off by the Moonman/Majohn brand, as well as some Wing Sung models. Pen BBS is really stellar, as are some Jinhao pens. Wondering if the success of PENBBS has to do with paying attention to the needs of their customers, both at home and abroad.
The description of the feed is "hard rubber". Sounds like it may be ebonite. How did you ultimately get the nib and feed out? I just ordered one in solid black.
I soaked the nib in soapy water for 24hrs, dried it completely and then used rubber matting on the barrel and the nib and pulled. It gave in. I'm pretty sure it is ebonite.
I just placed an order of the Hongdian N7 (peacock purple) in Taobao, then I realized ezybuy in Etsy is selling the black and the peacock purple version and cheaper than taobao I was like "WTF! x 1000"
So it's similar to /same in girth as Jinhao 159? I had a look at it on Etsy. No exact description of the nib - fine, medium or broad. It is pictured doing Chinese characters which says a lot. Is this pen worth giving up a Wing Sung 629 nib for? I think not even though it's a piston filler with an ink window. Send it to Putin with love from Xi Ping.
It isn't as big as a Jinhao 159. It is similar in girth to a MB146 but not as long. I was not using the WS 629 because it doesn't post deeply and unposted just didn't feel comfortable. In the N6 it is great.
Unfortunately some modern FP´s with piston filling mechanism (some very popular), have not been very reliable. That is, they are too delicate to put on sale. I believe that many others will not resist the test of time. That's the problem with many cheap fountain pens.
Most Respected sir, Whenever you distribute free pen plz take my name in your mind, as sir i have to work hard for living hood sometimes i get too late to comment on your video as i use mobile phone around 1 hour in whole day due to heavy work load. In india life is not easy we will have to work 13-16 hours everyday (7 days) & no weekend days just work work and work. But still i manage some time to learn penmanship. With regards Thanx
The EF is not a bad nib at all. It is very smooth, which is awesome for such a fine nib. Sometimes a new pen just needs to be pushed a bit to get the ink to flow properly.
Another dose of Doug marvellously reviewing pens!
Nice job. We are the Sultans!
Thank you so much, tom!
Among fountain pen reviewers, this channel is the best. Shooting in detail, showing disassembly videos, and even humorous memes
Thank you so much, ᄒᄒᄒᄒ!
Hey Doug, great review as always. Love the intro music! Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits are some of my favorites. As far as the pen goes, I like the ebonite feed. :). Thank you for your consistent high quality & honest reviews!
Cool, thanks! I appreciate that, Jeff!
Thanks for the review. Liked your cover are you singing as well ? very nice !!!
Yes I am!
My gold capped N6 has just arrived in Australia. I managed to get it with a Long Knife blade.
Thanks for this great video. I would call the structure on the nib as being a pagoda.
Loved your musical performance. Thanks.
Thanks!
Another successful nibectomynDr Doug😁👍 and as the old Chinese imaginary saying "Happy nib✒️, happy pen🖋️" 🙌😂
Thank you for the video Doug. Saludos 👍
Thank you so much, Jorge!
Excellent! Your tenacity certainly paid off!
Indeed!
Fantastic intro!!!! Thanks for the great review. I don't know if I have the skills to fix it the way you did, so probably have to hold on this for now.
Thank you so much, Tic Tac! Much appreciated!
Great video as always! Absolutely fell in love with that ink, so it’s on the way. Thanks so much for sharing with us!
You are so welcome!
1. Thanks for including video on original nib.
2. Conversely, I am heartened by the entrance of China into the gold nib market.
Thank you, Ichiro!
Hi Doug! I saw your interesting review as I needed information on the Hong Dian N6 fountain pen. Your tests are very interesting but I have to point out to you strong perplexities on two issues. That tool, the feeler gauge, should not be used on the nib mounted on the feeder. You risk compromising the feeder channel(s) as well. A possible recursive application on the disassembled nib is required. I would not use an ink with metallic particles on an extra fine steel nib. As already tested, the Hong Dian "pagoda" engraved nibs have an excellent performance, with their feeders and their nib holders. Thanks for what you shared!
Yes, shimmering inks do not do well in fine nibs. You are correct about the use of the feeler gauge. It must be used with caution. A brass shin is preferred as it is softer.
Hi Doug! Awesome shortie!! Lovely inks. While I am not into many shimmering and sheening inks, the J. Herbin and the Ferris Wheel Press inks are stunning. As always, thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much, Marianne!
Thank you for the size comparisons!
You are so welcome!
Great review ☺️👍👍
Do you plan to make a review on Hongdian 100 soon ? It just come out.
I have one on the way!
Esas introducciones musicales son EXCELENTES. Me quedo siempre entusiasmado de disfrutar toda la canción. Felicitaciones.
Esa pluma antoja tenerla en la colección. Se ve muy elegante y después del arreglo se ve que el flujo de tinta quedo muy bien. Saludos desde Medellín.
Thanks, Luís!
Many thanks for the review Doug! This pen has been on my radar for some time now. I have the Hongdian N1S, another piston filler. It came with an EF nib which was just horrible. I replaced it with a Wing Sung medium nib but it took some effort to get the original nib out of its nib-feed housing. Now it writes beautifully. It's a coincidence that you replaced your nib with a Wing Sung, a gold nib nonetheless. :)
Hope you enjoy it!
Great intro song! It's really nice to see an ebonite feed on an inexpensive pen. Although it is such a small nib at least it arrived smooth even if it did need tuning to make the ink flow acceptable. :-)
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you, Bill!
The hongdian 6016 is very beautiful too. Similar to the N6, but it looks like it is availabe only with silver trim. It is more beautiful the N6, a little thicker, it has more presence.
Thanks for another interesting video, a lovely pen and ink combination. I also like the example of one of my real likes about this hobby/obsession of ours in that you can combine parts from different (often disappointing) pens to produce something that really works they way we like it.
Thanks for sharing!
There's also a hongdian A1 with a beautiful silver colored body with a floral pattern engraved into it. Unfortunately, I can only find it with a 14k gold nib and that drives the price up to almost $100. Wish they'd make a steel nib version.
Excellent review as always!! I already ordered my N6 fountain pen, what other gold nibs would you recommend for swapping?? Best Regards
I wouldn't know because the only one I've found that fits the N6 is the Wing Sung. The HD N6's cap clearance is very small. I would measure the HD nib that is in it and find out the total length of the #6 size gold nib you wish to use before considering swapping it.
Hongdian are producing some attractive pens lately, and this ticks a lot of boxes. And that J. Herbin Shogun ink looks like silky fabric. Just I wish you had shown how you swapped the nib. Did you just wait until it had juiced up and then pull it? I might have misheard.
Yeah. I used the rubber mat on the nib and gave it a little more force. I generally push my knuckles together to force the nib/feed from the section (a technique learned from Brian Goulet). But having the ink in the pen for a couple of days helped lubricate it enough for it to give in.
@@InkquiringMinds That's great. I must admit if I went for this I would hunt down a Fine, and save up for a decent third party gold nib. It would look good in silver too.
@@InkquiringMinds That happened to me with an Esterbrook J, the nib unit was almost cemented and budge, but after a week of being inked, when it was time to clean it, it just unscrewed without a problem.
Great cover of a great band, Doug. Mark Knoeffler was an underrated guitarist. Nice Strat too. Good review too.
Thanks!
Finally I have waited for this release of your video. The cap has Chinese characters but those are incomplete characters, they are like prefix or part of the character. the nib is a Chinese Pagoda, I saw this pen last year but I did not buy it because I felt the colour of the cap and the shaft did not match... I did not know this pen is a piston filler with a clear ink window, I love the piston filler mechanism and hence I will consider putting this on my next-to-obtain pen. Thank you for the video!
I wondered! Thanks, Yomin Rak, for the excellent information!
13:21 caught me by surprise as you were in the thick of technical maintenance issues, and I liked it. The pen certainly looks interesting; I’m going to search a bit and see if it comes in silver trim. But that gold nib, I’m going to have to try Allie Express for the first time.
Cool! Thanks, Oscar!
Nice guitar work!
Thanks a lot!
I wonder if this is the year that a Chinese company makes a stellar piston pen. I was able to unscrew the nib housing (finally) and got the nib and feed out of the housing (finally.) Cut down a fuliwen medium steel nib with a hacksaw to a little shorter than the stock nib. Put everything back together. It writes great with the #6 fuliwen medium steel nib. Very wet, very smooth. Surprised, I like it so much. Wouldn't have done it if you hadn't. Really like the ink window and the way the piston goes all the way past the window.
Your guess is right, HongDian N6 has a ebonite feed (Hongdian has a new model last year called HongDian 100 had ebonite feed, they have the same feed) and that piston is metal, as I know, that was made of alluminium alloy. And just for mention, HongDian just putted his new piston-filled N7 on sale and I gotted one. It´s a great pen and lookes very attractive. The nib grinding is also approved and now very smooth but still fine.
I've got one on the way too!
We know that Hong Dian can provide a good bouncy 14k nib. My No 5 in the 885 writes so well! I hope they bring out such a good No 6 nib soon. Meanwhile, as always, a super exposition of this pen. N.B. I won't try a shimmering ink in any nib smaller than Broad. . . . Eventually. Still using inks I don't have to work hard to get out of piston or vacuum fillers.
I have an inexpensive ultrasonic cleaner that does a pretty good job at getting the shimmer out. That and a toothbrush.
Great in-depth review Doug & i liked the look of this pen but once again its let down with the choice of nibs.I will take a rain check on this one & keep my eye open for future added nib choices.
Fair enough! Thank you, Ed!
Hey Doug, is the cap of Wing Sung 629 compatible with the cap of Hongdian?
I don't like Hongdian's metal cap, so I want to replace it with Wingsung's cap. Like you swapped nibs on both pens XD
Not even close! :)
Thanks for great detailed video. Just wondering if it worth buying this pen with long blade F nib from Aliexpress?
Yes, definitely
@@InkquiringMinds thanks, just ordered one
Thanks Doug! You ultimately succeeded in getting the nib out--did you just keep pulling (insert Steve C) or what? The piston
assembly looks fragile and sounds like you got a nib that you didn't order, hrmph! Glad you were able to transform it. Cheers!
He lubed it up and kept tugging at it. It was hard, but he got what he wanted.
TWSS!
David: I had it inked for a couple of days and then used the same technique (rubber mat on the nib) that I had used before and added a little more force and it came out. The ink sometimes helps to lubricate the nib/feed.
Love the review
Thank you so much, Wendy!
Excellent review. Sadly I would only buy this now to get it in use with that gold nib. Having had time with other xf dry writers I don't have the tools and want to tinker just that much. However I see my self investing in deeper cleaning tools soon and brass sheets. Perhaps pens like this will flow my way soon. I am glad you found a happy place for this one in your collection. Also I feel this feed is probably ebonite. It has a coarser look and looks too juicy to be plastic.
I recently reinked my nightmare FPRs and their feeds have that super wet look as opposed to plastic ones. After finding nothing mentioning plastic feeds on 3 different sellers I stand firm for now.
My only FPR was a nightmare too.
May I asked you what is the pen, and ink you use at the Intro of every videos ??? The nib, ink flow , ink color look so beautiful 💖
It is my Leonardo Momento Zero Blue Hawaii with a custom ground architect nib made by Jack Hernandez from a broad Leonardo Bock nib. The ink is J. Herbin Kyanite du Nepal.
@@InkquiringMinds thanks 😊😁🙏 just looked at the nib and your hand writing, really beautiful 😍
Thanks so much!
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the great review. I've been really impressed with Hongdian lately. I got both colors and nib sizes of the 1841, I just ordered a second N1 (price drop!), and I can't wait to see more colors for the N1S so I can get a second one of those. But it looks like the N6 is going on the list, too.
Glad I could help!
Came for the review, stayed for the Straights ;-)
Thanks, George. I love playing Knopfler style!
Hey doug, depending on how you feel about this, look into the hongdian N7 its another piston filler, no.6 size nib, turned resin body, gold accents, and its peacock themed
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This is a perplexing pen, Doug. Echoing some of your sentiments in writing this. I was too going back and forth from liking to disliking the Hongdian several times while watching. I like that it is a piston filler, but hate the look of the cap. The length seems a bit too short but the girth seems fine for large hands. The nib it comes with is a turn off, but that it has an apparent ebonite feed got my interest. If the Chinese pen industry starts moving into ebonite feeds it would eliminate one of the few criticisms of their pens (with the exception of PenBBS) of dryness issues. That you have to swap out nibs is almost standard practice with many of these pens, although Jinhaos and some select pens are just fine. This is one where I say to you good job on making it work to be a really fine pen, but it took some effort, and I think for the price, there are better pens out there.
I agree 100%, Stefan!
Don't get me wrong, most of the Chinese nibs that I've gotten were pretty "dry" but I feel as though that's by design. I can't really think of why anyone would want an EF or F to have the flow of a Medium (or higher) because for that to happen you would either have to increase the point size, expand the nib's tines for greater flow, or adjust the feed slits, which more often than not increases the size of the line, and at that point you may as well get a higher nib point or adjust the nib/flow yourself.
As far as the feeds go, Chinese companies likes Fuliwen, Moo-john, Hero, Lorelei, Jinhao, Delike, Hongdian, Wing Sung, etc... all seem to use (with some exceptions) a Chinese standard #6/5 black plastic feed, which for the most part seem to perform accordingly to whatever nib you stick in them, a Broad write like a Broad, an EF writes like an EF, but of course when it comes to mass produced products YMMV.
While Ebonite feeds would certainly boost their appeal, I don't believe the issue is dryness, rather a lack of higher nib point choices, most if not all Chinese nib options are EF or F with exceptions like Fuliwen and Jinhao which come in Medium's (which sometimes write more like Broads), Jinhao with their Fude nibs, or Lorelei and "their" mini fude/Waverly nib.
@@i.c.3157 I think you are correct up to a point. Yes, they are mainly designed for Chinese writing. I prefer medium or broad nibs, and have struggled with most of the standard fine or medium or even fude Chinese nibs to maintain wetness, which is why I have turned to the Indian brand Kanwrite nibs for replacements. I wish I could swap out the feeds as well, but I would have to shave them down. With the exception of the recently reviewed Majohn T5 pen ,I have really been turned off by the Moonman/Majohn brand, as well as some Wing Sung models. Pen BBS is really stellar, as are some Jinhao pens. Wondering if the success of PENBBS has to do with paying attention to the needs of their customers, both at home and abroad.
The description of the feed is "hard rubber". Sounds like it may be ebonite.
How did you ultimately get the nib and feed out? I just ordered one in solid black.
I soaked the nib in soapy water for 24hrs, dried it completely and then used rubber matting on the barrel and the nib and pulled. It gave in. I'm pretty sure it is ebonite.
I just placed an order of the Hongdian N7 (peacock purple) in Taobao, then I realized ezybuy in Etsy is selling the black and the peacock purple version and cheaper than taobao I was like "WTF! x 1000"
So it's similar to /same in girth as Jinhao 159? I had a look at it on Etsy. No exact description of the nib - fine, medium or broad. It is pictured doing Chinese characters which says a lot. Is this pen worth giving up a Wing Sung 629 nib for? I think not even though it's a piston filler with an ink window. Send it to Putin with love from Xi Ping.
It isn't as big as a Jinhao 159. It is similar in girth to a MB146 but not as long. I was not using the WS 629 because it doesn't post deeply and unposted just didn't feel comfortable. In the N6 it is great.
Unfortunately some modern FP´s with piston filling mechanism (some very popular), have not been very reliable. That is, they are too delicate to put on sale. I believe that many others will not resist the test of time. That's the problem with many cheap fountain pens.
learning the guitar..... (writes on checklist)
Those on the caps are Chinese radicals, which makes up the Chinese characters. Think of them as prefixes/suffixes/roots in English words.
I’m not trying to nit pick, but I could barely hear you in this video & double checked to make sure my volume was all the way up…
Sorry about that. I have my volumes normalized and compressed and they are just under peak. But I'll check on the next one.
Most Respected sir,
Whenever you distribute free pen plz take my name in your mind, as sir i have to work hard for living hood sometimes i get too late to comment on your video as i use mobile phone around 1 hour in whole day due to heavy work load.
In india life is not easy we will have to work 13-16 hours everyday (7 days) & no weekend days just work work and work. But still i manage some time to learn penmanship.
With regards
Thanx
Looks like poorboy MB 🙂🖊️👌...aaand don't try to use screwdriver 🪛 ....screwdriver in the background 😸
As I knew someone that had an MB that leaked, a pen that works and makes you happy is everything.
The screwdriver worked great on that little notch to get that piston mechanism locked down tight.
@@BigHenFor What's with expensive pen that can't be used as a pen?
Creole...CREOLE.
Yes!
You made a silk purse out of a pig's ear. Exhausting even just to watch!
The EF is not a bad nib at all. It is very smooth, which is awesome for such a fine nib. Sometimes a new pen just needs to be pushed a bit to get the ink to flow properly.
Nice guitar work!
Thanks a lot!