I just got this pen and they changed stuff in later revision. 1. The cap won't make mouse noise when it's closed, it has fit like how Pilot has 2. The logo in the fennial had changed, looks less painful 3. The engraving on the nib is WINGS SUPER QUALITY (ripoff from PILOT SUPER QUALITY) 4. I noticed that WingSung use transparent plastic on the cap liner. Pilot use opaque plastic as cap liner. I prefer wingsung's revision since the nib is visible. Wingsung or Yongsheng, means eternal life
Very nice review. I am not sure, but I may have one of these coming via the slow boat from China. Or maybe I already have it in another brand of the Hero conglomerate. It looks like the "Liseur 105" I have, that I think was sold as a Wing Sung 3003 demonstrator. If so, it's a great pen for the price, as well. I'm fairly impressed with the Wing Sung pens I have gotten. My personal favourite is the 6100, a black and rose gold with a serious Parker 61 vibe (cartridge converter not Aerometric.) I carry it daily, and the lacquer finish is starting to go on the bottom finial, so I'm looking at appliance paint to touch it up. It's an incredible pen for the $4 I paid for it! Keep up the great reviews! You are one of the 3 people who I look forward to discovering new pens from.
I enjoy using my Pilot Prera with fine nib. I was also surprised by how dry the Prera writes, but the nib is so well tuned and consistent that it's not noticable. Does the Wing Sung's cap post post on the back of the pen as well as the Prera?
I might have only just figured out that annoying cap travel on the WS3003. I have a stupidly large number of them and the cap felt loose on quite a few, at least to the point where the cap spins as you showed but sometimes worse, where there is visible movement in and out once the nib is fully home in the inner cap. I was about to trash the loose ones because there's no way that would prevent drying out when I noticed the metal ring at the base of the nib was loose, at the very end of the nib section. This actually unscrews. By pulling out the nib and feed then removing and refitting that small metal ring as tight as my arthritic fingers will allow, it seems to have made the whole mechanism much tighter and hopefully a better seal. Still spins but appears to be a lot more snug. Maybe see if yours would benefit from the same surgery?
Thank you for this. I love my Prera but have wanted a larger version of it. I will have to try this out, especially for the price. Do you think a Pilot nib could be swapped into the Wing Sung?
Updating some earlier thoughts. After finding a source of a small number of Pilot-style winged medium nibs, albeit branded Wing S, transplanting them onto several WS3003s turns them into even better writers. Frustratingly though, the solid colour models are no longer anywhere to be seen. The demonstrators have been so ubiquitous now that I'd like to see something different. A return to the original solid colours would do that.
@@JG3Reviews Curious if you managed to fix the spinning/loose cap issue on this? I found an easy fix for mine that just involves tightening up the final trim ring at the nib end of the section. Easy to do and solves the issue, also reducing the chance of the nib drying out as a better seal is formed.
In the UK, there is a popular dairy-based spread on the market called _Utterly Butterly_ ... so when I heard James say the word, I didn't even register it as a mistake until he pointed it out!
By June of 2020, I can't find a reliable source for the Wing Sung 3003, and none at all in the solid colors. I ordered a Wing Sung 3003 from Wish, and wound up getting a pen marked as a "Liseur 105" on the cap. I've had to file disputes on two Wing Sung 3003 pens that I've never received! I like my Pilot Prera, a lot, and the Liseur 105 is a nice pen, for what it's worth, but I can't seem to get my hands on an actual Wing Sung 3003 to try it! I've got an order in now through eBay for a set of 5 of the clear ones with color accents. We'll see if they ever get here!
I ordered a clear one a week or so ago. I checked, and the seller that I bought my solid color model from, unfortunately, has an empty eBay store, and has since the Wuhan shut-down. I don't remember if that was their location or not, but a couple of sellers I'd used before COVID 19 were, and are still not selling again.
I just got this pen and they changed stuff in later revision.
1. The cap won't make mouse noise when it's closed, it has fit like how Pilot has
2. The logo in the fennial had changed, looks less painful
3. The engraving on the nib is WINGS SUPER QUALITY (ripoff from PILOT SUPER QUALITY)
4. I noticed that WingSung use transparent plastic on the cap liner. Pilot use opaque plastic as cap liner. I prefer wingsung's revision since the nib is visible.
Wingsung or Yongsheng, means eternal life
Thanks for the info, they are harder to come by, it seems.
Excellent review. And I just want to congratulate you on getting both your audio and video both nearly perfect!
Thanks!
Excellent review, thank you. Greetings from Germany...
Thanks James.
Very nice review. I am not sure, but I may have one of these coming via the slow boat from China. Or maybe I already have it in another brand of the Hero conglomerate. It looks like the "Liseur 105" I have, that I think was sold as a Wing Sung 3003 demonstrator. If so, it's a great pen for the price, as well.
I'm fairly impressed with the Wing Sung pens I have gotten. My personal favourite is the 6100, a black and rose gold with a serious Parker 61 vibe (cartridge converter not Aerometric.) I carry it daily, and the lacquer finish is starting to go on the bottom finial, so I'm looking at appliance paint to touch it up. It's an incredible pen for the $4 I paid for it!
Keep up the great reviews! You are one of the 3 people who I look forward to discovering new pens from.
Thanks for the yuks really appreciated it.
I enjoy using my Pilot Prera with fine nib. I was also surprised by how dry the Prera writes, but the nib is so well tuned and consistent that it's not noticable. Does the Wing Sung's cap post post on the back of the pen as well as the Prera?
It posts well. Being longer, it will have a slightly different feel posted than the Prera.
I know what you mean. That pleasant, almost pencil-like feedback. I call it textured feedback.
James, very funny. This was good.
Thanks.
I might have only just figured out that annoying cap travel on the WS3003. I have a stupidly large number of them and the cap felt loose on quite a few, at least to the point where the cap spins as you showed but sometimes worse, where there is visible movement in and out once the nib is fully home in the inner cap. I was about to trash the loose ones because there's no way that would prevent drying out when I noticed the metal ring at the base of the nib was loose, at the very end of the nib section. This actually unscrews. By pulling out the nib and feed then removing and refitting that small metal ring as tight as my arthritic fingers will allow, it seems to have made the whole mechanism much tighter and hopefully a better seal. Still spins but appears to be a lot more snug. Maybe see if yours would benefit from the same surgery?
Thank you for this. I love my Prera but have wanted a larger version of it. I will have to try this out, especially for the price. Do you think a Pilot nib could be swapped into the Wing Sung?
I can't say for sure, I haven't attempted it, but some have had success, though they say it's a tight fit.
Updating some earlier thoughts. After finding a source of a small number of Pilot-style winged medium nibs, albeit branded Wing S, transplanting them onto several WS3003s turns them into even better writers. Frustratingly though, the solid colour models are no longer anywhere to be seen. The demonstrators have been so ubiquitous now that I'd like to see something different. A return to the original solid colours would do that.
I've noticed the total dry-up of solid colors, too. Can't find them anywhere.
@@JG3Reviews Yeah, my regular eBay fountain pen drug-pushers are saying Wing Sung seem to have discontinued them. Alas.
@@JG3Reviews Curious if you managed to fix the spinning/loose cap issue on this? I found an easy fix for mine that just involves tightening up the final trim ring at the nib end of the section. Easy to do and solves the issue, also reducing the chance of the nib drying out as a better seal is formed.
Is Wing Sung pen's barrel interchangeable with Pilot Prera cause my Prera's barrel has been developed a crack,
No, I checked and they don't have identical threading.
We Americans are adept at creating new and nonsensical words, i.e. "butterly", lol. I will definitely be using that one in the future James. 😉
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In the UK, there is a popular dairy-based spread on the market called _Utterly Butterly_ ... so when I heard James say the word, I didn't even register it as a mistake until he pointed it out!
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Here in the U.S. we have "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!". I like "Utterly Butterly" much better.
@@chrislj2890 @Humboles Ha. Now have have that scene from "The Vicar of Dibley" playing in my head.
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By June of 2020, I can't find a reliable source for the Wing Sung 3003, and none at all in the solid colors. I ordered a Wing Sung 3003 from Wish, and wound up getting a pen marked as a "Liseur 105" on the cap. I've had to file disputes on two Wing Sung 3003 pens that I've never received! I like my Pilot Prera, a lot, and the Liseur 105 is a nice pen, for what it's worth, but I can't seem to get my hands on an actual Wing Sung 3003 to try it! I've got an order in now through eBay for a set of 5 of the clear ones with color accents. We'll see if they ever get here!
I ordered a clear one a week or so ago. I checked, and the seller that I bought my solid color model from, unfortunately, has an empty eBay store, and has since the Wuhan shut-down. I don't remember if that was their location or not, but a couple of sellers I'd used before COVID 19 were, and are still not selling again.
@@JG3Reviews I don't think they make the opaque ones any more. I'm lucky enough to have bought a set in May 2019 on eBay.