Hongdian 100 Piston Fountain Pen Silver Steel, Iridium Medium Nib Calligraphy Pen, Smooth Writing Pen with Pen Case Set

Long nib version. I forgot about the "closed system" for refilling the pen and was looking for a way to open it. But, once I figured out the very easy rotation of the endpiece all was clear! With the long nib the writing sensation and - quality are easily up in the league of £100 or £150 pens. That nib is something else! Overall excellent quality, beautiful colour and clearly a pen for every day, it will last for years!

I use fountain pens everyday in my work & I chose this one with the long nib. A good choice! This pen writes so well, one of the smoothest pens to write with. No scratching on paper & it's doesn't bleed ink onto the paper. I bought the colour blue for the exterior case & it looks very professional. I had to wait just a few extra days for the delivery for the colour I chose - but well worth the wait. All in all a superb writing experience from an Outstanding Quality Fountain Pen and very good service from the supplier.

Value for money is great. Solidly built with a fair amount of heft, this piston filling pen is finished well and looks great. Feels a bit back heavy posted and the nib/feed alignment could have been better. The long point fine nib is like the Sailor Zoom nib or Naginata-togi in shape and although fine on the down stroke, it is wide on the horizontal, the opposite of a stub nib. I think this could have been clearer in the description. I wish with hindsight I had ordered the standard fine but I shall persevere I am sure I will get used to it. I include a photo which I hope shows the variance in the nib compared to some others. Please excuse my scribble. A.T.

This is a great fountain pen. Beautiful colours, seems very well made, plus a great price.

This is the second of their pens I’ve ordered and I can’t believe the quality of pen for the price. From the first fill writes smoothly without skipping and immediately every time you take the cap off. This one is a little lighter than the black resin/lacquer one I have.

REALLY TERRIBLE PRODUCT. DID NOT WORK. NIB AND TIP BROKE STRAIGHT AWAY.

5 months old and leaking. Ink leaking through the barrel. No longer usable. Knib just becoming smoother….takes time to settle. Otherwise good size for large hands and good balance when posted.

Very attractive, works well and writes like a dream. This writes better than a lot of my more expensive fountain pens so that's a good lesson learnt for me. Plus it has a bunny design, what's not to love? I highly recommend this pen, it looks stunning and writes beautifully

Most beautiful fountain pen. It took a couple of attempts, to fill it with ink for the first time. But it is now ready to go. The writing is a lovely fine line. The pen has got a good weight to hold it in balance. Wonderful.

First time fountain pen users will be lost because no instructions for filling the pen was included. Head over to YouTube. Filling method is a turn the non on the end thing. It comes with a small tool for taking apart the pen when a deep clean is required. Remember to wash the nib with a bit of water if it isn't writing. The fine nib is a 0.4mm at my guess. A smooth writer. It looks good an writes well . Hopefully someone will have the care and filling instructions on YouTube soon.

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la penna può piacere o no, ma è di buona fattura e non passa senza essere notata. Non sono all'altezza del resto la clip del cappuccio eccessivamente rigida ed il meccanismo a pistone che sembra sfruttare un banale converter, ma per esserne certi si dovrebbe smontare la penna, ma non ho capito come fare.

This is my first fountain pen, so I really have nothing in my experience I can compare it to. That said, it is functionally flawless and is a piece of artwork in its own right. During the initial ink filling, I was hyper focused on keeping the nib submerged enough to draw in ink and not air, but without going so deep as to make a mess. My brain momentarily struggled to process which direction I needed to rotate the end to draw in the ink, and for a moment I thought I had broken it by twisting too far the wrong way and forcing the piston further down, but thankfully it seems I haven’t damaged anything. Don’t be like me, be mindful of what you’re doing to avoid over-rotating the end (if that’s possible) as I don’t know if that can damage it or not, but I would certainly hate to find out the hard way. This pen is an excellent weight, and I can simply let it do its thing without having to apply pressure as I write, making it infinitely more comfortable compared to a typical ballpoint. I have yet to receive the appropriate paper for this, but it works well on a plain-Jane notepad and soaks into the page but so far hasn’t bled through to another page. It held about 2g of ink, though I suppose that would depend on the properties of the specific ink used, so I don’t know if that’s helpful. Weighs 37g with the lid, 23g without, and contrary to what I’ve seen in some reviews I watched on YT about this pen, mine actually came with the little tool for disassembly included. Overall I give this a 10/10