Hongdian Black Forest Fountain Pen Titanium Black Bent Nib Beautiful Tree Texture Calligraphy Gift Pen

Much nicer than I expected for the price. If they offer consistent nibs (which I don't know one way or the other), these would make for pretty good gift idea. I got a good one, so I'm 100% satisfied. I put Diamine Tariff Teal ink in mine, and it works great. Clean, sharp writing.

I’ve been using Sailor fude de Mannen pens for sketching. Good pens. But this Hongdian pen is better. Well balanced . Smooth inking . The bent nib is awesome. Buying another to make sure it’s not a fluke. Price is great.

I have another fude nib in a dip pen, which I love, so decided to try this one. This nib bends more than I was expecting and took a few tries to get used to it. Now I love it. My most intense shimmer inks flow well without skipping. The converter sits firmly in place and the pen seals very well. It posts securely, but is a bit back heavy for me. I wish that you could buy replacement nibs for it, but for this price, I'm not complaining.

This is a great pen. Nice weight and balance in my hand. My only issue is how long it took for the ink to reach the nib. I almost thought the pen was malfunctioning.

good flow, not too heavy or light, doesn't saturate the page when writing very small characters, while at the same time will keep up when scribbling a very fast signature. REALLY liking the appearance and the comfort of it being skinny, and at the same time it somehow survived a trip through the washer and dryer (whoops). convenient that it came with a screw piston converter, it DOES leak a tiny bit from the converter because it's a push-in and not a threaded, but the body is threaded onto the nib holder with really fine threads that hold tightly, so that hasn't really caused any negative. I've had a day or two where i accidentally left it in my car's cupholder out in the sun for the day and the ink dried up, but it was easy enough to clear out and clean/refill by pulling and pushing hot water through the nib using the converter. can't speak for archival ink, i use water soluble, but I've done the same with archival ink with a cross bailey and had the same results, just soak whatever in a cup of hot water for a while to loosen thing up, run it under hot water to get it flowing, shake it to clear it out then refill and keep writing. high quality for the price tag

I bought two pens the same day on Amazon. Plenty of choice for all budgets. And I picked this Hongdian as well as a Jinhao 95. This pen is well built, all metal parts with the exception of the converter, it feels a little heavy but nothing that would prevent anyone from having fun writing with it. It is easy to hold, though, for me, a bit too tiny on the nib section. It holds well in the hand. The writing experience is excellent. At first, the nib was a little scratchy on the paper, but I let the pen go back and forth by pressing gently on the paper for about 50 times and that was it, the nib now glides on paper really well. Of course, nothing to compare with a high-end nib, but you are getting 75% of the functionality at a fraction of the price. I's OK that the paper responds a little to the nib too. The nib is not stiff which is an issue with most Asean pen that require much precision when writing. It is a bit flexible so it responds to pressure a little. The pen color is wonderful and the nib matches the pen color. I was a bit worried of the paint on metal that would be fragile, but not with this guy, it's strong and won't scratch easily. I bring this pen at work and it is professional, not your average pen and yet modest so fits everywhere. Overall, a great buy and I am thinking about buying another one with a different color.

This fountain pen is great. I love the fact that you can change out the nibs, I love it that it has a converter, and it works great with a carbon-based ink I get from Daiso.It is a sumi ink that I lace with either vodka or a solvent that makes it flow better in the fountain pen. It is generally waterproof so I can then color it with watercolors, but it does not travel well during jet travel. My first foray into traveling with a Sketchbook caused my pen to explode during a flight.. what a big mess. I then use cartridges but they tended to bleed into the watercolors. So I started traveling with an ink bottle of this carbon-based ink but it didn't work it always would clog the fountain pen. I then used several different alcohols and solvents (drops of which I used not large portions) and finally found a mix that provided me with a flowing fountain pen. It's not perfect and it requires cleaning periodically but I am generally happy with the results of using particular fountain pen with this particular type of Sumi ink. This picture shows an example of the Hong Diane Fountain Pen cartridge ink compared with my Daiso hybrid ink. Once again it does not travel well, you cannot leave ink in the fountain pen during a jet flight. Your flight attendant will thank you.

My pen took a very long time to arrive, and I don't know about anyone else but it came in a plastic white package, and was wrapped by itself in plastic/bubble wrap with only the felt/"silk" bag case and the pen itself. (side note I ordered the green pen thinking it'd be brighter colored like in the pictures and some of the review photos i saw; It was not, its a bit of a dirty green)There is also no ink cartridges at all with the package so you have to pay $15+ and *then* buy more inks. I've seen these pens come in a box so I don't know if this was a reseller or something happened but I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with it. It feels and looks very well made and I could get ink a different way but I was thinking I'd get ink with yknow, my pen I ordered specifically for drawing with specific inks after waiting 2+ weeks for it to arrive.