Wing Sung 3008 Thin Piston Fountain Pen Set 0.5mm Fine Nib, Gold Trim, 4 Pieces in 4 Colors

The pen was packaged very well and it writes so well. The nib is steel nib and performs very well with the Diamine ink that I tested it with. I love the clear ink well and the piston works very well too. The pen is not too heavy to hold and the grip is really good. I am very happy with my order and for the price I paid - I have four pens to try out different inks with.

These pens have honestly exceeded my expectations. I wavered quite a while deciding whether to try them or not, but finally decided to take the chance. First what do I not like about them? I don’t like the play in the piston knob. Fortunately it does lock in place, so you don’t really have to worry about ink disaster so much but you just have a cap that wiggles around a bit if you have it posted. The plastic is pretty cheap but not horrible. To me the plastic body feels like a Bic Crystal ballpoint. One of the pens had a minor leakage issue that was easily remedied with some silicone grease in the threads and has worked flawlessly since. What do I like about it? It writes extremely smoothly. For whatever it’s worth, being that the nib is a Lamy knock-off, I have successfully used my Lamy stub nib on this pen. So I guess in that regard it provides some possibilities for different types of writing. The ink capacity is massive. I’m not entirely sure why, but for me Noodlers Black behaves far better in this pen than in any of the other 30+ pens I have. Zero nib creep, hard starts, or other shenanigans. It also performs flawlessly with my Diamine inks without need for as frequent a maintenance routine as I’ve typically encountered in other pens. It’s a lot like my TWSBI Eco in that regard. I gave one to my nine year old and he absolutely loves his “grown-up” pen. He’s had zero problems with it. Would I recommend this pen? Most likely. I would recommend going into it, just realize it is not a pen that will last forever, but at the sub-$5 price point, it has a tremendous amount to offer and is a good writing instrument in its own right.

Pros:Holds a lot of ink.Easy to fill up with ink.3/4 pens wrote smoothlyCons:The nib is a fine nib but imo it makes quite a thick line.I don't feel safe taking it outside. The body feels weak.The part that you twist to suck up ink also doesn't feel very secure, and I could imagine it could be turned quite easily by accident and spew inkI think I'd give it four out of five but one of my pens seems to have been used or returned. It was damaged, only wrote with a hard start and skipped frequently. The nib and the feed also seemed to be jammed into the body which made it impossible to fix. I ended up tossing it out.

Not exacty a useable product. All three were defective. Pretty much a waste of time and money.

They unfortunately leak

These TWSBI knock offs are just terrific and the four pack makes it four times the fun. They ink well, the nib flows well in all sorts of different ink, and they feel good in my hand. The cap posts in an odd manner and if one isn't careful one could get a desk full of ink, but once you learn the characteristics of this pen, it's great.

These are supposed to be comparable to the TWSBI Eco pens. They look similar to the TWSBI and the ones I've used work just fine, but make no mistake about it: these pens are NOT the same quality. They work just fine for keeping at work, where they might be "re-homed," but these are not pens that are meant to last for a very long time. They are perfect for people who write a lot with their fountain pens and want the reservoir to hold a large amount of ink and also want to keep pen cost down. The nib is probably a medium size. It is a bit larger than what I prefer for calendar notes (TWSBI fine and Pilot fine are my favorites for everyday writing). The nib seems to be fairly sturdy, but it might not stand up to really high pressure writing. It the nib is kind of slick and I've noticed it struggles to write on quality paper (Clairefontaine and Rhodia) and it sometimes takes a moment to begin ink flow. Overall, I'm satisfied with this purchase and would suggest this to people who are searching for really cheap fountain pens that also hold a large amount of ink (students).

Cheap plastic felt. One of them had already broken.