The 2.99 Shanghai Fountain Pen

[Troutlet]

I was curious as to what 2.99 with free shipping on an eBay pen from Shanghai would be like. I thought some of you might be interested in the result and it sort of boggles my mind when I sell a nice fountain pen for 60 to 90 dollars. The nib is quite good and I did a tiny bit of polishing on a 12000 micro pad.

Here are some pics. Please excuse the poor quality but they are just snap shots in poor lighting conditions. Comments are welcome.

Kirby Benson
Las Cruces

 

[wood-of-1kind]

Very 'good value' at that price point. Don't know how they do it but 'writing' quality looks good. Thanks for sharing.

 

[monophoto]

I've bought several of these over the years. Some have been good, some have been junk.

One repeated issue - nibs on Chinese pens tend to be fine, and that tends to mean that the feed will dry out more rapidly than on a broader nib pen.

 

[jttheclockman]

Here is a thread that may interest you. The same concept was brought up.

www.penturners.org/forum/f50/no-wonder-why-selling-hand-made-pens-though-136572/

 

[Troutlet]

Thanks John T. Great thread to read.

Kirby