Especially Jinhao and Hero

especially now they have the pilot 78g nib tooling

Duke's also a solid choice.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgmFXBuhzN6/

X450 was my first fountain pen.

Ooh that's pretty.

Looks like TWSBI holy fuck

if you want a cheap twsbi/piston filler

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wing-Sung-698-Demonstrator-Piston-Fountain-Pen-0-38mm-0-5mm-Valentines-Day-Gift/122548174407?var=&hash=item1c8870be47

I think my first was a 616 10-pack

they're not very durable but neither are twsbi kek

mine was prob a safari

TWSBI are made in Taiwan. They aren't too durable.

You also have to clean it with a very light mixture of water and soap.

i just let mine stain

Most of their Diamond series had issues with parts breaking during assembly/dissasembly.

yeah my 540 had problems

i think my 580 did too?

My 540 broke.

not sure what happened to that

if i lost it

The piston fucking *snapped*

or if it's bits

lol

at least the wing sung 698 is cheap

Didn't take any force either, and I lubricated the fucking thing

I'm horrible at choosing ink colors. I just use the Hero 232 blue/black

i stick with j herbin

When it comes to ink, I stay far away from Chinese inks

i dont write enough to care about ink price

I had Noodler's 54th for a long time until it got mold

haha

the smell of the noodler ink

Most expensive ink I own is Japanese.

i fucking spilt it over my carpet

A lot of Noodler's ink is disgusting.

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/1pc-lot-Wingsung-Cute-Kawaii-Pocket-Fountain-Pen-0-5mm-0-38mm-Creative-Short-Student-Writing/3082058_32845161579.html

true story

look at this funky thing

lmfao holy shit

they started ripping off Kaweco?