czxwyst 601 Steel Cap Vacumatic Fountain Pen (army green with ink window)

Very easy to operate the filling system. Pen writes without skipping. The nip is a fine width but puts down a good line of ink. I wish this pen was made in a medium nip. Color and assemble all good. While this is not a true Parker 51 but a remake, it is a great pen for the price. Good weight and feel when writing with this pen.

Great little everyday writer with a huge ink capacity. I'm a student and enjoy it for: ink capacity, inconspicuousness (doesn't shout "I'M USING A FOUNTAIN PEN!") and the convenience of the slip cap. The mechanism is also just very cool and I haven't seen it on anything else still being made these days. Also appreciate how easily serviceable the whole thing is, and they even include some silicon grease for the piston/plunger.Nib came misaligned with the hood out of the box, but that is an easy fix by rotating the collector/nib/feed assembly. It's friction fit.Took off a star because obviously these nibs are going to be hit or miss for the price. I had received a gusher that wrote a western medium line. I replaced it with the nib from a Jinhao 51a that wrote a nice, smooth, fine line. I'm not sure if all pens of the same model are like this, but the feed made this nib write a tad thicker than on the 51a; it's just a very generous feed. Also note that the nib assembly cannot be taken apart; I could not disassemble it into collector, feed, breather tube, and nib, and instead had to pull out the nib with a pair of pliers! Be careful if you want to swap nibs; I'm lucky I didn't damage the pen.Please note that the star was taken away more for the QC of the nibs at this price point rather than me almost killing my nib with a pair of pliers, lol. It's a great pen if you're comfortable modifying your pens to suit you, i.e. maybe you want some micromesh for smoothing, brass shims for wetness, a loupe to check for tine misalignment etc. etc.

Bought this on a whim... It's a really nice pen... Especially the filler. I have now used this for several months and it is my favorite pen for writing letters. It is very smooth and I have had no problems with the feed or nib. I REALLY like this little guy. As I write, the line is clear, no skips, and it's perfect in laying down ink. I really didn't think this would be a very good pen when I purchased it, but this one and and the Pilot Prera are now my letter writing pens.

The pen is beautiful and comfortable in the hand. I also like the way the fine nib writes.Unfortunately, the pen I received had an ink flow problem that rendered it unusable. I tried flushing it a couple of times but it didn't help. At $20, I didn't want to spend any more time trying to fix the issue and simply returned it.It seems most people are not having the same issue and Amazon makes returns easy, so it's safe to give it a try.

What I am about to say is certainly not true for all Chinese or far-eastern made fountain pens but I was blown away when I took this pen out of its modest but adequate packaging. I have owned and used fountain pens for more than sixty years. I'm not a collector but I guess I have a defacto collection of well-used (probably expensive when new) fountain pens over my years in business. I was educated as a mechanical engineer for what that's worth so I'm particular about how things are made, how they work, and whether they are of any value. That said, I wasn't expecting much from an inexpensive fountain pen made in China. Recently after surfing around Amazon's marketing I decided what the heck I'll buy one or two for a look, try them, and give them to my grandchildren who are just learning to write so they know what a fountain pen is and can practice their cursive. Again given its price in 2023, this pen in particular is a remarkable value. Kudos to the Chinese. Sure they copied the design concepts from earlier vintage American and European companies but those patents I suspect have long since expired. And in some ways, they improved the item. Anyway, I took it out of the box and examined it closely without taking it apart (at first). In my opinion, it is made as well or better than the old vintage affordable, goto pens I used as a high schooler and young student engineer/architect. It really surprised me. They even packaged up some silicon lubricant and other usage and maintenance accessories that American and European manufacturers do not bother to give you or even tell you about. I'll probably never use these items but it's the idea that they provide them with the pen in the package. Unfortunately, all the information is in Chinese but the diagrams are adequate. I inked the pen and tried it out. It is a very fine almost extra, extra fine nib which was the only nib offered. Again I was amazed at how well it filled and writes, the ink flow, the wetness, and the smoothness of the "steel" nib which came perfectly tuned out of the box even compared to the overhyped and generously priced gold-nibbed masterpieces I managed to amass over all the years. If you are a collector it's one thing, again I am not, I am a user. If you are new to fountain pens I would say try one or a few of these before you spend five to twenty-five times as much on overhyped, overpriced underperforming supposedly vintage reissued Western icons likely not as well functioning or nearly as much of a value.

Writes in Fine nine, very well, cap is solid, nice feeling, is not a Parker 51 but for the prize is worth to try. Live the piston filled system a lot. Classy