Asvine P36 Titanium Fountain Pen Clear Transparent Acrylic Piston Filling Pen, Bock Broad Nib Smooth Writing Pen Case Set

I've only used this pen a little, and I'm already in love with it.First off, the design - it's stellar. Nice, clear and clean, with metal accents. The ink window is massive, and the acrylic is thick yet transparent.Onto the ergonomics. The clip works nicely, and the grip section, despite being metal, isn't slippery in the slightest. The pen does not post, but it is a good size for writing with for long periods of time. The pen isn't super heavy but definitely has some weight to it.The piston in the pen works very well and looks like it can be unscrewed using a TWSBI wrench. Not that I'll need to open it for a while - it was definitely greased properly after manufacture.The nib's performance will vary greatly depending on which size/brand you choose. I went with a Bock broad on mine. It wrote finer and drier than most broads I've used, but the benefit of this type of nib is that it can be easily swapped. Placing another broad nib in the pen from another brand (Platinum) has turned this pen into one of my favourites.All in all, an amazing pen, and a must-buy at this price.

The Asvine P36 fountain pen is a smooth and stylish pen I bought for sketching. It has a clear acrylic body with titanium alloy that makes it light and durable. It has a screw-on cap that secures the nib and prevents it from drying out. It has a Bock nib that can create different line widths and shades with ease. It writes well on various types of papers. It has a piston-filling mechanism that allows me to use bottled ink only, but it has a large ink capacity. It had a hard start at first, but it flowed smoothly and consistently after a few strokes. It has a comfortable weight and balance that feels good in the hand. I give this pen four out of five stars and recommend it to sketchers who want a versatile pen.I also want to mention the seller’s help and customer care, which were excellent. They responded quickly to my queries and gave me useful tips on how to use and maintain the pen. They were friendly and professional, and I would buy from them again.

I use it for my office work, it's amazing writing instrument

Decent pen, good flow and easy to see the ink level. Smooth flow when writing and I’m not a fountain pen aficionado at all but it does the job well

I have a large collection of fountain pens, this P36 is the nicest one of them all. It writes so smooth, looks & feel it does not get better at any price.

These recent Asvine pens are truly remarkable for the price point. I now own two :-)

Nicely made and finished. A good shape for my hand. The pen initially writes very wet and then progressively becomes drier until the ink flow stops. Plenty of ink in the reservoir but it's not pulling it through. Frustrating. Not sure if I'll return it.

I bought two pens and both have leaked at the section barrel interphase. Leaves me with inky thumbs. Really sad as it looks nice and the nibs are good.

Pour dessin écriture,je n’ai fait que essayer un peu,pour l’instant ça va,mais long terme,la fiabilité?Je n’ai aucune idée,c’est un cadeau que j’ai eu,service après vente ?je ne sais pas s’il sont fiable et professionnel.

Esta pluma me ha sorprendido, cuando la pedí pensé que era más pequeña, pero una vez la tienes en tus manos notas un tamaño contundente sobretodo con el capuchón puesto, ya sin este tiene un tamaño cómodo, se ve que los materiales son buenos. La pedí con plumin Bock tamaño F ante los comentarios de que los plumines europeos de ese tamaño tenían un trazo más ancho como el de un M, pero en este caso si corresponde a un trazo fino. Algo que destacar y que me animo a escribir esta reseña, es que la pluma la recibí hace más de dos meses, la llene de tinta (pilot) y desde ese entonces la deje en un cajón sin utilizar, hoy pensé que no arrancaría y que tendría que lavar el plumin, pero escribió al primer intento sin problemas, tengo plumas que en cuestión de 2 0 3 días sin escribir con ellas se seca la tinta en el plumin y tengo que lavarlas con agua para que escriban de nuevo.

I bought this pen to pair up with its vac filler cousin, the Asvine V200.I ordered my pen with a Asvine #6 nib, and it's a very consistent and reliable writer. In my opinion, it competes with the TWSBI 580 for writing characteristics, but looks more upscale than that TWSBI model due to the crystal clear acrylic body and titanium trim. Fit and finish is very good, although there are some places where titanium and plastic threads mate with each other. Over time, the plastic threads are going to lose the ability to grip their titanium counterpart due to the inherent difference of hardness between the two.My pen wrote very smoothly right out of the box. There isn't much line variation to be had from the steel nib, and Asvine doesn't make any claims about that aspect. However, I seemed to have an ink flow issue. My attempts to correct the issue were unsuccessful. I contacted Asvine's Customer Service, who responded with possible techniques to fix the issue. When those proved unsuccessful, they sent out a replacement nib, which arrived a little over a week later. Being an impatient person, I ordered a pack of three different nib sizes for the P36 from Asvine, for about $16 for all three. All three nibs were smooth...and had the same ink flow issue. I let customer service know that, and they suggested I change inks to a known well-flowing ink. I didn't have their Hongdian Blue ink on hand, but decided to use Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki. And then a miracle happened, and all three nibs wrote flawlessly. When the replacement nib arrived (directly from China), it was even smoother than the original nib, had ink flow issues with Pelikan Edelstein Sapphire (my standard ink), just like the other four nibs, but wrote perfectly with the Kon-Peki. Some of my other pens also had ink flow issues, but based on my experience with Asvine, those problems disappeared as soon as I used Kon-Peki. I have no idea why Edelstein Sapphire works well in some pens, and is an absolute nightmare in others. But I know that I'm on my first and last bottle of Edelstein Sapphire! Surprisingly, my humble little Kaweco Sport has no issues with that ink.So, I really like my Asvine P36, and I LOVE the responsiveness from their Customer Service Department!If there's anything negative to say about the P36 (and its cousin, the V200), it's about their appearance. If you were to look at a picture of either one of those two pens, and compare them to the Conid Bulkfiller King Size pen (a $900+ fountain pen made in Belgium), you would probably wonder how coincidental the likeness is. Functionally, neither Asvine pen could be considered a copy, or clone. As a matter of fact, those two Asvine pens are two very competent examples of a piston filler and a vacuum filler pen, that functionally have more in common with any other similarly functioning pen made anywhere else in the world, but they happened to chose the Conid Bulkfiller as the pen to pattern their product after. If Asvine has done nothing else with those two pens, they proved to me that they are capable of producing pens that are every bit as good as any "Western" pen, but they're able to do it at a lower price. I'll keep looking for their offerings, and when I find a pen that has more of a gap between itself and the pen it was "inspired by", I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. They really are that good!

Adorei. A pena é boa e a escrita muito macia. Fora o design muito lindo.

En general estoy satisfecha, el plumón es bueno el pistón funciona muy bien, el pasador un poco filoso de las orillas pero lo puli un poco y se solucionó. La recomiendo y mejor precio que otras semejantes de marcas más reconocidas.