Wing sung 659 / Lucky / Pilot 78G clone review

well, this might be something you are waiting for a while. is wing sung 659 the new pilot 78G? well, the answer isn't a definite yes...

1) nib and feed unit:
well, it can go into a pilot 78G without problem, but the 78G nib and feed unit is loose on the wing sung. and to be very accurate, the feed of a 78G isn't the feed of a penmanship. the black feed is a 78G, thicker by a micro mm, the transparent blue feed is the penmanship feed. it is of a different material too.
with the wing sung nib and feed in the 78G, it writes without problem. the only thing is the EF doesn't feel different from the F. i need to do a little more experiment to confirm that.





2) the converter:
now that is where it gets exciting. the converter will fit a pilot 78G, and to top it off, it has a bigger capacity than a con-50 but yet will fit a 78G. by comparison, it is smaller than a con-70. and it costs about $1 per piece as compared to a con-50 that costs at least 8 times more? well, it is an alternative.

3) can it be ED?
wing sung can be ED, i tried with water with no leakages. the demonstrator ED will be a killer, but i shall leave that to you to show its beauty.

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For the moment of truth about wing sung 659. For the record, they were not wrong to state that their nib is of super quality, unlike pilot's superior quality.

The ink used is pelikan brilliant red. it did not harm the other pens which i used it in.
Firstly, the body will stain. the feed holding area, the converter has stains. the feed has stains too. that can be removed, but compared to the platinum cool's feed, it is not pleasing to see.


 
 
 

My past experience with the original wing sung is that its quality is inferior to hero, especially when it comes to its gold plating. I have a wing sung pen used 20 years ago which the gold plating totally disappeared due to the ink used. At that point in time, wing sung is still not under hero. and my hero gold plated pens stood the passage of time.

 Thus i was skeptical about the wing sung 659 gold plated nib. I was right. the ink did strip the gold off. The gold plating is of inferior quality like it was when it was still wing sung. Hero's technology did not get imparted over, as I was informed. Note that the steel nib below will still function, except that it doesn't look as nice.