P36 Titanium Fountain Pen Piston Filling, Iridium Medium Nib Clear Transparent Acrylic Smooth Writing Pen Case Set

The pen that I purchased was with an Asvine extra fine nib. Usually I would have to fine tune the nib before I felt comfortable in writing. After filled with Diamine Majesty Blue ink (kind of on the wet side of a fountain pen ink), it wrote exceptionally well. Smooth for a EF nib, and the flow was very well regulated. With the purchase price this low, I wonder how do Asvine make a profit? I cannot come up with anything else but positive writer's experience. It is very well built in quality. I didn't buy the Bock nib model because I have tried Bock nibs in other makers' fountain pens, and they were poor in quality based on my personal experience, not necessarily of others. With all this said, I wish that Asvine would produce nib that is a little bit flexible as an option in the near future though. I don't mind pay much higher premium. As a fountain pen collector, sometimes that inner urge is a psychological potency with a tiny of nuance of illness, money is subsequently becoming relatively insignificant when that thrill of "nice" fountain pen is in your hand! I have collected some fountain pens and I am not get paid to compliment this own. This pen is one of the best pens that I collected even though it is about the most economical one among them.

I'm always in search of a pen that can handle fun, shimmery inks. This pen, and specifically the 1.1 stub nib deliver glitter and ink exceptionally well. It's very nice and wet, with a consistent flow and no clogging even 24 hours later. The pen feels pretty light in the hand. Heavier than a similar plastic build but not as heavy as a similar brass pen. It's like a medium to light weight. The build quality is very nice and smooth and overall I think it looks very attractive. I have to press a little harder than my Twsbi to get the ink to come out with a lot of shimmer but the tines are very springy and bouncy so it's not that much more effort to get the desired effect of the ink. In the very beginning I couldn't get the ink to flow out but after filling up the pen I just dipped the nib in water to pull out the ink and haven't had any issues since. I used Wearingeul ink: Night Colored in Grape/ Grape Colored Night on 50gsm Tomoe River Paper

Asvine has continued to steo up to provide amazing quality writing instruments at amazing prices. The P36 piston-filler in titanium is a very comfortable size to use unposted. Not too small, but not too big. The build quality is amazing. Fit and finish is solid and the perfect weight. I got the medium which is a smooth, wet nib that just glides across the page. This is just another in a long line of pens that have become 'go to' pens for me. Beautiful.

In my pen sleeve right now are a Lamy 2000, a Moonman T1 Cu (back when they were Moonman...), and now an Asvine P36 Ti. I don't think the Asvine is out of place beside either the L2K or the T1Cu. The nib is surprisingly smooth for an XF, though if I'm honest, it's really more of a F than an XF. Regardless, the pen functions well for its primary purpose. The piston mechanism works well and did an outstanding job on its first fill, making roughly 80% full. That's good because you cannot remove the section, so syringe filling is right out. I can't syringe fill my T1Cu, either. This is a classic cigar shaped fountain pen, so it's not small nor avant garde in any format, but what it is is a very clear acrylic and Ti pen that stands out by being a demonstrator and then showing off the Ti. There is limited branding, with only the "Asvine" name centered directly under the clip on the cap ring and P36 centered directly on the opposite side of the ring. I am noticing a little condensation build-up in the cap, which I'll monitor over time and update this review should it be required. For now, I've got the pen inked with Iroshizuku Momiji in order to further gleam the pen up, a crimson wash around the brushed grey of the Ti and seen through the lens of that perfectly clear acrylic. There are EU pen makers that would charge 4-5x the P36's price, claiming Ti is precious and difficult to work with. Or...you could just buy the P36 and be done with it all...quality AND appearance really make the pen.

I bought this pen to pair up with its vac filler cousin, the Asvine V200. I ordered my pen with a <F> 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!

The Ink flow is excellent. The Ink used in the test was a Monteverde USA Scotch Brown. Nib-Iridium Medium-Excellent smooth Quality-Excellent Grip-feels very good in the hand Smootheness-very consistent and no scratchiness Piston Filled- Excellent suction The Asvine Piston Fountain Pens are easy to use and are durable pens. No Mess. Color-transparent acrylic Durability- Asvine durable I give this a 5-Star

I bought with the Asvine nib - this is one of may favorite pens. As good a writer as my much more expensive Sailor 1911L and Platinum President. The nib is a very stiff writer. Ink flow is good. I have has it inked with Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo for 3 months and it has not dried out, skipped or hard started once. The ink capacity is 1.5 mL. The body is well made, the edges of the clip are sharper than I like but not a real issue.

Literally the worst pen I’ve ever purchased. The nib is terrible. It has been the most frustrating experience ever. I have purchased pens that are much less expensive and have much better nibs. (I have about 60 different fountain pens, and have a good variety for comparison). I just ordered a set of replacement nibs to try to salvage this pen. Hopefully this helps, but right now all I want to do with it is throw it in the trash. Actually, I did throw it away, but decided to take it out and try the new nibs.

チタン製の金属部品、アクリルの透明部品のどちらも良くできており、組立精度も高く、この価格で買えるのがありがたい。Asvineは中華万年筆の中では品質に信用がおけると思う。字幅はＭを選択したが、国産万年筆の太字相当なため普段使いにはやや太すぎた。 製品そのものではないが、配送先が自宅しか選択できず、コンビニ受取やAmazonロッカー受取ができないのは何故なのか？ その点は改善して欲しい。

Good quality and received it fast thank you for Ur good service

EXCELLENTE FINITION / TRES BONNE CAPACITE D'ENCRE

A gem of a pen, way outperforming it's price. The 1.1 mm stub is as smooth as butter.

Great