WingSung 601a Fountain Pen Review and Unboxing

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4 жыл бұрын

I've been looking forward to this Wing Sung 601A fountain pen. It is a cross between a Parker 51 and a Sheaffer Triumph. Since it is such a cool merger of two technologies, I thought I'd give it a Star Trek TOS "Nomad" theme from the Star Trek TOS episode "The Changeling". This is a longer video, so please take advantage of the timestamps below to skip various sections of the review.
Unboxing 2:46
Parts and Features 7:45
Measurements and Size Comparisons 20:08
Writing Sample 20:35
History of Parker 51 and Sheaffer Triumph 26:31
Evaluation 29:52
Music:
Star Trek - Alexander Courage
Flower Duet from Lakme by Delibes

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@kenblair2538 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Doug. Based on your reviews on both 601 & 601A. Beautiful pens, and a joy to my new hobby KB

@InkquiringMinds 10 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@bradbeth63 3 жыл бұрын

Another good review. Live long and prosper! 🖖

@InkquiringMinds 3 жыл бұрын

Make it so!

@timmarshall4881 4 жыл бұрын

You surpassed your already good videos Doug. Helpful and enjoyable. Thank you.

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Tim! I thought it was a bit over the top, but it was so much fun to put together!

@estoylaroca 3 жыл бұрын

Pen looks amazing, glad to see that it also writes well. Unfortunately (just talking about price here) my country's version of etsy, only sells this for about $40, $35 being the cheapest. The more "basic" looking one is the one being sold for $20. Some people would say that's a non-issue since it's just a few $... but I live in a country where the minimum wage is $10. Not $10 an hour, but $10 per DAY... so it's a pretty huge leap, at least for me. Unfortunate because I've been eyeing this pen for about 2 years already... maybe I'll take the plunge (no pun intended) early next year.

@InkquiringMinds 3 жыл бұрын

This has been my wife's every day carry for the last year. She loves it.

@santauxia 2 жыл бұрын

That's a good looking pen, I like the ink window, nice touch. Great review.

@danielste-marie779 4 жыл бұрын

Doug, love the intro, the pen and the history bit.

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Daniel! Thanks, man. Appreciate it!

@tdawson7689 4 жыл бұрын

Great intro, it made me laugh. After trying a lot of pens, the WS 601A has become my work and EDC pen. To me, it's good looking enough to use in a meeting, and sturdy enough to write on crates and other non-paper things. I have three of these so far and I really enjoy them. One thing I've found on all three of my WS601As is that they start leaking from the nib after being used for awhile. On all three, I've taken the nib off, removed the glue residue, then used silicon grease to seal the nib. They don't leak after that.

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Trace. Thanks for your comment. I thought I had already responded to this but KZfaq has been playing havoc with my comments section lately. This is excellent information for anyone with the WingSung 601a. I'll have to keep an eye on my wife's 601a. I have an extra nib on the way just in case.

@Shaiy007 4 жыл бұрын

I am a new subscriber. I really enjoyed this review and I'm looking to get my hands on this pen asap! Thanks for the review! 😎👍

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, S. Dalton! And welcome aboard!

@kapirk2244 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant intro!! I loved it!! I am a long time, big time fan of Star Trek, the original. My great uncle worked on the crew. Too bad I wasn’t old enough to go visit him and follow him to work. The pen is really gorgeous, I can see why your wife fell for it. I love the Parker 51s.

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, KA Pirk! Star Trek in the family! Awesome! I was nine when Star Trek TOS first aired. It was in late prime-time because ST was an "adult" show. Thanks goodness I had progressive parents and I was allowed to stay up and watch scantily clad, beautiful women in living colour! That image of Dr. McCoy with those two women in feathers has stuck with me for 53 years! The show was educational as well. From Spock I learned words like "alacrity" and "fortuitous". :)

@kapirk2244 4 жыл бұрын

@@InkquiringMinds I had such a crush on Checkov with his Beatles haircut and cute accent! When the show was moved to a later time I was past my bedtime so I would sneak out in the hall way and creep into the room and watch from under the end table. I always love the relationship of the Captain, Spock and the Doc, I'm not a bricklayer, I'm a doctor! As an adult I use to go to Star Trek conventions, that was a hoot!

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

@@kapirk2244 It is something rare when, after 54 years, a show which lasted only three seasons has such a universal appeal to all ages and genders. It must be something about the basic goodness inherent in how humanity is portrayed. Kudos to Gene Roddenberry.

@jeffroberts532 4 жыл бұрын

I freakin' love your videos! So now I have a Wing Sung 601a on order, but I had to get it in black & gold so it wouldn't be too feminine. Ha! I saw where you taught architectural drafting at one time and now your appealing handwriting makes perfect sense. I graduated from engineering school in 1992 and was one of the last classes required to learn mechanical drafting before computers & CAD took over. I learned CAD & have used it my entire career, but the elegance and artform of hand drafting has never left me and it has spilled over into fountain pens now. Thank you again for your videos and all the information that you kindly share (plus the music & cultural references)! Are you sure your middle initial is not "R" for Renaissance?

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your lovely comments, Jeff! No, my middle initial is "J" for Jurassic. I went fully CADD as well using DOS based CADD and then AutoCad and Vectorworks (as well as Sketchup Pro). For the last full season of designs before I retired, I ditched the CADD drawings completely and did all my lighting and scenery designs using a drafting board, scale rule and mechanical pencils. It was fun to practice the "art" of drawing again and show my students what is possible with a pencil and ruler.

@gadgetstop321 4 жыл бұрын

LOL...great job on the Star Trek theme! That's a classy looking pen. I can't use hooded or inlaid nibs without getting ink all over my thumb, but they sure do look nice. I'm especially fond of that color combination.

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! It is a pretty pen.

@fenixway1 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite pen for sketching

@InkquiringMinds 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, fenixway1!

@nehhachadda412 3 жыл бұрын

Loved your review

@InkquiringMinds 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Thank you, Nehha Chadda!

@enchantingfountainpens6238 4 жыл бұрын

Nice review and wonderful fountain pen

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@hrnekbezucha 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice intro and overall theming. Also the history lesson is well appreciated.

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying that Hrnek! I never know how many people are sticking with the history stuff or skipping ahead (or clicking off lol).

@hrnekbezucha 4 жыл бұрын

@@InkquiringMinds There are some really interesting little stories throughout the hundred+ years of fountain pens and there isn't that much coverage of it. At least as far as I know. Anything from materials and visual design trends, filling mechanisms all the way to high-level corporate deals. I'm very curious about all that and if you're curious how many other people are, you can make a separate video discussing a historical topic and see how many views it gets. Just a few days ago I got an ebonite eyedropper from India and must say, it looks like it came out of a time machine. Green swirly cap&barrel with stubby black section and you just pour ink right down the barrel. But I can't really find out whether pens like this would've been made in the past. Probably not, as far as I know, Duofold (big red) was the first non-black ebonite pen and it did utilize a filling mechanism.

@Richard1855 4 жыл бұрын

Doug, love the intro and I know the happy feeling when I too retrieve a package from my letter box that is from China. I do own the standard 601A with the plain cap and green in colour( yes we spell it with a “u” in Australia). I found the nib just as you did and did a fair bit of work to tune it to my satisfaction. I am of the mindset “there is always room for improvement” as I do like to experiment with my pens. To this end I bought a bent calligraphy nib and swapped it. This made a huge improvement and I was glad I did. Bit information for you, if you don’t already know. Wing Sung is the anglicised name and the Chinese characters on the cap when pronounced in Chinese is “yourng shern” which means immortal life. A bit of trivia for you :-)

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

That's cool information about the Wing Sung translation. I doubt I could do the correct pronunciation correctly so I'll just say Wing Sung! LOL And, yes, we Canadians spell colour correctly as we do neighbour!

@lucm6476 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative thank you.....Nomad....! :)

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Luc! :)

@greyareaRK1 4 жыл бұрын

Properly nerdy ST opening and reference. Kudos! :-) The instructions icon says you must be a Level 4 ghost to use this pen. I have a Nomad on the way, along with a Hero 565. Looks great in burgundy. A bent (Bobby?) nib would make it perfect. Nice close-up of the ST stylus at the end.

@InkquiringMinds 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, John! Thanks so much. I wondered how many people would get the 23rd century stylus photo! Only a true ST geek! :D I'm not sure that Bobby has those mini-fude bent nibs for the Triumph (Hero) style nibs or not. I'll have to check it out. Of course, that means getting another since I'm down to ZERO Wing Sung 601A's at the moment.

@saltywarden Жыл бұрын

Hi Doug, have you seen the Jinhao 80 from Aliexpress? Looks like a cheap Lamy 2000 for $4, cant find any reviews for it so ordered one today.

@InkquiringMinds Жыл бұрын

Mine will be here next week.

@saltywarden Жыл бұрын

@@InkquiringMinds Looking forward to your review

@georgeparapadakis 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Doug, have you seen the new 2020 601As? The have some fantastic “classic” colours such as blue-green, coco, and army green. After being over-saturated with all the fancy resins out there, I am tempted to buy it just for the colour alone. Just can’t make up my mind which I like best :-)

@InkquiringMinds 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I have. From the moment I got my wife a WS601A with the wavy gold cap, jeweled finials, ink window, tubular nib and piston/vacumatic filling system, I've wanted one of my own but I can't decide which. Especially now I love my WS601 Flighter.

@georgeparapadakis 3 жыл бұрын

@@InkquiringMinds I totally get that. I’m not a big fan of stainless steel pens, but with the replaced hooded section it comes closer to the coveted Pilot M90, which is on my “one day when I can afford it” collector’s bucket list 🤩

@yominrak7975 Жыл бұрын

I own the 14K EF nib of this 601a, I really like it, if it is a bit fatter then it will be perfect, this is slimmer than the 629.

@InkquiringMinds Жыл бұрын

I expect even though it is gold, the tubular shape of the nib makes it not very flexible.

@yominrak7975 Жыл бұрын

@@InkquiringMinds mine is not the tubular shape instead it is a #5 standard nib

@InkquiringMinds Жыл бұрын

@@yominrak7975 Gotcha

@paulmchugh1430 2 ай бұрын

I thought the 601 was a great mashup of the 51 with a Sheaffer conical nib. I don't think there are any other models from China thatuses conical nib, are there?

@InkquiringMinds 2 ай бұрын

I don’t know any.