Building a Fountain Pen From a Bag of Parts Wing Sung 601

[@deandesrosiers6857]

Wow, what a great video. I can’t believe it took me a year to see this one. Doug, you astonish me sometimes. Ok, well quite often. Not that I am that hard to astonish, impress, mesmerize, confuse, dupe and or amaze. A friend who grew up using the Parker 51 in school, for whom I purchased your pen resurrection, chatted me up about his fond memories of hand writing with a fountain pen as a youngster and its interesting how wingsung has done such a thorough job resurrecting a classic and making it better with modern tech.

[@InkquiringMinds]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, Dean!

[@00Revell]

I actually ordered just the barrel and vacumatic assembly and rescued a broken 51 from it. Thanks for giving me the idea!

[@InkquiringMinds]

You made the 51’s hood fit a 601 barrel? Cool!! The 51 was a Vacumatic?

[@00Revell]

@@InkquiringMinds Yeah , there's a 51 vac. I had to sand the collector barrel down a bit to make it fit.

[@InkquiringMinds]

@@00RevellNice work!

[@rodrigodiaz7167]

i was planning on doing this too with the feed and nib. thaks for confirming it fits

[@michaelmable336]

Thanks for this video, Doug. It helped me sort out my 601 demonstrator which was having unreliable ink feed issues. Your video enabled me to correct the alignment of the channel in the collector with the nib and feed - it had been set wrong at the factory. All good now! 👍👍 Many thanks.

[@InkquiringMinds]

Glad it helped

[@davidmcguigan5497]

Thanks, Doug! The 601 and 601a are two of my favorite pens, great fun. I had forgotten about the 618 so thanks for that. Love the marketing strategy, "Hey, stupid! LOL! Cheers!

[@InkquiringMinds]

My pleasure!

[@theProf_01]

Great concept! This is one of the most unique videos that has so many dimensions for learning a pen design. Loved it! 👍

[@InkquiringMinds]

Thank you so much 😀

[@santauxia]

Fun, entertaining to build and set up your own pen. Cool idea.

[@InkquiringMinds]

Glad you liked it!

[@santauxia]

@@InkquiringMinds Honestly I think its a great idea.

[@dougbas3980]

My wife asked for a fountain pen to do our Christmas letter. I had a 601 in my drawer that had not been used for over a year. Honestly, I did not even remember how to fill it. So, from a rank amateur, thank you!

[@InkquiringMinds]

That is awesome!

[@charlesbrough6185]

Really enjoyed this one! Always appreciate a source of spare parts! Thanks Doug!

[@davidwalther1293]

Great rundown of then pen and how to rebuild/fix one. Also, looking forward to a review of the Jinhao 9019. I have ordered a couple , and I like their upgrade to a larger converter. It's still not a piston filler, but hey, it's still a step in the right direction. Thanks for your informative videos Doug.

[@InkquiringMinds]

I have a 9019 in my cart ready to go.

[@tommcnamara3303]

Great walk-through. Enjoyed it...

[@InkquiringMinds]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@douglaskim6611]

Thanks a lot. You just open a new eye for me. Wasn't aware fountain pen could be assembled the way I wanted.

[@InkquiringMinds]

Glad I could help!

[@michaelpearson8165]

One of your best Doug. I might just have to jump down that rabbit hole

[@InkquiringMinds]

Thank you so much, Michael !

[@Soul_Watcher]

Really love what Wing Sung has and is doing for fountain pens. Love the vod!

[@BC7Bill]

Thanks for the link to all the spare parts. 😊

[@InkquiringMinds]

You bet!

[@archivist17]

This looks like fun!

[@InkquiringMinds]

Remember when Dante del Vecchio assembled a Peneider Avatar by hand with no tools or glue in front of Brian Goulet? That was fun.

[@CorsarioBlanco]

A very interesting video to see how the fountain pen is built and how to proceed with its disassembly and maintenance. Thanks you.

[@linusshen4719]

Thanks for this video, Doug! Wing Sung 601/601A is one of my favorite morden chinese pen. I'm glad to see the revive of old WingSung/永生(means "eternal life"). My first WingSung pen is a WingSung 727 (Sheaffer's Triumph style nib fountain/ballpoint dual-use pen), which was given from my grandpa in 90s. WingSung 601/601A is now so popular in China that almost every penlover has at least one and always had replaced the nib by others. The 601A can even use Mont Blanc 24 nib, my friend has done this. The parts of 601 are easy to replace, on chineses Internet you can buy many sorts of aftermarket parts like pearl and zircon jewel, raden lacquerd cap/barrel, dedicated turned pen grip for Sheaffer Snorkel Triumph nib, etc. I love 601/601A so much and I purchased 6, all with different nibs and outlooks.

[@InkquiringMinds]

Thanks for sharing, Linus Shen!

[@vajmanjinha]

Love my Parker 51 and Pencil set I purchased from you. A real sweet writer.

[@InkquiringMinds]

Wonderful! That black set with the split arrow, blue diamond clip is classic!

[@tce4159]

That was very interesting, great job. Turn out beautiful ! But I really like your wife’s pen. That is awesome. Thanks again for another great video and very interesting info 👍🏻

[@InkquiringMinds]

Thank you very much!

[@manifunk1]

Thanks for this Doug, I was having an issue with this pen where every time I uncapped it there would be ink on the pens hood. I applied some silicone grease as you did to the thread and o ring and it solved my problem. Thanks again!

[@robbiemer8178]

Thank you for showing us this! I've had a 601 and a couple 601As for a while now and they are some of my favorite pens. The price on these has gone up a bit since I last bought one but they are still a great value I think. And now that I know about the ease of parts availability, I can see some fun variants in my future. :) I do like the 601A a bit better just because I really like the looks of the conical nibs. And my two examples both write very well for me. I may "need" to get a couple nibs to try my hand at making my own stub nib for my 601A.

[@InkquiringMinds]

A stub 601A would be cool!

[@billpemberton6304]

Great video and congratulations on doing the Appelboom cohosting. I just thought I would mention that you can use a 7/32 deep well socket instead of the piston removal tool. With a bit of work you can use the new piston style in a real Parker 51 vacumatic but the solid pump design may hit the plastic tube. However, the new version you showed may not have that problem. The pump will need to be disassembled but it is possible; I tried this on a demi I'm trying to "build". You may need to use the earlier style demi though because of the diameter of the demi changed later in the aerometric version, I think. You need the metal collar/thread nut in order to reuse the blind cap. If you don't care and really want the frankepen look then use the new pump without modification and pick a cool blind cap color. I think you may get a better fill with the sac version of the pump. Something I'm going to check. Thanks for your videos. Always a must see.

[@InkquiringMinds]

Awesome information Bill! I tried the Chinese piston in a P51 (46) and the threads aren’t the same. Same with the hoods.

[@billpemberton6304]

@@InkquiringMinds worked fine in mine. I'll send some pics.

[@djryandelap]

I’m so glad I read through the comments; the whole video I was wondering if the new pumps were compatible with OEM P51s, and was going to ask. Thanks for sharing!

[@InkquiringMinds]

@@djryandelap just today I put a WS601 vac pump into a 1945 Parker Vacumatic.

[@biohazardx]

Loved this, My 6 month pen freeze is over so I'm back to adding to my rotation. Glad to see I can get the parts I want for my green 601. I really just want a different cap with a better pattern but I'm keeping my options open. I think Wingsung (the high quality one) just released the model 630 with a 14 k #8 nib with multiple nibs sizes. while I used to be hesitant to give any good amount of money for these types of pens my tolerance (and appetite) has only grown. So here's to an epic comeback.

[@InkquiringMinds]

So far, I've resisted buying a Wing Sung 630. Way too expensive!

[@dougbas3980]

And aligning the nib. Thank you.

[@user-gl5ld9vm7i]

Doug, great job on the Appleboom podcast. You and Michael have a chess match report 😅

[@InkquiringMinds]

Did you mean rapport? Or do I now have an assignment due?

[@MissMarilynDarling]

Great video

[@InkquiringMinds]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@edwardlustigman2568]

Thanks for another great instructional video. Is Kon Peki the ink you use in your intro?

[@InkquiringMinds]

No. The ink in the intro is J Herbin Kyanite du Nepal.

[@nabi.dastaran]

Hi Doug, Thank you for another great video. Is the thread size on Wing Sung pump the same as Parker Vacumatic? Does it fit on Parker?

[@InkquiringMinds]

It didn’t on mine, but Bill says it does and he’s sending me photos.

[@magnoliamike]

I had to clear one without the nib cover, and the nib broke, the way it’s on there it’s like a circle , kinda different

[@MustRunTonyo]

I've heard the steel lower part has bad sealing compared to the black one. Did you notice any drying issues?

[@InkquiringMinds]

Nope!

[@MustRunTonyo]

@@InkquiringMinds good to hear! I see that by purchasing separate parts the cost is muuuuch higher than the already assembled pen 😔

[@InkquiringMinds]

@MustRunTonyo the price of customizing.

[@KendallW]

Very cool video. I really like the idea of "build your own" and I think the Jinhao 82 has been popular -at least for some - because of the swappable pieces. As classic and great this design is, I have found that I am not a fan of using hooded nibs, so this one isn't for me, but the concept is great. Thanks Doug!

[@InkquiringMinds]

Cool, thanks!

[@Shiruvan]

I thought you sold out to Italian acrylic overlords with the recent sales of Chinese acrylic pens! 😁😂I'd probably be maxed out at ebonite feed and piston filler Montblanc 14(which I'm still waiting in the mail) to maintain when it comes to tinkering and keeping things in good usability for long time. heard its prone to crack, but I'm ready to fix them should it just naturally occur with its 'precious resin'

[@InkquiringMinds]

You'll note I didn't sell a single Penbbs!

[@jamesbarrett1590]

Why have I been buying pens!!??

[@redeagle9312]

That's what I say!

[@paulherman5822]

Queen Elizabeth II would have agreed about the Vacumatic. Her burgundy and gold 51, from 1952, was her mom's, and she used it until the day she died. The English one remained the Vacumatic until 1952, from what I can find, and the Queen's was a Vacumatic. I really need to get a 601... I got the Parker 51 Vacumatic because I really don't like the Aerometric system. Definitely a design that deserved to be used again.

[@InkquiringMinds]

It is a at more expensive to buy the parts! And yes, Vacumatic we’re made in Canada and the UK after 1948. Not in the US.

[@paulherman5822]

@@InkquiringMinds I agree with your choice of nibs. I love the several "Bobby" nibs I have. Even got an acrylic Jinhao 51a with it for a friend.

[@TheNightowl001]

At some point I will probably get the Wing Sung 601 Flighter in EF with chrome trim and the after-market steel hood. Just to have it. Just because FOMO is giving me anxiety about not getting one while I still can. All in spite of the fact that I'm not really a fan of vacuumatic fillers or hooded nibs. It's just screaming "ADD ME TO YOUR COLLECTION! NOW! DO IT!" At least the pens have stopped telling me to stab people with them. Or shoot them with one, like that old BIC commercial advertising the toughness of their tungsten carbide balls by shooting them through an oak board and showing they would still write.

[@InkquiringMinds]

I remember that commercial!

[@larsgottlieb]

That silicone grease bottle looks uncomfortably close to the bottles superglue comes in ..

[@InkquiringMinds]

It is actually a bottle of silicone "oil" for lubricating treadmills.

[@freetobe3]

It's a shame I can't find just the butt of the body. I have the newer model with the double ended finial design which I find unbalanced and would like to find just that butt piece of the older model. I had an older one but broke it. It was also simpler and more color neutral.

[@InkquiringMinds]

For those you have to find old parts on eBay.

[@hokeatseng4094]

Did not know ....that ....I remember Airfix....🥸. Thanks For the Video✍️💯🤠

[@hokeatseng4094]

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