Hongdian A9

[@zeus52452]

It's a nice looking pattern that first appeared on the N10, but you would have thought they'd have been able to produce it without the line!! I like it well enough, but I just can't pull the 'trigger' on it or the N10!! Happy Anniversary James. My wife & I are coming up on 38 yrs.

[@JG3Reviews]

Thanks, and congratulations on 38!

[@edwardstaats4935]

Happy Anniversary. 30 years is worthy of a trip to Alaska

[@JG3Reviews]

Thank you!

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

Great review. I have this pen and I really like it. The pencil feel and the feedback, puts me mind of a Sailor nib. Happy Anniversary!

[@AtomicElf1]

Congratulations on 30 years! My wife and I are just over halfway there.

[@JG3Reviews]

Thanks! It's cliche, but true, the years go by quickly!

[@fossilimprint2954]

Great review. Chinese pen companies are certainly improving year by year. I feel they innovate more than all these "big dog" companies like Montblanc or Pelikan.

[@JG3Reviews]

They sure don't let the grass grow under them, do they?

[@archivist17]

I very much enjoy writing with and looking at mine. Thanks for the review.

[@angelomicciulla]

Congrats to you and your wife. Great review. Chinese pens are getting better all the time, and the nibs are improving as well.

[@JG3Reviews]

Thanks! Yes, they are. I think even people who avoid them benefit from them as they reinvigorate the market.

[@bappadityadutta857]

I have recently bought this pen from Etsy . Very nice pen with a comfortable grip for long writing .The nib has a bit of feedback and is not scratchy at all. Ebonite feed with no 8 size nib is not very common with under $30 pen . I have ordered a fine nib and am very happy with the purchase❤

[@JG3Reviews]

With use the feedback has grown on me. As @teresaharris-travelbybooks5564 pointed out, it might have been meant to feel Sailor-like, and I think she has a point. It was grown on me with use and writes very well.

[@tbayless8324]

Congrats to you and your wife, for that special time together. Alaska,,, I bet it is pretty and serene up there.

[@JG3Reviews]

Thanks! It was absolutely beautiful.

[@tbayless8324]

@@JG3Reviews Did you ride a whale? James! Lol!

[@santauxia]

Congratulations on your 30th anniversary. I found my A9 to be to slippery.

[@JG3Reviews]

Thanks!

[@willhodge8208]

Nice review, and Happy Anniversary.

[@JG3Reviews]

Thank you!

[@constantinosthrasyvoulou2553]

Very nice review! Have you mentioned that the pen features a #8 nib?😄

[@paulmchugh1430]

Excellent review James. I just received mine. I got the blue model which I had wanted with the N10. I like the nib a lot I hope there are more Hong Dian models with the nib. My only "gripe" is that the converter is the standard one. It is too small. I think the opportunity was lost to have a larger converter like Jinhao uses with their 9016. Love the finish. Reminds me of barber poles. And, that the grip is not metal which was slippery on the N10. Do you need the pen? In my opinion, yes! I know it is a metal pen but I wonder if you can eyedropper fill it.

[@JG3Reviews]

You're right, an oversized converter like the 9019's would have been great!

[@bruce502]

When is buying a new pen based on need?.. 😉

[@hemkeshyeole4630]

Only when. You buy your first every pen or nib 😂😂

[@JG3Reviews]

You mean they all aren't?! 🤣

[@lpanades]

It is quite _non sense_ saying that the nib size let you stay far from the paper. Just hold other pens upper. The big nib just do not let you fingers get near the paper. Nice review, super nice light effect.

[@JG3Reviews]

On some pens, you're right, you can just grip higher. But, there are many pens that make that an ergonomic challenge. My point was that if gripped as designed, and most comfortable, the nib lenght has an affect.

[@lpanades]

@@JG3Reviews . Stay away from these designes. Easy as that. The problem of morden fountain pens is "design frenzy": people experimenting things that has absolut any sense, it is lack of culture, unfortunatly. When the thing turn just on collectionism, the marked grows and the whole quality fall down like an rock. It is not the best that is searched but the the market frenzy. Some pens make me cry, others gets a smile on my face. Not all pens deserves to be shown, some should be forgoten like never had existed.

[@Sideshow2114]

Good looking pen, really like the size of the nib, just wish there were more size options, a broad or stub and I would probably purchase one

[@JG3Reviews]

Medium wouldn't have been great to me, too. 👍

[@KarlAdamsAudio]

Not sure about that finish, especially with the lines - I'm keen to try Hongdian's #8 offering, but I'll wait this one out, I think.

[@JG3Reviews]

I'm hoping (and confident) that we'll get that nib with more variety. 👍

[@user-gl5ld9vm7i]

Hi James. Do you still own that Visconti mirage mythos Apollo?

[@JG3Reviews]

I do, and was just writing with it yesterday.

[@Абусупиян-й1й]

wing sung 630 #8 nib vs hong dian a9 #8 nib vs hong dian n12 big #6 nib Who win and why?

[@fayu2452]

The A9 is nice, but I don't like the patent on the barrel and cap. I remove all those patent with sand paper and end up with a Metal look A9.

[@LANCSKID]

Thanks for this, James. I have one and it needs the nib tuning as it is a little scratchy and writes drier than I would like. The barrel and cap line alignment would be a torment for any of us that have OCD! Would have been an absolute winner with a M nib. Did you refer to the red marble pen put up for comparison also as an A9?

[@JG3Reviews]

I may have accidentally called the N9 an A9 during the comparison. It wouldn't shock me. 🤣

[@Rgc571]

I don’t like the appearance of this pen, so will pass. Thanks for the video.

[@tbayless8324]

I agree! Love my little M2, that little pen is a go gitter!!!

[@AccipiterF1]

Were you surprised those lines were on the pen? They aren't shown on the Amazon listing.

[@JG3Reviews]

No, but only because I'd seen them in a review of the N10 with similar finish first. I think they should be in promo photos, though, so people aren't surprised.

[@stevehuffman7453]

Forgive I please ... you ask: "Do I "NEED" this fountain pen???" Judging by the size of your "Collection" or "Accumulation" ... (u can decide which term is appropriate. 😁👍) ... u have enough pens (all of which you say are "great writers") to use a different pen every day, and not use the same pen twice in a year ... or more. So, TECHNICALLY ... No. You don't "NEED" another one ... "WANT" on the other hand ... YES! You "WANT" the pen. 🤔 I have enugh pens I don't "need" another ... even f I trash those that ain't such "great" writers. I will admit "want" is another issue. For example, I would "like" a second - or even third Lamy Safari (EF nib & a converter) in blue, and/or red, and/or green, to go with my existing black, for blue, red, and green ink. 😇 "Need" and "Want" are not the same thing.

[@JG3Reviews]

It’s a bit of a rhetorical question, of course. 😉 I used the word “need” with tongue firmly planted in my cheek. It is true that I have an larger-than-intended collection at this point, but many are not my “personal” pens. The review count and pens I have collected for myself are not anywhere near the same number. Think of this channel in the same vein as a car review channel and it’ll make more sense. Doug DeMuro, for example, reviews cars every week. Despite having a collection of cars in his garage (one that is shrinking at the moment), no one assumes his collection and the catalog of car reviews are the same. Same with pen reviewers. Some we collect. Some we review and pass on to others. Some were only on loan for review. Some we keep for reference when people ask questions about an old review. Hopefully, that puts it all in a bit clearer perspective for anyone wondering.