Hongdian S24 Yinglong (925 silver) #6 14k nib by Cold Steel Marauder

shanghaiknifed...
a small number of production under 300 pieces, although it is not intended to be a limited edition, it is literally rarer than any limited production out there claiming of 888 pieces. In other words, most people will be unable to get hold of it. It is uncommon, it is exquisite and bourgeoises. It is not a pen of people. I do not like that.

[@jeffreyclayman6922]

Entertaining and informative review of a gorgeous pen! Thks for taking the time to do this and enjoy the pen!

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@fountainpenworld]

Hello Dude, thanks for the upload. Complete Silver FP, looking great, that beast. Thanks for the price info. It's still not on alix, most probably Hong Dian will serve the homeland market first, which is huge I guess and after saturation some alix dealers will be served. A matter of factory output capacity I think. Same with Majohn. That might explain why one particular seller can turn the price screw up for a certain period. Are Majohn and Hong Dian large manufacturer? I'm always thankful for some insights and any information about chinese manufacturer. Like your info that PenBBS isn't a private company but 100% OEM. Many westerners believe they are a small private enterprise, basically working from the living room....

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

@@fountainpenworld Thanks. I noticed the monger/traffickers on Ali/Etsy charge people a fat premium, due to foreign buyers are inaccessible to China homeland price. Their honey moon is over. They got to hate me, i don't give them a shit. I am on people's side and promoting global free market.

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

@@fountainpenworld HD S24, to my best knowledge, no plan for more. Due to this batch of raw material were left over from the past failed prototypes, therefore it could be made for $180. Thin margin, big trouble, really not worthy the hussle to keep it in long run. If in long run, it wouldn't be $180. $450 would a reasonable price range IMHO.

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

@@fountainpenworld PenBBS is aiming for harvesting us dollar. Check its fancy Instagram pictures. All Will be charged to buyers. PenBBS, MJ, Novahle, fake Mont Blanc, Asvine, all OEM in the same shed. It's no secret amongst pen community in China.

[@fountainpenworld]

@@Shanghai_Knife_Dude Thank you so much, it's very informative. That Majohn and Asvine have the same roots came to my mind when I bought Asvine nib replacement units which I could use in some Majohn FP's as well. Asvines pricing of their latest V200 is by far over the top in my book, so I won't buy it. Novahle? Do you mean Narwhal, later Navalhur? I thought they were from Taiwan? Anyway, never bought a FP from this brand, too expensive. There was for a certain time on the new OMAS website a message from the new owners and their new Managing Director, he called himself Frank Zheng (if I remember correctly - it was anyway a name taken from a US Science Fiction series) and he claimed having been hired by the new owners of OMAS as he was the successful founder of Nava;hur in 2017. Both messages have been removed by now. That the "fake Montblanc" manufacturer belongs to this group is a bit of a surprise to me. Their pens, sold by a few seller(s) under different names and all referring somehow to the name MontBlanc have a bad quality reputation. And Majohn's "hommage" to Montblanc series are well made, so no reason to buy a "faked MontBlanc" at all. When I became interested in FP's PenBBs was the price leading brand of Chinese brands in the western market. I got some, they are really well made, at that time the best nibs, great design and well processed materials, but expensive. They found out that Westerners in general are willing to pay higher prices, as they are used to high (over the top) price levels. For PenBBS the challenge was to establish the brand so that the western customers were willing to pay the prices. Asvine followed and I guess it will be only a short time frame that all major chinese brands will raise their price levels. I can't blame them, the money seems to be there and the willingness to spend it as well, it's called capitalism. Thanks again

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

@@fountainpenworld China pen as a whole, will not lift it's price range. Believe or not, low, mid priced pens contributed most profit, fake Mont Blanc are bought mostly by mid East, European, big profit. PenBBS, they did make a noise, but domestic market does not give that brand a shit, long waiting time, not that superme quality, overpriced (compared with other local). The reason why PenBBS still there: lean balance sheet, no asset, all cash in advance, long order time, literally scam, high risk of disappear over night with deposit. LOL.

[@jeffreyclayman6922]

Wow! What a pen!

[@user-uw4kw6gn8x]

Can i ask you the price? 1300 RMB? I saw aliexpress 300usd.

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

@@user-uw4kw6gn8x yes, rmb 1300. USD 300 is a typical scum.

[@yominrak7975]

i cannot find this available in taobao, how did you get this pen?

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

Short window time Taobao

[@santauxia]

Sculpture pen. I cant find it in Aliexpress.

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

Probably never

[@santauxia]

@@Shanghai_Knife_Dude Why?

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

@@santauxia look into my comments to other people, still under this video. Also, HD confirms the discontinue, the boss had enough.