Before you use the Wing Sung 3007

In our COVID-driven boredom, my husband and I bought a bunch of fountain pens from China on eBay. At $2 and under per pen, it's kind of hard not to. Because I've seen the Kaweco Sport on the r/fountainpens subreddit, I was really excited to discover that I could get a cheap knock-off for it too.

Mine arrived recently, and there are some things worth noting if you're going to buy this pen.

The Converter

Having looked over some reviews for this pen, quite a few people complained that their pens didn't come with converters. Theirs instead came with a cartridge that you could refill or replace the ink in if you wanted to. That wasn't the case with mine. It came with a small piston converter with a slide notch, which I've seen in a couple of the smaller Chinese knock-offs we've ordered. Some people would view this as an improvement over a cartridge, but I'm not really convinced. A cartridge would definitely all more of the real estate inside the pen to be occupied by ink, but that's also not the end of the world. The converter works well, and having it means I can fill the pen through the nib without needing a syringe.

The Hole

I can already hear the seasoned pen people asking, "why don't you just throw some silicone grease on the threads and fill the pen body with ink?"

I'm glad you asked.

In the butt of the barrel of this pen is a sizable hole. Mine isn't the only one that has it, so it appears to be there intentionally. I watched a guy reviewing the pen on YouTube dump a bunch of green ink on his desk because he didn't know the hole was there. It wasn't a slow leak either. Instant mess.

I'm glad I saw that review so I could know the hole was there without making that same mistake. Unlike the reviewers I watched, I'm going to fill the hole in mine. Not only will this allow me to take advantage of all the fill space inside my pen, I would want the hole to be filled even if I planned on using the converter indefinitely.

Why? Because fountain pens leak. And if a pen can leak, it will surely do so at the worst possible moment. I'm not leaving that up to chance.

The Cap and Grip Angle

My hands are very small. I've met children who have larger hands than I do. So unlike some other people who have tried this pen, I don't knock the cap off the pen when I post it. Even if the cap shifts a bit as I'm writing, I've never had it fall off the back of the pen. I can also hold the pen upside down without the cap coming off, so I think they might've improved that somewhat over earlier versions where this wasn't the case.

With my hand size, I also don't have any issues writing with the short grip. The grip has notches in it that are supposed to align with your natural writing position. These work beautifully for me and allow the pen to sit in a comfortably for me with no effort whatsoever. However, I can imagine anyone with normal to larger sized hands not being able to say the same.

If you have large hands, I'd say pass this one over, especially if you like to fill your pen bodies with ink. Pay the additional cost to get the Kaweco Sport.