An old Shanghai maker, revived as the budget filling-system specialist: the 3008 piston at a couple of dollars, the 618 and 698 pistons, and the 699 vacuum filler that did the Custom 823 trick years before Asvine.
China · 36 colourways · median $41 · 6 yours
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Reputation
The 699 is the brand's reputation — a well-built vacuum filler at $20-30 that reviewers call a wet, reliable writer, with #6 nibs and sub-$10 replacements. The cheap end is a different story: the 3008 astonishes for the money but owners note flimsy plastic and ink drying in the nib if it sits.
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1Piston fillers
2Vacuum fillers
1Sources
Wing Sung 699 Review — Pastor and Pen