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P20 Asvine × P36 Asvine × P50 Asvine × P30 Asvine ×
Score 8.0high confidence 7.9high confidence 7.3high confidence 6.7medium confidence
Reviews read by hand 8.0 7.8 7.3 7.2
Reddit sentiment 8.0 7.9 7.2 6.0
Typical price $38 $79 $69 $49
Price range $38–$50 $62–$86 $55–$69 $49–$55
Collectors who log it 185 54 13 19
Mentions found 197 81 30 18
Filling Piston Piston Piston Piston
Nib — #6 nib · Bock Bock —
Nib widths Extra Fine · Fine — — —
Length capped 146 mm 145 mm — —
Diameter — 15 mm — —
Weight 28.3 g — — —
Materials stainless steel · acrylic · resin titanium · acrylic acrylic brass · resin
Homage to — Conid Bulkfiller Kingsize — —
Colourways 9
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Stocked at 3 3 1 2
For
  • Piston filler at a cartridge-pen price
  • Reported to hold ink for weeks without hard starts
  • Standard #6 nib unit takes JoWo
  • Comfortable resin body, light in hand
  • Factory Bock nib option removes the QC lottery
  • Titanium alloy body
  • Piston fill, ~145mm capped
  • Bock nib option
  • Piston filler
  • Lighter than the metal-bodied models
  • Solid brass gives it real presence and it patinas
  • Piston filling
  • Retro proportions
Against
  • Trim and finish are plain next to the V-series
  • Piston is not user-serviceable without the Asvine tool
  • Costs roughly double the P20
  • House-nib version gives up the main advantage
  • Less distinctive than the V-series
  • Thin review coverage
  • Heavy — a wrist-tiring pen for long writing
  • Brass tarnishes if you'd rather it didn't
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