V126 Matte Black

This is an excellent pen though maybe too large for smaller hands. Asvine also make a smaller vacuum fill pen that is similar in size to one of the Pilot pens which would be better for smaller hands and it is equally good. The nib is large, attractive, smooth, and writes well. Ink flow is normal, neither wet nor dry. There is no color (clear, demo) and being a vacuum fill, there are of course no refills except for bottled ink. The ink capacity is huge, so if you have a favorite ink/color and do lots of writing, this pen is an excellent choice. If the size and more complex maintenance/cleaning of a vacuum fill system suits you, this is one great pen, and a great value besides. It comes with the tools to disassemble it for occasional deep cleaning if you are comfortable with doing so.

Arrived nearly contained, wrote well the moment I filled it with ink. The filling system isn't the most intuitive to new users, but the instructions are easy enough to follow. Love seeing the color inside the pen handle and being able to see level at a glance. There's a good heft to it, feeling firm in your hand while maintaining its own fairly comfortable weight. I have slightly larger hands and the pen feels like it's perfectly fitted in my grip. Feels premium for the cost. Even though it's plastic, it has metal parts where needed and has a very functional durability so far. No smudging or fingerprints notable yet. Having the best time writing I've had in a long time. Would buy again.

Asvine V126 Frosted Clear extra fine nib A nice looking pen with a comfortable balance. The frosted appearance has a slight texture which felt odd at first but soon became unnoticeable. It does give a little extra grip compared to a non-textured surface. The vacuum filling system works and a single use will fill the barrel about 40% which is typical. If a completely full fill is desired, looking up videos for "superfilling" is recommended. Filling using a blunt tipped syringe is also possible if the grip section is unscrewed. I have used both methods to add ink to the pen. The tines of the nib were slightly out of alignment (which is not uncommon with many pens) but I was able to fix this easily. However, the nib was very scratchy unless held at a very specific angle even after fixing the tines and after several days and many pages of writing. I enjoy feedback with nibs but not scratchiness as the two are very different. (I also have several western extra fine and Japanese fine nib pens which are perfectly smooth so this is not the "scratchiness" some may experience with an extra fine nib.) I may work to smooth out the nib at a later time but have since replaced it with a Moonman flex nib which writes very well. The cap is technically postable but the force required to post is securely is quite high and I don't recommend doing so for fear of cracking the cap. Most people would find the posted pen as off balance anyway. There appear to be two problems with the cap. When screwing the cap onto the pen it sometimes feels like it is trying to crossthread. Rotating the cap the other way until starting a different set of threads and then screwing the cap on is smooth as butter. I cannot find anything wrong with the threads on the pen so it is likely an issue with the threads in the cap. Also, the pen seems to have an issue with sealing. With both Monteverde Copper Noir and Diamine Ancient Copper the nib tends to dry out after a day or so. Dipping the nib in the ink bottle or wetting the tip of the nib with water usually fixes this initially but eventually flushing the nib unit is required. Both can be troublesome inks but I have other pens which seal well and have no issues with these inks after several days indicating the cap is not sealing properly. Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-peki so far has not had the same issue. Even after three days of no use the pen will start right up with no issues. Again, I believe the issue is with the specific cap on this pen and not an inherent problem with the pen model itself. It is very comfortable and despite the issues mentioned I find myself reaching for this pen to use. It is a nice writer. Just remember to partially unscrew the knob for the vac filling system a bit to release the seal so the ink in the barrel can flow to the feed and nib unit. My overall impression after one month is this is a good pen and I enjoy using it. The issues I've experienced with my specific pen do reduce the rating. I give it a 3.5 out of 5. If the cap wasn't an issue and the pen sealed well it would be a 4.5 out of 5.

The thing about fountain pens is that it’s impossible to make every pen perfect. Some manufacturers are better at it than others. I have some more expensive pens like a Montblanc that I have never been able to get to write well. Even had the nib worked on twice by nib meisters. Needless to say it’s sitting in my drawer. There are usually some bad reviews of a pen like this and sure the quality control probably isn’t perfect. But the pen I received is amazing. The nib is very nice and writes smoothly. It wrote perfect out of the box and didn’t need any tweaking or tuning (both of which I am somewhat capable of doing as needed). The pen is not too dry and the ink flow is very good. I’ve tried a number of pens of different makes and ended up giving most of them away. I am down to four pens these days. A vintage Parker 51 and a Parker 45, a Kaweco Sport for every day at work, and now this pen. I was very surprised at how much I liked it because of how picky I seem to be. The medium nib is just right. I sort of wish it came in broad but I guess I can’t have everything, at least not for $30. The vacuum fill is pretty neat. I journal a lot so the ink capacity is nice. The size, weight, and balance is great. I really don’t have anything to complain about. Overall I’d say this pen is definitely worth a shot. Purchasing any fountain pen is a bit of a risk because you can never be absolutely certain of what you’ll get. For $30 this writes as well as pens that cost $100-200, at least for me. I don’t think there is such a thing as a perfect fountain pen. There are pens that sit in your drawer because you just don’t love them. And there are pens that you write with every day because all in all they feel just right to you. For me this pen falls into the latter category. I don’t think it will find its way into my drawer anytime soon.

Wonderful looking for the money. Writes great, love the teal color and you can see the ink in the body. I like that you can fill the pen in the front instead of Vacuum filling saves alot of hassle without getting ink on you if you make a mistake with the plunger and want to get a full fill. It's like eye-droppering. The size is very nice it is not large like the C-80. This is easy to clean so far. The nib is a regular medium nib, not the large #8 nib. The weight is real nice as expected. Not sure of the durability yet. The pen wrote right out of the box, I put some shimmer ink in it and it handled it well. I might buy another one in the near future.

This is my first vacuum filler pen, and so far, I love it. :) It's nice to see a vacuum filler that won't break the bank. Before this, I've preferred to eyedropper my pens, when I could, but vacuum filling is more convenient and far less likely to be messy. Its form is very similar to the Pilot Custom 823, but at a fraction of the price. The nib isn't scratch, but it has just enough bite to let you know you're using a fountain pen instead of a ballpoint or rollerball. I would say the feedback is a little lighter than a well-used pencil. The writing experience itself has been flawless so far. I've had it about a week, and it's never had a false start. As soon as you put pen to paper, it's ready to go, smooth as silk. Right now I'm using blue Iroshizuku ink. The pen seems to like it just fine. It's well-balanced, and doesn't feel heavy in the hand, but it's heavy enough to feel substantial. It's apparently possible to eyedropper the V126, but it involves using O-rings and silicone grease, so I haven't done it. The ink capacity of this pen is such that I wouldn't really feel a need. There's only one thing I can really ding it for: I would've liked a metal clip that was either gold or silver colored. The other colors for this pen have clips that are a bit more elegant than the matte black of this one. That's not enough of an issue that I'd take a point off for it, though.

My first V126's rear cap at the end of the plunger was loose and looked to have chewed up threads right out of the box. Amazon directed me to contact Asvine through their website, which at the time(4/19-ish) would only link me back to the Amazon store. Went through that loop a couple times before issuing a standard return and replace through Amazon. However, my second one looks to be spot on and exactly what I'd expect. This pen did have some sort of light oil over the surface of the exterior of the pen, which I cleaned off with a mild soap and microfiber cloth. I went ahead and moved toward cleaning the nib and found I could not pull it from the feed. After cycling water throughout, I determined it seemed clean enough and so went ahead to ink it up once dried. So far, the nib has proven to be one of my smoothest to date. Operation of the plunger was simple and easy to get a feel for. The pen looks exactly as pictured, however I do wish there was a Teal offered with silver adornments. So far, it feels as quality as any of my other pens. Time will tell how it stands insofar as durability, I don't really see any immediate points where I expect failure. We will see.

I saw some very positive reviews of the Asvine V126 on YouTube and figured I'd try one out. I ordered one with Extra Fine nib size and the transparent clear color. After using it for two days, I find: On the positive side, it's a very nice looking pen, especially in the transparent clear when loaded with a pretty ink. Almost stunningly nice. Seems very well made, fit and finish is very good, comes in a nice, sturdy case, and has instructions on how to operate the vacuum filler. The seller also reached out with additional instructional video links, which was a very nice touch. Filling it was easy, and I initially choose a Birmingham Pen Company Cherry Blossom ink, and the pen didn't seem to like it one bit. Cleaned out the pen and filled it with Birmingham Pen Company Winter Snowflake ink which is a very nice blue/green/cyan color and it worked MUCH BETTER. I think I just didn't like the Cherry Blossom color of ink more so than anything wrong with the pen! On the negative side, I don't think that the nib really rates as "extra fine." If you look at the writing sample, on standard 5mm Rhodia grid paper, it looks rather thick. I confirmed this against a Lamy Safari with a "fine" nib and the Lamy in fine has narrower lines by far compared to the Asvine. (Lamy is using a Lamy ink cartridge in Pink Cliff color) The nib on the Asvine is marked "E" which I assume means extra fine, so I don't think I got the wrong product or a wrong nib got installed? In the writing sample you'll also see a couple of times when the Asvine skipped or didn't start ink flow immediately when I started writing, leading to the need for a touch-up to the letter. This afternoon on my second day of owning the pen, it started to develop ink flow issues - was hesitant to start writing, then had skips now and then. Recalling the instructions, I opened the vacuum filler cap to open the ink supply, and that helped, but it still seems hesitant to start writing sometimes and skips occasionally. Wiggling the piston filler knob a little seems to help ink flow, after doing that, got several paragraphs of skip-free writing. I don't see anything wrong with feed / vent hole alignment or nib positioning, so not really sure what's going on here. Bottom line, it's a really nice looking pen, almost stunning, but the Lamy Safari for about the same price is a better writing pen in my opinion. If the Asvine wrote as well as it looks and had a finer nib, it would be an outstanding pen.

Muy bien precio para una estilográfica de calidad, materiales y acabados de muy buena calidad y el plumin es de muy buena calidad.

Beautiful fountain pen, smooth writing experience with <EF> nib. Extremely comfortable either posted or unposted. Paired it with Pelikan 4001 "Violet" ink. I highly recommend it. If you are new with the vacuum filling method it can be a little weird in order to fill it in the very first time. There's a user guide leaflet inside the box, but YouTube videos can be easier to get it going. It's basically a very good replica of the much more expensive Pilot Custom 823 <F> nib, therefore I've chosen a color that doesn't give you that strange feeling of using a costly wannabe. The dark trim and steel nib totally make a difference from the "original". It's my second Asvine fountain pen that I purchase (the other one is a N7 Peacock Blue <EF>, you can check my review) and both of them are awesome and very good writers.

Very nice pen to see and also to write .. nib smoothness is amazing. Flow is also good.

Envío rapidísimo. Buena relación calidad-precio. Escribe muy suave con un punto medio-fino. Es fluida, lo que es magnífico, y es capaz de escribir con el plumín invertido con un punto extra fino. Su capacidad de tinta es enorme, sobre todo si conoces el truco para conseguir una carga completa. Los acabados son muy buenos y es cómoda. Postea bien. No merece la pena gastar más dinero, hay plumas que cuadriplican su precio sin ofrecer más. El plumín es rígido, yo preferiría un plumín más blando. Faltan opciones de plumín grueso y "stub" o itálico, ese es su único punto negativo. Resumiendo, es un excelente producto y muy bien construido por su precio. Existen muy contadas opciones ligeramente más baratas con este sistema de carga pero no tienen su calidad de construcción.

It's a amazing fountain pen that works well, feel smooth and looks beautiful. The first one I got didn't flow very nice so I had to exchange it. The new one is perfect. But for this reason -1 star. I don't think this will be a common issue and I would buy this pen again. Be aware that the fine is still almost like a medium. If your looking for real fine writing for for the EF.