HongDian sure seems to love putting cats and birds on their pens. And from what I'm told, they also have a bunch of other designs out there including rabbits, and various shapes and drawings
For inexpensive fountain pens (~$10-26) they look, feel, and write great. These are metal, too, which means they can put up with a fair amount of banging around, though that does increase the weight.

- Upper Left - M2 Black Forest Mini - Midnight Blue - Cat under glossy dome
- Upper Right - C1 - Dark Blue - Company Logo with text circling it "Hong Dian C1 Lantian"
- Middle Right - 1861 Black Forest Pro - Carbon Fiber - Bird (Low detail) with text circling it "Hong Dian Black Forest 1861"
- Lower Right - M1 - Silver - Split between views of the pen cap: Small Bird with a branch in its mouth above text saying "M1 Hong Dian" followed by another small bird / Smile under the clip
- Bottom Middle - 1861 Black Forest Pro - Raw Brass - Bird (High detail) with text circling it "Hong Dian Black Forest 1861"
- Bottom Left - Black Forest - Matte Black - Company Logo under glossy dome The company logo also sort of has a cat-like shape in the negative space of the left side.
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