Jim Pingle

Father, geek, serial hobbyist.

I'm not a huge fan of vac fillers, but I figured I'd try the WingSung 699 since it was fairly inexpensive ($25) and seems to be well-regarded when it comes to quality.

I like the look of this one. It's not far off my Platinum 3776 Century in color/shape, and close in size/shape to my only other vac filler, an Asvine v126. It's also slightly transparent which makes it easy to keep an eye on the ink level.

Photo of a fountain pen on a table. The cap is removed and is sitting next to the pen at an angle. The pen and cap are dark blue in color with gold accents. The cap and body of the pen are slightly transparent. The section is opaque. The nib is two tone gold color and steel. It has engraved curlicues/lines in a band around the edge of the nib. There is a logo in the center that vaguely resembles both a pen and an airplane propeller. Under the logo is the text "Wing S" and "EF".
Close-up photo of a fountain pen nib. The nib is two tone gold color and steel. It has engraved curlicues/lines in a band around the edge of the nib. There is a logo in the center that vaguely resembles both a pen and an airplane propeller. Under the logo is the text "Wing S" and "EF".
Photo of a two fountain pens on a table. The top pen is the WingSung 699. The bottom pen is a Platinum 3776 Century. Both pens are similar shades of dark blue color with gold accents. The gold accents are in similar places near the clip at the top, at the bottom of the cap, and near the tail. The cap and body of both pens are slightly transparent. The tail/knob of the WingSung pen protrudes a bit more and comes to more of a point, the Platinum pen ends with a more blunt/rounded tip. The Platinum pen is slightly thinner.
Photo of a two fountain pens on a table. The top pen is the WingSung 699. The bottom pen is an Asvine v126. The top pen is dark blue in color with gold accents. The bottom pen is clear with a frosted finish. Both pens have similar gold accents. The accents are in similar places near the clip at the top, at the bottom of the cap, and near the tail. The shape of both pens is roughly the same, about the same length, overall shape, and thickness.

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