rogermsw
October 29th, 2014, 09:00 AM
The Hero 7032 is not a pen to be overlooked. Its in the mid price range for Chinese fountain pens but has a whole lot going for it. Black lacquered metal body coupled with gold colour rings (true rings not painted lines) and a gold clip gives this pen an air of class. Take the cap off and it reveals a patterned grip section and a wide two tone nib.
http://fountain-pens.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Hero_7032_capped-300x143.jpg
So it looks good…. but how does it perform?
Although on the heaver side at 39g the 7032 feels light i the hand and well balanced. When posted the pen is not particular top heavy but is a little on the long side. The patterned grip section allows you to get a good firm grip, the section being a good 20mm also helps.
The nib although stated as medium write far finer, not unusual for a Chinese fountain pen. OK we are not looking at an 18k nib but it performs very nicely. The nib gave a little bit of feedback but not scratch, personally I like my nibs to be really smooth, in saying that the Hero 7032 was still very usable. The feed kept up very well with almost no skipping and the nib was fairly wet. Line variation was was minimal but a fine nib like this I would not have expected any thing else.
http://fountain-pens.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/writing_sample_hero_7032-246x300.jpg
So there you go, the Hero 7032. Stylish good quality fountain pen that could easily out strip many of its far more expensive counterparts.
Capped…. 140mm, Posted… 162mm, Weight 39 grams
Reproduced courtesy of fountain-pens.co.uk/blog
http://fountain-pens.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Hero_7032_capped-300x143.jpg
So it looks good…. but how does it perform?
Although on the heaver side at 39g the 7032 feels light i the hand and well balanced. When posted the pen is not particular top heavy but is a little on the long side. The patterned grip section allows you to get a good firm grip, the section being a good 20mm also helps.
The nib although stated as medium write far finer, not unusual for a Chinese fountain pen. OK we are not looking at an 18k nib but it performs very nicely. The nib gave a little bit of feedback but not scratch, personally I like my nibs to be really smooth, in saying that the Hero 7032 was still very usable. The feed kept up very well with almost no skipping and the nib was fairly wet. Line variation was was minimal but a fine nib like this I would not have expected any thing else.
http://fountain-pens.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/writing_sample_hero_7032-246x300.jpg
So there you go, the Hero 7032. Stylish good quality fountain pen that could easily out strip many of its far more expensive counterparts.
Capped…. 140mm, Posted… 162mm, Weight 39 grams
Reproduced courtesy of fountain-pens.co.uk/blog