Monday, October 26, 2015

Fake Hero Doctor 616s

by Tony Thomas

I like a great pen deal as much as the next person (after all, this is the Frugal Fountain Pen).  However, beware the fake Hero 616s on auction and sale sites!!  I bought one for $2.99 and it is clearly a fake.  I took comparison pics so you can see the difference between the real deal and the fake.  I requested a refund from the popular auction site and included these pics.  Caveat emptor!!!  And it you happen to get a fake, report it and request a refund.

Update: I rinsed it out and attempted to fill the pen.  It wouldn't even fill.  The breather tube was disconnected from the feed and I could not reconnect it.   The pen did write pretty well but you can only use it as a dip pen.  I tried to open it up after soaking it in hot water but it wouldn't budge.  Not worth $2.99 or even $1.00 IMHO.




Fake is on the right

Fake is on the right

Fake is on top

Fake is in the forged package
This is the ad for the fake.  Oh, the irony!

5 comments:

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    1. Haven't inked it up yet. Waiting to hear back from the seller. Given the build quality, I am not too optimistic.

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  2. Isn't the Hero 616 itself is a fake?

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  3. Not really. It is more of a reproduction of a pen that hasn't been commercially available for decades. It doesn't try to pass itself off as a Parker and is labeled with the actual manufacturer's mark and model #. There is no way anyone would confuse it with a real Parker 51.

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