Great Intro! Love that you show yourself playing guitar as you begin. In the day and age of TH-cam flashiness and loudness, it is nice to have a welcoming song that is not a pre-recorded intro song. It shows more of your personality. I come here for the pens but stay for the conversation. Thank you for authentic to the bone!
@@InkquiringMinds In the other types of audiences, I can see that. Yet, we are here because we like Fountain Pens. Plus, people who really like fountain pens want to also connect with people also. I have noticed that the more entertaining pen review videos all have a bit more of a warm-up and introduction to them. I want to see the pen but it seems most videos are all pens and hands and no spirit. Gets kind of boring when there is boring dialogue and very little quirky outtakes and edited joke videos splashed into them. Which is why I keep coming back to your videos.
Greetings from Australia. Great video. I ordered one of these today. I did some research and from this I ascertained that this pen is direct knock-off from the Conklin All American in wood. My info came from a reviewer who had them side by side. The jinhao has been improved as the cap is sealed whereas the Conklin is not sealed around the clip and this dries out the nib. So this saved me about 80Aud. A great video. Keep them coming.
Thanks for sharing, Scouzeboy! But, the Conklin All-American is obviously made by Jinhao for Conklin to sell as a Conklin. This is the same as Jinhao making the steel nib version of the new Parker 51 for Parker to sell as a Parker. The Jinhao 85 is the same pen.
Thanks for the review. This pen is not heavy and write without problems out of box unlike bottom heavy way more expensive numbered limited edition All-American hustle
Another fun review to make time fly. Last week I said I was wary of wood pens because they might crack, but this one is clean and simple and I like it. It's big but not a wrist breaker like the 159 or the Moonblanc pens. Swapping some parts to get the pen you want can be more satisfying than just buying a pen and hoping it checks all the boxes. It might not be "pure" but it's all yours like an old pair of jeans.
Doug I inked my Walnut 9056 yesterday with Noodler's Walnut. I had tweaked my med. nib back in 2020, and it is a decent writer, with some feedback. Like the feel in my hand when writing and have found it not too chunky. Not entirely happy with the converter. Thanks for the info on swapping the section with the Centennial. My teakwood pen is lovely to write with.
As usual, Sir Doug's Intros never get old. Thank you for the Musical Intros. Also, Sir Doug, try looking at the Conklin All American because I am seeing something going on there
I will check it out. It is timely too, because I'm working on Saturday's video which is about the Jinhao 85 being THE NEW Parker 51 reissue, but on the market before the reissue is issued!
Doug, this may or may not change your opinion about the feel of wooden pens. I have a problem of the wood pens drying out and splitting. In an attempt to mitigate this, I placed the barrel and cap of a couple of these 9056 in a bottle of Formby's for a couple of weeks. He'll of a mess to clean up and it didn't work. They still split, but now they feel FANTASTIC in hand. Something to do with the wax in the formula. Worth a try and if all else fails, this is a great product to put on your kitchen cabinets.
If the wood is properly sealed with a gloss of polyester, then the wood is preserved and there is no environmental issue. But most "wooden" pens seem to only coat the wood in a light, porous sealant and they dry out.
I bought what I thought was this pen, turns out it was a 9035, it's closer in size to the 100 but with rounded ends. same style of section but thinner to match the barrel. I haven't inked it yet but it feels good quality. And you were spot on with that prediction at 5:50 Doug!
1. That pen is quite attractive. Thanks for showing it to us. 2. Personally I'm unsold on wooden pens. The only one that appeals to me is the GVFC Classic Ebony, and it can barely be called wooden. 3. "I don't ink up this pen." Uh...
@@InkquiringMinds - Those SCTV skits always perk me right up! Great review, Doug. It looks like Jinhao is really upping their game. I imagine PenBBS and Moonman have supplanted Jinhao as the darlings of the Chinese pen market, and are pushing them to improve. I love that they're doing fine #6 nibs now and that they're putting them in removable collars. Definitely improves the usability of their pens. Thanks, Doug!
Skip the music, never! Still waiting to hear some Classical Gas. Nice review. Pen is a little thick for my taste. If you like fine wooden pens, check out Ryan Krusac, his work is amazing.
I am very impressed with your reviews. I just ordered that pen. Going to put a flex nib in it and using it as a daily driver. I use fountain pens daily.
I am so impressed by Jinhao's offerings. Wonderful company just like PenBBS...they make great fountain pens that write! I still haven't found what I'm looking for (hmmm, a U2 rip off) when it comes to a wood pen. They just don't speak to me very loudly at all. Now if it were made out of koa wood, I'd I have seriously think about it. Have a great day! Even though it's cloudy and storming here, you brighten my day. Thank you! Please stay safe and healthy! P.S. I ordered my first PenBBS 500 model in Galaxy and Spring, which has a Sakura nib! Woot!
Looks nice-love wood that seems not destroyed in the process -and thank god they didn’t put their logo on the top of cap like on their parker imitations which cheapen the look of those pens (a logo pressed out probably 20 at one time in something that I guess is supposed to look like pewter but doesn’t ever match any metal on their pens ... I never could tell what the image was until Doug mentioned their chariot logo.). I like wood & have no problem with the wood colour changing with use (like I dyed veg tanned leather journal covers) but wouldn’t like ink colour dying the cap! Might pick one up with this great price point!
Yes, we need some better or higher quality woods for these pens. Do you think that the production of wooden pens is a very finicky production? Meaning that the wood falls apart or splits and that there is also plenty of the wood that is shaved off and left in the shop floors to be swept up and thrown away. Maybe the expense of the wood is much higher than maybe the sweeping up of plastic scraps that can be remelted and used again.
Not a pen for me, although I must admit I like the look and feel of a wooden pen. I thought I'd hate it, but I have a Jinhao 51A, and the wooden body is just about the only redeeming quality in that pen for me. They're nice to hold and play around with. Jinhao would make this pen 10 times more interesting to me if they just make a more hollow / hourglass section. I love that they didn't feel like they needed a fancy clip on this. That's one of the things that keeps me from using my 159 a lot. All of that said, I might pick one up as a nib tester, or just a fidget pen. The interchangeable nib units is a very big plus. My compliments on the ink choice here. It really makes the pen look nice. I like Diamine's guitar collection, and it's only fitting for you to use it. I use tobacco burst a lot!
Every time I drool over a pen that costs $50+ and make up my mind to purchase it, I find these gorgeous Jinhaos, Baoers which cost $5-6 questioning my wisdom ! Honestly, I wish these Chinese pens didn’t look so good, didn’t write as well as they do, didn’t cost so less !
Just tried and failed. While the Moonman nib unit is rougly the same size as Jinhao's and can be pushed into the Jinhao, the threads don't match and the housing isn't kept in place by anything. When I tried to put a converter in the pen the Moonman nib unit was just pushed out. So I assume to replace the Jinhao nib unit with Moonman this way one would have to glue it in.
*sigh* I have no money for MORE fountain pens! I have no NEED for MORE fountain pens. I just have a compulsion to buy more fountain pens, and it doesn't help when you show one that hits a couple of my buttons! I LOVE the finer nibs! If you want to get rid of that nib, tell me what it would cost for you to mail it to me in Texas, and I'll send you one of those Jinhao medium nibs that came on my X450 or x750 that I've been swapping out for Jowo #6 EF nibs slowly over time (since the $15 Jowo nib is three times the cost of the pen!). I seriously would love a source for #6 EF sized nibs that are "Chinese" or "Japanese" EF, as opposed to the wester EF from Jowo or Bock. It's just not worth sending such an inexpensive pen to nibmeister, but I really, REALLY wish there were smaller nibs for the #6 Jinhaos (and others!).
I have loaned the pen to my pen friend Janice (who has just dropped off a couple more of her new pens for me to review). She loves fine nibs as a sketch artist.
In the Moonblanc 1000 video, you mentioned the balance. Do you think you could include that bit in your reviews? I guess that's really only an issue with metal sections, though. I got a nice acrylic Jinhao and a wooden Moonman with a metal sections which are both unusable for the same reasons like your MB 1k. Would be nice having a "buyers beware"
S'funny you know Doug I'm not a fan of wooden pens or broad ones come to think of it. However, the combination in the 9056 just appeals to me, perhaps its the doinkiness of the clip. (doinkiness, easy movement when pressed) but it just says buy me ✌❤ Rob.
Interesting that jinhao is using nib units, I wonder if a bock or jowo or PenBBS nib units have similar threading, now I’m curious and can’t wait for my centennial to show up
What were the two pens on the right side at the initial presentation of the pen? It looks like a Sailor special edition that I can’t afford so anything that looks similar would be of my interest.
@@InkquiringMinds Thank you! The lighting made the Jinhao look like the Sailor Pro Gear White Russian, my dream pen. It isn't really similar. Thanks for the quick answer. And always looking forward to your new videos.
As I get more and more into Chinese pens and have a plethora of replacement nibs and parts I realize that it really is surprising how bad some of the nibs are. Wing sung has been about 50-50 for hooded nibs being adequate writers, pretty good for others. Jinhao nibs are consistently great in the #6, the smaller ones are usually pretty good too. I thought moonman nibs were good before but I tried out an m8 I haven't inked up since I got it months ago and it just wouldn't write at all, swap to a jinhao and it writes perfectly. I'm thinking about buying jowo nibs to swap for some of the #6 moonman pens, the #5 moonman nibs are OK imo. The Lamy style wing sung nibs just suck in general, and all replacements I've gotten (wing sung or other generic) are hit or miss. It's just tough with most of these chinese pens because out of the box most of them are dry (sometimes prohibitively so) with the exception of penbbs and jinhao tbh. Seems to me that many of these pens are glorified nib holders but for the price of a jowo nib it still isn't something to complain about. I wish there was an easy high quality hooded nib or Lamy style nib (besides a real Lamy) to drop in to improve them, the Bobby fude hooded nibs write well but a bit too broad for me. I also ordered up some white lightning ink surfactant to see if making sample vials I can doctor up some freer flowing ink to use with some of the stingier pens.
@C W ... Like most of us, I own lots of Chinese pens nowadays. One is an old-fashioned, chunky and hooded _Hero 565,_ another the much classier-looking _Hero 1501._ The 565 arrived as a lovely writer, but the 1501 was too dry. It responded very well to _nib tine tweaking,_ though... you press the nib's tines down on to card, gently but firmly, while supporting the nib's middle with the index finger. Do keep checking for flow increase between presses until it is to your taste. You get a feel for how much pressure to exert and, once the ink flow improves, it seems to stay that way. Combined with a little tip-smoothing, it can transform a pen, and Chinese models are mostly inexpensive enough to learn on. My driest pen was a _Pilot Vanishing Point,_ costing many times what the Hero did-but I (nervously) used the same technique on its all-gold, hooded nib and the ink flow improved greatly. A reticent writer is a pain, after all.
Just got a 9056 delivered today. However the graving on the lid says JINHAO PEN INHERITANCE and the quality seems quite bad. Also the nib does not have the F marking on it. The whole build quality looks fine but I just can’t tell if it’s genuine. Do you know if they updated the design of the 9056?
I've not seen a 9056 since the review. If the nib doesn't have the F marking on it, that doesn't mean it isn't Jinhao. The older nibs had no size markings. Does it have a Chariot? I'm not sure what you mean by "LID"?
@@InkquiringMinds yes it does have the chariot but the engraved quality is so much worse than yours. Lid is where the engraving is isn't it? Or is it called something else?
I have bought one. However, mine even if it seems legit, it doesn't says "Jinhao Pen Heritage" engraved on the cap, but instead "Jinhao Pen Inheritance" and it is printed. Everything else it's the same. Could it be counterfeit?
Nice pen, but not very different from Moonman M6 and some others. It can be obtained for some some 10 euros... but I think it is boring to get the same pen and nib once and again.
@@InkquiringMinds You have a way of reviewing things I'm looking at, and clinch the deal! I bought a Wing Sung 601 "Flighter" after your review, then bought some bent nibs for it, and just ordered a stainless hood for it! Now I'm looking at some Moon Blancs!
@@dimhelmet That's wonderful, John! Thank you! Just a tip for you, if you like the Moonman P135, there is a special limited edition P135 in red with gold trim and a red jewel on the top finial. By limited edition I expect they have thousands not hundreds, but you can see them on eBay and Etsy (esybuy).
Great Intro! Love that you show yourself playing guitar as you begin. In the day and age of TH-cam flashiness and loudness, it is nice to have a welcoming song that is not a pre-recorded intro song. It shows more of your personality. I come here for the pens but stay for the conversation. Thank you for authentic to the bone!
Thanks so much! Whenever I put a music intro that is longer than 15 seconds, I fear it drives people away!
@@InkquiringMinds In the other types of audiences, I can see that. Yet, we are here because we like Fountain Pens. Plus, people who really like fountain pens want to also connect with people also. I have noticed that the more entertaining pen review videos all have a bit more of a warm-up and introduction to them. I want to see the pen but it seems most videos are all pens and hands and no spirit. Gets kind of boring when there is boring dialogue and very little quirky outtakes and edited joke videos splashed into them. Which is why I keep coming back to your videos.
@@AdamGoodson That's really nice of you to say, Adam. Thank you.
Your presentation is superb sir. Lots of love and regards from India🇮🇳 🙏
Thank you so much, Frag Brothers!
Best best best theeeee best pen review I have come across ever. Well organized and presented. No nonsense filler words ! !!!! Thanks 🙏 thanks
Wow, thanks!
I'm glad you like chunky fountain pens, and I've been searching for Chinese pens that are girthy. This may go into my shopping list.
Thank you, BigHenFor!
Greetings from Australia.
Great video.
I ordered one of these today.
I did some research and from this I ascertained that this pen is direct knock-off from the Conklin All American in wood.
My info came from a reviewer who had them side by side. The jinhao has been improved as the cap is sealed whereas the Conklin is not sealed around the clip and this dries out the nib.
So this saved me about 80Aud.
A great video. Keep them coming.
Thanks for sharing, Scouzeboy! But, the Conklin All-American is obviously made by Jinhao for Conklin to sell as a Conklin. This is the same as Jinhao making the steel nib version of the new Parker 51 for Parker to sell as a Parker. The Jinhao 85 is the same pen.
Thanks for the review. This pen is not heavy and write without problems out of box unlike bottom heavy way more expensive numbered limited edition All-American hustle
Thanks, Oleg!
Another fun review to make time fly. Last week I said I was wary of wood pens because they might crack, but this one is clean and simple and I like it. It's big but not a wrist breaker like the 159 or the Moonblanc pens. Swapping some parts to get the pen you want can be more satisfying than just buying a pen and hoping it checks all the boxes. It might not be "pure" but it's all yours like an old pair of jeans.
Some swaps and swap attempts are not so successful, but it is very satisfying when the pen becomes more than the parts.
Looks like a cigar haha. Diamine Desert burst ink is 😍
I should have played Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar" at the intro!
@@InkquiringMinds for the next one!
Doug I inked my Walnut 9056 yesterday with Noodler's Walnut. I had tweaked my
med. nib back in 2020, and it is a decent writer, with some feedback. Like the feel
in my hand when writing and have found it not too chunky. Not entirely happy with the
converter. Thanks for the info on swapping the section with the Centennial. My
teakwood pen is lovely to write with.
Thanks for sharing! Nice to see you Helen! :)
As usual, Sir Doug's Intros never get old. Thank you for the Musical Intros.
Also, Sir Doug, try looking at the Conklin All American because I am seeing something going on there
I will check it out. It is timely too, because I'm working on Saturday's video which is about the Jinhao 85 being THE NEW Parker 51 reissue, but on the market before the reissue is issued!
This is the pen I meant in my comment, I had terrible experience with the Conklin and ended up sending it back for refund
I can't describe but your channel has a different vibe which is good :)
Wow, thank you!
Doug, this may or may not change your opinion about the feel of wooden pens. I have a problem of the wood pens drying out and splitting. In an attempt to mitigate this, I placed the barrel and cap of a couple of these 9056 in a bottle of Formby's for a couple of weeks. He'll of a mess to clean up and it didn't work. They still split, but now they feel FANTASTIC in hand. Something to do with the wax in the formula. Worth a try and if all else fails, this is a great product to put on your kitchen cabinets.
If the wood is properly sealed with a gloss of polyester, then the wood is preserved and there is no environmental issue. But most "wooden" pens seem to only coat the wood in a light, porous sealant and they dry out.
Well done, covered a lot. Maybe someday you'll appreciate fine line nibs.
Thanks, Chris. My handwriting gets all squiggly with a fine line nib. A thicker nib hides my wobbles. :)
I bought what I thought was this pen, turns out it was a 9035, it's closer in size to the 100 but with rounded ends. same style of section but thinner to match the barrel. I haven't inked it yet but it feels good quality. And you were spot on with that prediction at 5:50 Doug!
Awesome!
Another handsome and versatile Jinhao Pen. Love that ink!
Thanks, Dave! :)
1. That pen is quite attractive. Thanks for showing it to us.
2. Personally I'm unsold on wooden pens. The only one that appeals to me is the GVFC Classic Ebony, and it can barely be called wooden.
3. "I don't ink up this pen." Uh...
Thanks! Yeah, I haven't inked the M6 since I did the review.
Whoa, as long as I'm dreaming, I see on ebay that there is a GVFC POTY 2007 made of PETRIFIED WOOD. WAY too cool...
Mine is on the way.
I hope you enjoy it!
@@InkquiringMinds I will.. 👍👍🇪🇸🇪🇸
Thanks Douglas for the insightful video!
Thanks !
Very futuristic. This clip very similar to the Benu that hasn't even been produced yet.!
Thanks for another great video, Douglas.
Thanks!
Go to 5:40 and think X159. You nailed it.!
THE FELLA WHO COULDN'T WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS!!!! Thanks, Bing! Oh, as if he had anything to do with it.
LOL! I thought about you Ken!
@@InkquiringMinds - Those SCTV skits always perk me right up! Great review, Doug. It looks like Jinhao is really upping their game. I imagine PenBBS and Moonman have supplanted Jinhao as the darlings of the Chinese pen market, and are pushing them to improve. I love that they're doing fine #6 nibs now and that they're putting them in removable collars. Definitely improves the usability of their pens. Thanks, Doug!
Skip the music, never! Still waiting to hear some Classical Gas. Nice review. Pen is a little thick for my taste. If you like fine wooden pens, check out Ryan Krusac, his work is amazing.
Oh man, I’ll have to practice that. Haven’t played that in years!
@@InkquiringMinds Ooh yes please Doug, I love Classical Gas !
@@robertreid7221 I think we are dating ourselves. LOL
I am very impressed with your reviews. I just ordered that pen. Going to put a flex nib in it and using it as a daily driver. I use fountain pens daily.
Cool! Thank you, 2002drumsonly!
I am so impressed by Jinhao's offerings. Wonderful company just like PenBBS...they make great fountain pens that write! I still haven't found what I'm looking for (hmmm, a U2 rip off) when it comes to a wood pen. They just don't speak to me very loudly at all. Now if it were made out of koa wood, I'd I have seriously think about it. Have a great day! Even though it's cloudy and storming here, you brighten my day. Thank you! Please stay safe and healthy! P.S. I ordered my first PenBBS 500 model in Galaxy and Spring, which has a Sakura nib! Woot!
P.S. Beini should give you a discount for referring so many of us to her site. You've helped sell A LOT of pens!
I don't even get a cat sticker anymore! LOL
Congrats on the 500s! They are awesome pens! And Galaxy to boot!
牛逼， 看了你视频马上去买了一根 👍🏻
牛逼， 看了你视频马上去买了一根
Another beautiful nib. This may have to go on my list.
Wanna swap?
Yes to all that Pink Floyd.
Thank you, Dean!
Looks nice-love wood that seems not destroyed in the process -and thank god they didn’t put their logo on the top of cap like on their parker imitations which cheapen the look of those pens (a logo pressed out probably 20 at one time in something that I guess is supposed to look like pewter but doesn’t ever match any metal on their pens ... I never could tell what the image was until Doug mentioned their chariot logo.). I like wood & have no problem with the wood colour changing with use (like I dyed veg tanned leather journal covers) but wouldn’t like ink colour dying the cap! Might pick one up with this great price point!
Thanks, Rebecca!
Yes, we need some better or higher quality woods for these pens. Do you think that the production of wooden pens is a very finicky production? Meaning that the wood falls apart or splits and that there is also plenty of the wood that is shaved off and left in the shop floors to be swept up and thrown away. Maybe the expense of the wood is much higher than maybe the sweeping up of plastic scraps that can be remelted and used again.
Yes, wood is more finicky than plastic. Wood expands and contracts with humidity hence one of the reasons I do not prefer them.
Looks really nice to me. 3 sites say:"This item did not do to the United States" I guess I'm going to have to wait. Thanks for the review! 😊
Those restrictions change by the week.
@@InkquiringMinds Thanks, I'll keep checking! 🙂
Not a pen for me, although I must admit I like the look and feel of a wooden pen. I thought I'd hate it, but I have a Jinhao 51A, and the wooden body is just about the only redeeming quality in that pen for me. They're nice to hold and play around with. Jinhao would make this pen 10 times more interesting to me if they just make a more hollow / hourglass section.
I love that they didn't feel like they needed a fancy clip on this. That's one of the things that keeps me from using my 159 a lot.
All of that said, I might pick one up as a nib tester, or just a fidget pen. The interchangeable nib units is a very big plus.
My compliments on the ink choice here. It really makes the pen look nice. I like Diamine's guitar collection, and it's only fitting for you to use it. I use tobacco burst a lot!
Thanks! The Diamine Desert Burst was a sample gift from Alan Light specifically because of the guitar reference. :)
Every time I drool over a pen that costs $50+ and make up my mind to purchase it, I find these gorgeous Jinhaos, Baoers which cost $5-6 questioning my wisdom !
Honestly, I wish these Chinese pens didn’t look so good, didn’t write as well as they do, didn’t cost so less !
Well, they are listening as their prices continue to rise! LOL
Interesting to me is Moonman's own nib unit can be screwed into a Jinhao section, but Jinhao will not fit a Moonman.
Really? I'll have to try that!
Just tried and failed. While the Moonman nib unit is rougly the same size as Jinhao's and can be pushed into the Jinhao, the threads don't match and the housing isn't kept in place by anything. When I tried to put a converter in the pen the Moonman nib unit was just pushed out. So I assume to replace the Jinhao nib unit with Moonman this way one would have to glue it in.
*sigh* I have no money for MORE fountain pens! I have no NEED for MORE fountain pens. I just have a compulsion to buy more fountain pens, and it doesn't help when you show one that hits a couple of my buttons! I LOVE the finer nibs! If you want to get rid of that nib, tell me what it would cost for you to mail it to me in Texas, and I'll send you one of those Jinhao medium nibs that came on my X450 or x750 that I've been swapping out for Jowo #6 EF nibs slowly over time (since the $15 Jowo nib is three times the cost of the pen!).
I seriously would love a source for #6 EF sized nibs that are "Chinese" or "Japanese" EF, as opposed to the wester EF from Jowo or Bock. It's just not worth sending such an inexpensive pen to nibmeister, but I really, REALLY wish there were smaller nibs for the #6 Jinhaos (and others!).
I have loaned the pen to my pen friend Janice (who has just dropped off a couple more of her new pens for me to review). She loves fine nibs as a sketch artist.
Great video as usual
Appreciate that, thanks!
In the Moonblanc 1000 video, you mentioned the balance. Do you think you could include that bit in your reviews? I guess that's really only an issue with metal sections, though. I got a nice acrylic Jinhao and a wooden Moonman with a metal sections which are both unusable for the same reasons like your MB 1k. Would be nice having a "buyers beware"
I usually talk about the balance of the pen in the hand and whether it is front or back weighted. Balance is important!
S'funny you know Doug I'm not a fan of wooden pens or broad ones come to think of it. However, the combination in the 9056 just appeals to me, perhaps its the doinkiness of the clip. (doinkiness, easy movement when pressed) but it just says buy me ✌❤ Rob.
Gotcha. Doinkiness. I'll have to see how we can quantify that. ;)
Interesting that jinhao is using nib units, I wonder if a bock or jowo or PenBBS nib units have similar threading, now I’m curious and can’t wait for my centennial to show up
Hey, Sean! I haven't checked with the Bock or Jowo nib units, but I somehow doubt it.
What were the two pens on the right side at the initial presentation of the pen? It looks like a Sailor special edition that I can’t afford so anything that looks similar would be of my interest.
The white pen with the rose gold trim is a Hongdian 920 and the black pen with the gold cap is a Jinhao 85.
@@InkquiringMinds Thank you! The lighting made the Jinhao look like the Sailor Pro Gear White Russian, my dream pen. It isn't really similar.
Thanks for the quick answer. And always looking forward to your new videos.
This is the walnut version. This pen also comes in the stripy wood (bocote) like the moonman as well as blue sandalwood.
It is all fairly bland softwood. They stain it to make it look like walnut and other woods, but it isn't walnut.
As I get more and more into Chinese pens and have a plethora of replacement nibs and parts I realize that it really is surprising how bad some of the nibs are. Wing sung has been about 50-50 for hooded nibs being adequate writers, pretty good for others. Jinhao nibs are consistently great in the #6, the smaller ones are usually pretty good too. I thought moonman nibs were good before but I tried out an m8 I haven't inked up since I got it months ago and it just wouldn't write at all, swap to a jinhao and it writes perfectly.
I'm thinking about buying jowo nibs to swap for some of the #6 moonman pens, the #5 moonman nibs are OK imo. The Lamy style wing sung nibs just suck in general, and all replacements I've gotten (wing sung or other generic) are hit or miss. It's just tough with most of these chinese pens because out of the box most of them are dry (sometimes prohibitively so) with the exception of penbbs and jinhao tbh.
Seems to me that many of these pens are glorified nib holders but for the price of a jowo nib it still isn't something to complain about. I wish there was an easy high quality hooded nib or Lamy style nib (besides a real Lamy) to drop in to improve them, the Bobby fude hooded nibs write well but a bit too broad for me.
I also ordered up some white lightning ink surfactant to see if making sample vials I can doctor up some freer flowing ink to use with some of the stingier pens.
I've heard good things about the White Lightning.
@C W ... Like most of us, I own lots of Chinese pens nowadays. One is an old-fashioned, chunky and hooded _Hero 565,_ another the much classier-looking _Hero 1501._ The 565 arrived as a lovely writer, but the 1501 was too dry. It responded very well to _nib tine tweaking,_ though... you press the nib's tines down on to card, gently but firmly, while supporting the nib's middle with the index finger. Do keep checking for flow increase between presses until it is to your taste. You get a feel for how much pressure to exert and, once the ink flow improves, it seems to stay that way. Combined with a little tip-smoothing, it can transform a pen, and Chinese models are mostly inexpensive enough to learn on. My driest pen was a _Pilot Vanishing Point,_ costing many times what the Hero did-but I (nervously) used the same technique on its all-gold, hooded nib and the ink flow improved greatly. A reticent writer is a pain, after all.
当然，9056笔尖也是不错的。
Thank you, one li! 确实是的！
Just got a 9056 delivered today. However the graving on the lid says JINHAO PEN INHERITANCE and the quality seems quite bad. Also the nib does not have the F marking on it.
The whole build quality looks fine but I just can’t tell if it’s genuine.
Do you know if they updated the design of the 9056?
I've not seen a 9056 since the review. If the nib doesn't have the F marking on it, that doesn't mean it isn't Jinhao. The older nibs had no size markings. Does it have a Chariot? I'm not sure what you mean by "LID"?
@@InkquiringMinds yes it does have the chariot but the engraved quality is so much worse than yours.
Lid is where the engraving is isn't it? Or is it called something else?
Very good pen. 👍
Thanks 👍
I have bought one. However, mine even if it seems legit, it doesn't says "Jinhao Pen Heritage" engraved on the cap, but instead "Jinhao Pen Inheritance" and it is printed. Everything else it's the same. Could it be counterfeit?
No. It is a Jinhao.
@@InkquiringMindsThank you for the answer!
这支笔可以换bock笔尖，黄金笔尖或钢制笔尖，进行完美升级。
是的。 库存 6 号尺寸使其成为替换 Jowo 或 Bock 的完美笔。
Nice pen, but not very different from Moonman M6 and some others. It can be obtained for some some 10 euros... but I think it is boring to get the same pen and nib once and again.
Yes, but Inkquiring Minds want to know! LOL
@@InkquiringMinds They do! LOL
Nice one
Thanks for watching!
I tried looking for this pen and couldn’t find it on Etsy or Amazon. Where can I find it?
eBay: tinyurl.com/yxz4z32n
@@InkquiringMinds, thanks! Ordered the “ebony” one.
Your pen is 黑檀 wood
That's no ebony I've ever seen. And I have plenty of ebony on my guitars.
Wood pens... Hummm not for me, Thanks for the review
Thanks Luc!
Doug, you've done more to empty my wallet in the last year than anyone!
I'll take that as a compliment, John! LOL
@@InkquiringMinds You have a way of reviewing things I'm looking at, and clinch the deal! I bought a Wing Sung 601 "Flighter" after your review, then bought some bent nibs for it, and just ordered a stainless hood for it! Now I'm looking at some Moon Blancs!
@@dimhelmet That's wonderful, John! Thank you! Just a tip for you, if you like the Moonman P135, there is a special limited edition P135 in red with gold trim and a red jewel on the top finial. By limited edition I expect they have thousands not hundreds, but you can see them on eBay and Etsy (esybuy).