Fountain Pens

Beautiful, Brad. I love vintage Esterbrooks and Sheaffers and would like to get a vintage Waterman, as well.

I am really enjoying the TWSBI Eco. Unbelievably smooth nib, right out of the box. Today, I'm hoping for delivery of two more Nemosine Singularities, an aqua demonstrator and a purple demonstrator. They are listed as out for delivery today so I have my fingers crossed. I'll post photos when I get them.

I may be new to this, (fountain pens) but I was perusing the Goulet Pen CO site and I have a co-worker that is leaving for another profession and I wanted to get him a fountain Pen to take to his new job.... Of course he may never write with it, but, I wanted to "plant the seed" and try and get him hooked on pens.  As a School Superintendent he should have a good looking pen!  So long story short, I ordered a Jinhao pen and they had a sale going on where if you order one you got another one free until July 31st.....

This pen for the price, is pretty danged impressive.  In all honesty, I think it writes pretty close to the Pilot Stargazer I bought last month that was WAY WAY more expensive.  I did change out the converter that came with these pens to the standard international converter.  But wow, for the price the build, look, and performance of these is something.  I fond myself carrying this pen to work more often than the Stargazer I have been carrying to work the last month.


Freddy you have one of these?  I'm a newbie in the FP world so maybe I'm way off base.

I may be new to this, (fountain pens) but I was perusing the Goulet Pen CO site and I have a co-worker that is leaving for another profession and I wanted to get him a fountain Pen to take to his new job.... Of course he may never write with it, but, I wanted to "plant the seed" and try and get him hooked on pens.  As a School Superintendent he should have a good looking pen!  So long story short, I ordered a Jinhao pen and they had a sale going on where if you order one you got another one free until July 31st.....

This pen for the price, is pretty danged impressive.  In all honesty, I think it writes pretty close to the Pilot Stargazer I bought last month that was WAY WAY more expensive.  I did change out the converter that came with these pens to the standard international converter.  But wow, for the price the build, look, and performance of these is something.  I fond myself carrying this pen to work more often than the Stargazer I have been carrying to work the last month.


Freddy you have one of these?  I'm a newbie in the FP world so maybe I'm way off base.

steeleshaves, I do not own a Jinhao but do own other Chinese fountain pens.  I find quality control can be hit or miss.  When it's good, as you have discovered, you get a lot of bang for the buck.  Bottom line, no matter what the price, if the pen is working for you, you like the way it looks, is a smooth writer, and is well put together then you have yourself a winner.  I just ordered (and received earlier today) two more Nemosine Singularity fountain pens.  For me, at $14.99 apiece, they are a steal.  While plastic, they don't feel cheap in the hand and have classic good looks.  I find the nibs incredibly smooth out of the box, there is a choice of nibs (EF, F, M, B, .6mm calligraphy [aka stub], and .8mm calligraphy), they come with at least two international cartridges and a converter for use with bottled ink.  The two I got today came with 6 cartridges each, as well as the converters and 40 (yes 40) extra cartridges because there was a weekend sale.  Are these premium pens?  Nope.  However, I like them, I use them, and that is what's important.  If you are enjoying that Jinhao then go for it!  

I would love to see a writing sample and a photo of the pen.  By the way, what size nib do you have on it?