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Hello, everyone. I was curious about trying a jinhao(maybe a X450), but it seems that all of them are only available in medium or brad nib, and i understand that these are true to their size- so the medium really writes like a western medium. But i want a fine nib !.

I found some lovely finishes(x450 ivory white, x750 shimmering sands), but none of them seems to be available with a fine nib. What should i do, make a special request ? :mad:

By the way, is the nib on the x450 identical to the one on the x750 ?

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Unfortunately all Chinese Pens come in 1 Nib size set by the Manufacturer. The descriptions of the nib sizes are put up by the seller of the pen as an indication. In all the Chinese pen catalogues there is no mention of nib size. The nib of the X450 and X750 are the same. An alternate will be to get the pen and get an additional nib like to fit from X Fountain Pens. (They sell rebranded Jinhao pens with German Nibs)

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Hello, everyone. I was curious about trying a jinhao(maybe a X450), but it seems that all of them are only available in medium or brad nib, and i understand that these are true to their size- so the medium really writes like a western medium. But i want a fine nib !.

I found some lovely finishes(x450 ivory white, x750 shimmering sands), but none of them seems to be available with a fine nib. What should i do, make a special request ? :mad:

By the way, is the nib on the x450 identical to the one on the x750 ?

 

Hello! I have one X450 and one X750. While i was Buying, I've chosen the X750 as the Broad Nib, and the X450 as the Medium Nib. But when i put them side by side, they both have the same nib sizes. Also writing characters are similar.

I dont know if all Jinhao mediums and broads have same sizes...

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They made to the same specifications and size. Only differences is if the seller (retailer) wants to market it to a western audience dresses up the description. The only real size as far as I know is from XFountainpen in which they fit their own German nibs onto Jinhao bodies.

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If you order your pen from xfountainpens (no affiliation, etc) you can order the nib size you want. You pay extra, but you get the nib size you want. I got mine with the standard medium nib, and it is indeed a real medium. But they have from EF to BB available...

 

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If the x pen guys replace the original jinhao nibs with "iridium point made in germany" ones, then i`m better of buying straight from their chinese makers. Thank you for the information, very useful stuff, especially what studiohead wrote.

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If the x pen guys replace the original jinhao nibs with "iridium point made in germany" ones, then i`m better of buying straight from their chinese makers. Thank you for the information, very useful stuff, especially what studiohead wrote.

 

Just to let you know that the X750 shimmering sands can be bought only from ebay. I was told by one of the Jinhao wholesalers in Shanghai that is was a custom order by a company and Jinhao produced extra which were all taken up by those sellers.

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