Anyone Use Jinhao Pen W/ A Different Nib?

[Pentheman01]

I was thinking about getting a Jinhao pen and then buying a No.6 nib such as the Goulet one for $15.

 

Anyone does this? It seems that Jinhao pens have good body and I feel like I can get a very good bargain pen for less if I play around with it.

[BillPorter]

I am sure there are many, many pen users who have done this. I have a couple of Jinhaos (X750 and 159) with Goulet nibs (1.1 mm stubs). The Jinhao nibs/feeds are friction fit and the nibs can be swapped out fairly easily. Several YouTube videos are available to show Jinhao disassembly.

[OCArt]

+1

[Tom_Moritz]

Nothing new under the sun my friend, I actually bought my 159 with a nib to replace it as I like finer nibs. I would suggest you get something bi colored or all silver. Knox nibs are all gold colored, but they're good enough nibs.

[TheRealMikeDr]

I've got a Goulet (JoWo) nib on my 159 - it's a good writer. Easy to swap them - nibs are cheap (although more than the pen!) - no real downside to playing around with them.

[Arkanabar]

I'm absolutely certain that this is why there's a lot more interest on this site for the 159, X450, and X750 than the 250 or 599; the first three are built so that it's easy to put in a different #6 nib; the latter two do not use #6 nibs. I have a Bulow 750 (pretty much a badge-engineered Jinhao X750) that I have retrofitted with a Nemosine 0.8mm stub.

[pajaro]

I put a Goulet fine on an X450. It helped. Still not a favorite.

[Penman222]

Would a Edison #6 nib fit in a X450?

[ISW_Kaputnik]

I have a Goulet #6 medium nib which I originally bought for a Noodler's Ahab. After giving up on the Ahab as a lost cause, I put the nib in a Jinhao 159, and it did improve that pen considerably. Two other points, though. Conceivably, with more tweaking, I could have gotten the same results with the original Jinhao nib; I don't know. But more importantly, even though the 159 writes very well with its new nib, the pen itself is so fat and heavy that I still don't really want to use it.

 

No problem if you like big heavy pens, as some people do. After trying different things, I've found that I prefer light pens that are no larger than they need to be. So maybe buy your Jinhao first, see how you like the design, and then buy the replacement nib if you think it's worth the extra money. Just my 2¢.