A $5 Daiso Fountain Pen

[bfoutch]

Hi all,

 

I stopped by my local Daiso after work and saw a new box of fountain pens, marked at $5 each. I have actually bought one many months ago, but have not seen them on display previously (When I bought mine, I had to ask the employee if they had any fountain pens, and he brought one out from the back).

 

I have attached a photo I took at the store (Cupertino, California) and here is a link to a website with some pretty good photos of these pens:

http://northfox.cocolog-nifty.com/stationery/2016/11/daiso.html

Be sure to scroll down to see the closeup photos. There are 4 colors at Daiso: Dark Red, Dark Blue, Mat Black, and Chrome.

 

The pen is a re-branded Jinhao X750, now branded as "Rosso Blanco", and provided to Daiso via Brazil. It looks nice and all the engraving/imprinting is done well. The big downside for me, and the reason I didn't buy the other colors, is these pens do not come with a converter, just a single cartridge. And, I can buy a Jinhao for around $2.50 complete with converter on ebay.

Edited April 22, 2017 by bfoutch

[AL01]

Nice to see something new at Daiso.

[MercianScribe]

Interesting. I wonder if these will come round to Daiso in Japan... I can't imagine them going for more than ¥200 in a Daiso here, in which case it may well be worth it. You can get ten generic Chinese converters on eBay for less than $2, so that's no biggie really.

[FOUR X FOUR]

Wow, that's too bad. The X750s that Goulet sells comes with a converter.