American Vs Austrian Ink In A Chinese Pen

[Avocet]

I recently obtained one of the Jinhao Chinese Pens a) because it was ridiculously cheap, I wanted to see how it would hold up to my Meisterstuck 146, and c) it has had some very good reviews recently.

 

I filled the Jinhao X450 with the same ink that is in the MB ... MB Midnight Blue. The Jinhao wrote beautifully for a USD $0.98 pen. The pen is very weighty though. Now for the real surprise ... After the converter ran out, I flushed and filled the Jinhao's converter with Noodler's Whaleman's Sepia (a favorite of mine).

 

The X450 skipped and hard started for the duration of the converter. 4 times, I primed the feed with a small twist of the plunger. She worked wonderfully with the Sepia, but only for a paragraph of cursive and then back to skips and starts.

 

When the Sepia was used up, I flushed and cleaned thoroughly, refilled with the MB and she returned to a flawless wet flow with no issues at all. Lubrication?

 

Bottom line, though I own a half dozen Noodler's pens, I will never use anything but MB in a MB and this was a real eye opener for me between these inks in this large Sino pen. The Noodler's inks work well with their namesakes flex pens, but this opens my eyes to the individuality of inks and the pens we use them with.

 

Best,

[watch_art]

thick ink. the MB is wine and the Noodler's is like a thick heavy beer. Maybe not a good comparison. So... wine and ranch dressing? I've noticed that with some Noodler's inks, too. The Wardens inks and a sample of the Sepia you mentioned. I don't like the chalky inks from Noodler's - they all seem to perform poorly like this. I don't remember how chalky the Sepia seemed, but I remember it behaved like the other chalky ones I've played with.

[Cyclopentadiene]

thick ink. the MB is wine and the Noodler's is like a thick heavy beer. Maybe not a good comparison. So... wine and ranch dressing? I've noticed that with some Noodler's inks, too. The Wardens inks and a sample of the Sepia you mentioned. I don't like the chalky inks from Noodler's - they all seem to perform poorly like this. I don't remember how chalky the Sepia seemed, but I remember it behaved like the other chalky ones I've played with.

 

I'd agree. Some of my pens feel like they're trying to push out sludge when i fill them with X-feather. I have a Jinhao 159 that does exactly that. Put Diamine in it however and... oh my, that's good!