Jinhao "pearl Panels" Identification

[dag71]

I was browsing hisnibs.com (no affil.) and I noticed that he offers a very interesting pen from Jinhao called "Pearl Panels". Now, I can't order from this site for financial reasons (Only sites that have a typical add-to-cart checkout, or ebay buy-it-now), so I was wondering if anybody knows the actual Jinhao name/number for the pen? I really love the design, but "Pearl Panels" appears to be a name that the owner of the site made up, so I can't use it on other sites to find the pen (I have been able to find "Pearl Windows" on Amazon, which is a similar design).

 

Some pictures from Hisnibs:

 

http://hisnibs.com/images/Chinese/Jinhao/Pearl%20Panels/JinhaoPearlPanelsMain.jpg

 

http://hisnibs.com/images/Chinese/Jinhao/Pearl%20Panels/JinhaoPearlPanelsCapBarrel.jpg

 

http://hisnibs.com/images/Chinese/Jinhao/Pearl%20Panels/JinhaoPearlPanelsCapped.jpg

 

Thanks,

 

Nick

[Opensourcerer]

Hello.

 

The model number for this Jinhao pen is 1008, both rollerball and fountain pen.

 

Fountain pen in black and rollerball in this panel design available on ebay now.

 

By the way, the "pearl windows" pen has model number 650.

 

Regards.

[dag71]

Excellent, thank you very much!

 

(ha, now if only it wasn't out of stock everywhere)

[richardandtracy]

I have one of those, and the variant with white & shell diamonds up & down the side of the barrel.

 

On the straight panel one, the shell hadn't been laid on the blank properly & had been exposed through the resin in one corner. That left it at risk of getting stained by ink. The other problem was after three days use the chrome plating was starting to go dull grey instead of bright silver as it began to wear through. I stopped using the pens there & then as I didn't want to spoil their looks.

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx356/richardandtracy/Jinhao%20Pens/Jinhao1008Picture2_zps996c2769.jpg

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx356/richardandtracy/Jinhao%20Pens/Jinhao1008Picture1_zps3f336faf.jpg

 

Beautiful looking pens, but too many corners cut. They were quite nice to write with though. Having brass barrels & painted sections the weight is evenly distributed and the pens feel well balanced. The nibs are not great, but not bad if fiddled with. I had intended to do a review of my two, but given the short life of the plating I didn't bother.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.