Jinhao 156 - Stainless Steel Finish

[mehandiratta]

PEN REVIEW - JINHAO 156

 

This review is probably late for a a pen which i procured 3 months back.

 

I bought this pen the moment i took a look at it. It looks fabulous as you can see from the image below. Its a beautiful looking shiny silver chrome plated metal pen with a slim and slender profile.

 

 

Design :
The pen is quite sleek which is rounded at the bottom and the cap is fitted with metal clip which is finished in the matte silver finish. The pen comes in two finished stainless steel finish and black shiny finish. The grip section is finished in the matte sliver finish with the rings engraved.

 

 

The pen operates via a converter filling mechanism which is sub standard in quality.

 

 

The center-band (bottom of the cap) is finished in matte silver finish which displays the name of the brand and pen.

 

 

The cap comes with the good spring clip and inner cap lining which is made out of cheep plastic and came out once or twice which then i had to glue to the cap.

 

 

The silver stainless steel finish is easily prone to smudges but still looks amazing. The balance of pen is not that well when we post the cap, however it feels very amazing when writing without the cap. Fits my small hands perfectly. It will be good for people with small hands and actually lot of ladies will like the pen for size and looks.

 

JInhao 156 – Broken Down

Nib:

 

The nib is steel M, marked 18 KGP comes with beautiful carving. Its monotone silver finish. The nib however is a disappointment when it comes to writing.

It did not glide through like my other Jinhao pens, rather i had to apply some pressure to write. Even after some fine tuning i was not happy with the performance of a nib. Feed is made of the plastic.

 

Pros:

1. Great Stainless Steel Finish
2. Sleek and Slender
3. Low Cost

Cons:

1. Poor inner lining plastic cap
2. Bad Nib
3. Cheap quality converter

Below is my hand written review in detail for further reference.

 

 

 

Bottom line:

I will not recommend buying it.

[rishminder]

I bought the same pen some days ago on eBay and the nib on it is smooth.. Like other jinhao pens I have

Edited January 19, 2015 by rishminder

[mehandiratta]

I bought the same pen some days ago on eBay and the nib on it is smooth.. Like other jinhao pens I have

I am pretty much with all the Jinhao pens i have but particularly not this one.....

Its a hard stiff nib and sometimes i have to apply pressure on the nib ....

[Gourish]

@mehendiratta This jinhao model 156 comes in various permutations and combinations of matt,glossy silver,gold & black. I really fell for this model and have bought nearly all combinations. As is normal with Chinese manufacturing no two pens write the same, still if you are a serious collector of Chinese pens particularly these are hard to let go by.

As most jinhao models are a one time run in Indian market I'd suggest to buy them at first notice if you need to as they may not be seen as easily later when stocks empty out.

Edited January 31, 2015 by Gourish

[senzen]

This is one good looking pen! Unfortunately with my luck the nib will probably be a bad one and chew on my hard to get paper.

[4lex]

I agree with you on the cheap white plastic inner cap and cheap converter. But my experience of Jinhao Quality Control is on average better then with Delta pens, and that is impressive considering the price difference. What I would add is that it is worth while buying their "higher" price pens which are still very very cheap but overall very good.

[mehandiratta]

I agree with you on the cheap white plastic inner cap and cheap converter. But my experience of Jinhao Quality Control is on average better then with Delta pens, and that is impressive considering the price difference. What I would add is that it is worth while buying their "higher" price pens which are still very very cheap but overall very good.

I like thier pens with screw in cap mechanism.. Like Jinhao 886 and Jinhao 159.. Lovely

[4lex]

I like thier pens with screw in cap mechanism.. Like Jinhao 886 and Jinhao 159.. Lovely

I never tried 886. Does the plastic feel cheap? I like 159 too.

[mehandiratta]

I never tried 886. Does the plastic feel cheap? I like 159 too.

886 is one amazing pen... its the metal pen ...

check the review here.... LINK LINK2

 

[4lex]

886 is one amazing pen... its the metal pen ...

check the review here.... LINK LINK2

 

Wow thanks, that is one good review. I think I will get one. Do you have any experience of Jinhao with ceramic barrel?

[mehandiratta]

Wow thanks, that is one good review. I think I will get one. Do you have any experience of Jinhao with ceramic barrel?

Getting one soon

[only_moin]

is the Jinhao 156 pens nib removable?. i want to replace mine with some better nib as i love the body of the pen but hate the nib. what size nib can it take? the original nib seem smaller then number 6 so i am guessing it n.o 4 or 5 size maybe??

[rockydoggy]

I like thier pens with screw in cap mechanism.. Like Jinhao 886 and Jinhao 159.. Lovely

 

I have a few 886's and I like the style a lot. Unfortunately, I have dry-out and hard-start issues with all of them. As an experiment, on one pen I put clear nail polish around the base of the clip where it attaches to the cap, which seemed to help a bit, though it didn't completely solve the problem. I may dig them out for another try. Really nice looking pens.