Jinhao 886 … Ordered Apr 30, Delivered May 18!

[Dickkooty2]

I've waited longer for pens that cost 60 times as much! This pen is $2.99 delivered to your door by a uniformed member of the Postal Service!

 

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And it is terrific, at least by my standards - how does it look and feel, how does it write, and do I want to keep it rather than give it away. OK, lets not dignify these with the word 'standards' but call them what they are: my very subjective views which do not include 'good for what it is at the price'.

1. It writes out of the mailing envelope. All I did was fill it with Noodler's Apache Sunset.

2. It seems to be a true medium nib with a bit of flex.

3. It is a great design. Very smooth and sophisticated proportions, definitely modern. And the yellow is yellow! I am sure the rest of the palette must have this same sense of assurance.

4. The pen is plastic with a pleasant warm feel to the touch. The weight is a bit heavier than you might have thought it would be so there is a deliberate quality designed in rather than the dead weight by default of the Chinese brass pens.

5. The converter is a quality screw type rather than a slider or the kind that comes apart in your hands.

So saying, the Jinhao 886 is a keeper by my standards and I think that Jinhao has another winner on it's hands similar to the plastic 599.

I won't be giving it away to the first respondent.

Dick

[unclepoop]

A pen for $2.99? That just seems absurd to me. I would be afraid it would explode on my desk or in my pocket.

[ernestcow]

Looks good to me, does it come in other colours?

[Dickkooty2]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xjinhao+886+fountain+pen.TRS1&_nkw=jinhao+886+fountain+pen&_sacat=0

 

for colors, other variations.

 

A pen for $2.99? That just seems absurd to me. I would be afraid it would explode on my desk or in my pocket.

 

​… and you would be wrong.

[dan in montreal]

Dick, you are pretty lucky in getting it so fast. I've been waiting for about a month for a shipment from China...

 

I have a green one and a red one and they have been in regular use for the better part of a month. I'm even starting to wonder if I prefer these over the 599. Same nib and converter as on the plastic 599s, but there is something about the design of the 886 that I really like.

[Dickkooty2]

but there is something about the design of the 886 that I really like.

 

Dan in Montreal,

 

​Yes, I agree. While the 599s are in a (very) small group of Chinese pens that I think are worth keeping, the 886s are a more original style. The 599s, good as they are (and they are good!) still depend on anther's concept for their origin.

 

Perhaps the 886 has sprung full-blown from the brow of Jinhao fully armed, and this is the basis for the appeal.

[PortiaDaCosta]

I have one of these in red and it's a very smooth, wet writer. I rather fancy the gold and the spiderweb versions too. There's no way to go wrong at that price, with free shipping.

[collectibles114]

I was lucky to purchase this about a month ago and got in less than two weeks, which is pretty impressive for free shipping from China. I too love this pen, the feel is very pleasant, and it writes comfortably. It's a steal in my book, and quite underrated compared to the x450, x750, and 159 cousins.

[mehandiratta]

Its a wonderful pen.... I am on lookout for yellow Jinhao 886.... Its a beauty.....

 

I have already reviewed it here : LINK

 

 

[melodiousb]

I have a yellow one and a green one, both super bright, and I think they're great--not special to write with, but more than adequate, and definitely lots of fun to look at. Mine came pretty quickly, too.