Jinhao Nib: #8?

[mke]

Does anybody of you have a Jinhao "Descendants of the Dragon" fountain pen?

With a nib where the name Jinhao is written along the nib axis.

A little bit difficult to see, but this one: https://www.dhresource.com/albu_107007872_00-1.0x0/china-made-brand-luxury-amp-decent-jinhao.jpg

It is a huge, bigger than my Nr.6s - is it a Nr.8?

 

Thanks

 

[richardandtracy]

The nib in those is the same as in the J1200, it uses a #6 feed, but the width is slightly oversize.

 

Richard

[WJM]

I have a Jinhao very similiar to this one, bought a few years ago, I think it's 888 model, more or less the same design, but a different finish.

 

The one I have has an very big, oversized nib, bigger than #6 nibs found on modern Jinhaos like X450/X750/159, and it has a dragon's head engraving. Also the feder is different.

 

From what I can see on eBay Jinhao 888 offered today has the same #6 nib as Jinhao X450/X750/159 and I've also seen pictures of X750 with those bigger nibs, with either dragon's head or the brand's name engraved vertically.

 

Similiarly, I also have another "dragon" Jinhao with a smaller nib, which now is sold with the same kind of #5 nibs as Jinhao 250/500.

 

I'm guessing Jinhao changed their nibs and feeds some time past few years.,

Edited January 28, 2018 by WJM