Bi Rong Lai Duofold homage

[Dan Carmell]

I get curious about no-name pens that pop up on AliExpress and after this pen popped up a zillion times, I bit. It arrived today and while it’s a near copy of the Jinhao 100 and about the same quality, It was a bit cheaper and I quickly realized why.  You will too after a quick glance at the photos. 
 

The acrylic is interesting but poorly polished, the pen is weighty because the cap and barrel finials are metal, and the barrel/cap threads are pretty shallow. And the nib is a literally no-name nib, although it’s a nice smooth fine! Even acknowledging these faults, it’s a nice pen. And I have a great nib to swap into it. 

*Homage is a nicer word than clone.

[Dan Carmell]

Here’s the pen itself. The acrylic is a lot more sparkly than the photo suggests. The other acrylic options were not the usual, either.  It’s just a few millimeters longer than the Jinhao 100 but much heavier, with a slightly shorter and more narrow section. It’s unusable posted, I’d say, but it’s long enough unposted and that heavy barrel finial provides a nice balance in hand. 

[PHHPHD]

I have a different pen with that name on it and that nib.   I like the looks but the nib was worthless.  I put a Jinhao nib in it and it is currently inked and serving me well.