Mohi Moonrise... A good addition to Mohi's portfolio(Aside from the nib)

[Aravind_A_2310]

Mohi is widely known for making great value for money acrylic and ebonite pens. Their models like the Harmony, Aura, Tanishq, are widely known to be budget conscious pens that pack a punch. They're also known for having exceptionally tuned nibs out of the box. 

Their newest pen though... stands out in some aspects. Named the Moonrise, this is one of the trifecta released at this year's Pune pen show. And this marks Mohi's intention to go upmarket. The pen is priced at ₹2600/- (₹3000/- being the MRP), and after the Alex, this is the second most expensive pen that Mohi makes. 

The pen, is a fairly large pen, riding the line between large and jumbo, the barrel is made of acrylic and the section and cap is made of ebonite. I like this faded purple shade, seems to be a new design from Loyal. I also like the new roller clip.

  

The barrel as I said, is acrylic and has a relatively thick wall to the ink chamber, The pen holds approx 2ml of ink, being a dedicated eyedropper pen. The cap takes 3 and a bit turns to uncap, and the section is a quite comfortable one. 

 

The pen has #6/#35 nib, I bought a medium, and this seems to be the newer batch, with engraving. Personally, I like the older design with the Mohi stamping. The nib is on top of an ebonite feed. Typical of most eyedropper pens...

 

Sizewise, the pen is a large one, here it is in comparison with a Mohi Harmony and an Airmail 71JT:


Filling the pen up, I was surprised at the barrel thickness, as evident from the step down milled in the section. I can't really show this off on camera, but the bore in the barrel has a light faceted effect to it as well... Bu you really have to look for it when holding the pen in person

 

Coming to the nib, this was uncharacteristic of Mohi, in that, the nib was not good. It suffered from some serious canyoning, and the tipping had burrs on the inside, leading to a very scratchy writing experience in one direction.. The nib even though being a medium, was extremely sensitive to tine alignment. I had to do some relatively extensive tuning and grinding to get it to write as well as my other Mohis, but once I got it going, this was a very comfortable pen to use. Here is a writing sample

 

Overall, it is a bit expensive for a Mohi. I get that they're trying to go more premium... and that is a good thing, but I'd say they need to improve their quality control on their new batch of nibs. I can't say it's a value for money purchase, but if you get a good nib, you will not be disappointed with the pen. But for the majority, If you're looking for a half acrylic, half ebonite demonstrator eyedropper, I'd say wait for PLP to release their Visio, it will mostly be a bit cheaper, and, probably more reliable. Plus Satish sir's customer service is extremely good.

Thanks and Regards
Aravind

[hari317]

Interesting pen by Mohi. Barrel finishing seems well done and no typical Mohi branding on the clip. Thanks for the review.

[bugsydog55]

I appreciate the review, also.  I like the look and the visual appeal of the acrylic surrounding the ink chamber like it does adds something to pen that's hard to describe.  The combination of acrylic barrels and ebonite sections and caps have been done before but this seems unique in its own special way.  I would probably purchase this as soon as I could find one but I live in the US and that situation has become much more complicated.  It could still be affordable, I just have to look and see what can be done.  Mohi pens were hard to get hold of for a long time, at least I had problems finding them.  This one makes me happy for a lot of reasons.  May have to go hunting.  See what happens with a good review.

[K Singh]

Nice detailed review there 👍 Agree with you that the older nib imprint looked better. 

[hariharan]

Very beautiful and quite tempted. The cost of Rs.2900 is bit on the higher side. I was on the verge of impulsive order. A wality 69T was on my desk and i was looking at the old stains and many scratches on the acrylic by its usage. The reality blocked my placing the order   But I have to admit, am seriously considering Mohi's Black current with a spare section. 

[Aravind_A_2310]

For anyone planning to buy a Mohi, they're now offering 10% discount across all their models till the end of the year. So it might be a good time to buy one...