JINHAO 992 Fountain Pen (Translucent)

I own 5 Jinhao x750 pens and only paid $5 each for them and they are wonderful pens so I hoped this 992 would be the same level of quality. It is plastic and I doubt it will last forever like the metal Jinhaos will but it wrote smoothly from the beginning and felt nice in my hand. So much thinner and lighter than the x750's. The "chrome" accents are just shiny silver plastic so they might show the wear first. It is a good starter pen for someone wanting to try out fountain pens for the first time. The piston was smooth from the start. I haven't paid more than $30 yet for a single fountain pen (I've bought about 30 in the last 6 months looking for the perfect pen) and some of those Lamy pens required tuning of the nib before they wrote smoothly but the Jinhao all were perfect from the start..... there is a chance that some of the zLamy's aren't authentic Lamy's so I won't fault that company. Give this a pen a try. It is fun, smooth and cheap enough that if you lose it or give it away you can afford to replace it.

I have a wide array of fountain pens and this one popped up in my feed while I was shopping for ink. I picked it up because the price was right for a "cheap pen to keep at the office." I wasn't expecting much.But for $8, this is a VERY good pen! It's comfortable and lightweight. The nib is a little beefier than I tend to like (I think it's a medium and I like a fine), but for $8, who cares? The ink took a little longer than anticipated to start flowing, but once it did, this became a great pen that easily keeps up with my Parkers and Twisbi. I might not ever spend more than $8 for a pen again. You probably shouldn't either, now that you know this one is out there! I'm probably going to pick up a couple more just to keep some extra colors loaded!Only reason it's 4 stars instead of 5 is that I wish I could've picked a finer nib, but otherwise, it's outstanding!

Don't think that because a pen is made in the orient that it is low quality. Jinhao makes some really good writing fountain pens at an exceedingly reasonable price. I'm a fountain pen devotee and I have a bunch of these. Many are perfection right out of the box. Note: I insist on a smooth nib and if there is any feedback, and there often is with a lot of fountain pens, I gently smooth them with a fine grade buffing pad till they are like I want. You can get those pads on Amazon and they will come in real handy. First check that your nib times are even. If they are then ink up the pen and buff lightly on the finest grade buffing pad in many directions. I highly recommend Jinhao pens if you can't spend a lot of money.

Excellent Jinhao Quality! What else is there to say? It's a Jinhao, which (IMO) translates to value pricing and a good performing instrument. This smaller pen should not be underestimated. It's pretty to look at, leaves a wet enough line, and just writes really smoothly. The <F> nib writes just a touch to the <M> side, which is more in line with my preference. If you're expecting a japanese <F>, this isn't it. Think more japanese <M>, but not as far as a western <M>. These are so cheap, how can you not have one in every color? Cheap enough as giveaways, or when teaching a younger writer about fountain pens. BTW.... There's an o-ring where the barrel and section thread together. It looks like this could work out for an eyedropper style conversion. Must try it out.

Looks beautiful but doesnt perform well with universal cartridges

Very light, writes smoothly, and the piston is very easy to use. The only problem is that it has developed cracks at the bottom of the pen. It's still usable but definitely don't turn this one into an eyedropper.

This pen is great! I filled the converter with Noodler's Bay State Blue ink using an ink syringe (from Goulet Pen Co.) and popped the converter in, waited a few minutes -- and it started right up and is so smooth -- I was pleasantly surprised the Fine nib is much closer to a medium nib size compared with the Pilot pens like the Metropolitan. In fact with this ink anyway the pen seems to write a bit thicker than the Pilot Metropolitan Medium. The pen is a nice light weight and it write extremely well posted (cap on the back). I am new (well returning) to fountain pens and I'm MOST into inks so I needed a few pens to ink up and experiment with. I'm glad I took a chance on this pen as it is going to be a favorite I can tell -- I will use it often because it's such a smooth writer! I have small hands so I'm able to write comfortably with this pen un-posted. If you have big hands, you'll need to post it. It looks like a very expensive pen. That doesn't matter to me -- except that I think I'll need to keep an eye on this pen or it could disappear never to return if someone else picks it up and realizes how nicely it writes!!!! I love that it's available in a variety of colors. I can see me purchasing some more in the future.