JINHAO 35 Metal Fountain Pen Ink Pen (Steel Body, Fine Nib 0.5mm)

It’s alright so far, although only had it for a few days. Writes well, posts well, and I like the minimalist style of the pen. It doesn’t take standard cartridges so you are better off buying a bottle of ink as well….it comes with a converter. I have heard these 35s are a bit hit and miss in terms of the quality, but all good so far for me. I like jinhao pens, they are great value compared to the big players. Proof that China can produce things that are just as good but at a lower cost, meaning a cheaper unit price for the consumer. At under £8 this is a steal.

To be honest I forgot that I had ordered this pen, I found it sitting on my side table still in the packaging, I’m not really a fine nib type of user, so it still took me a couple of days to fill it with my favourite colour ink, again it sat on my table waiting to be used until I picked it up to fill my journal for the day. Now as I said I am not a fine nib person but I was and still am a few days later enjoying using this pen, nothing feels cheap about it, it falls readily to the hand, the weight and feel make it comfortable to use and it doesn’t feel like I am using a fine point at all, the flow of ink is perfect with a nib that won’t scratch whatever angle I am using it with. This pen has nothing to shout out about but, it is ideal for my daily usage and when I dropped it from at least a metre I had no problem picking it up and using it later that day, to surmise I am enjoying using this fine nib converter pen that flows perfectly for me.

Value for money and give 11 years old children confident to use it

Build quality is very impressive. Supplied ink suction thing works great, does not leak. My pen has fine nib, it writes very smooth and doesn’t leave gaps when I write fancy fast swirly letters. For £8, what a brilliant beautiful pen. Obviously expensive pens you’re paying for the name. They compare to this equally well. Recommend and will buy another if I drop it on its nib !

I got the fine, not extra fine. It writes smoothly, but isn't as fine as I was expecting. The only negative for me it that it doesn't take standard size cartridges, but it does have the refillable ink sucker-upper thingy

The pen looks great and it feels great to hold. The problem is that it doesn't work as a pen. I'm using the converter with bottled ink. As soon as it's filled, it'll work fine. As soon as the cap is put back on, that's it. Next time i try and use it, nothing happens until i empty the ink chamber and fill it up again. Complete waste of time.

Wrote smoothly from the moment I filled it with ink. Continued to work the day after without any blockage. Feels quite good in the hand and has a good quality finish.

This review is for one matte black Jinhao 35 fountain pen with a black 0.5mm (fine) nib (ASIN B08LZ7JB5W). The pen arrived on time over night (Amazon Prime). It was exactly as shown in the ad. The pen is well built and well balanced, even when posted. After flushing the pen out with some soapy water (there was some residual blue ink in the pen as shipped), I filled the pen with Pilot/Namiki blue ink. The pen promply wrote with a consistant fine line, no start-up or skipping problems were encountered. The tines on the nib under magnification looked properly aligned, but writing was just a little toothy. A few passes of the nib over a sheet of 12,000 grit micro-mesh smoothed it right out. But to be honest, the pen was perfectly useable without the additional work on the nib and more than likely the nib would write smoother with use. I have only had the pen for less than a day, so there's no telling how it will hold up over time. If you are in a hurry and don't have any micro-mesh, try smoothing the nib with a brown paper sack. I'm a little worried about the matte black finish. But so far, I can say all expectations were met. It is a decent pen for the money. The only thing I would prefer is a threaded cap.

This is one of the smoothest-writing "Fine" nib I have in my rather large collection. The others I have which are this smooth and wet-writing are on pens which cost at least 7 times what this one cost. I am very impressed with this one. I have used Waterman Black ink in it, as well as Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi ink. The pen itself is very comfortable for me to hold, because despite being somewhat slim in appearance, the grip-section is the thickest part of it, and the lightly brushed surface is very pleasant to hold; I don't find it slippery at all. The overall build is quite sturdy-feeling without being overly heavy. I do find that the pen is slightly back-weighted if you post the cap (only slightly). The cap does post quite securely. The only thing I can find to criticize about the pen is that, on mine at least, the cap does not attach so securely that I would want to rely on clipping it into place on the outside of a pocket or the edge of a shirt, etc. I believe the weight of the pen is enough to pull it loose from the cap under those conditions. No problem for me, since I don't carry my pens that way, but it might be an issue for someone. All in all, a wonderful everyday writer in a classic, streamlined style.

I love the metal minimalist design with the matte black finish. Even the super smooth nib is black. I inked it up with the converter and it wrote with the first stroke. Couldn’t have been easier or faster to get the 35 running. The fine nib is very smooth with a small amount of feedback. This nib just glides across the paper. The cap posts securely while maintaining a comfortable balance. I am able to write at length in comfort. There is one imperfection — the cap snaps on with a nice click but it can spin once posted. You have to intend to make it do so, and does not spin while writing posted, so it’s not an issue for me.

A lot of people already know about Jinhao fountain pens. This is a great first fountain pen if you're fountain pen curious. :^) The nibs are really well built -- and they outperform a lot of much more expensive pens. This is my 3rd or 4th Jinhao.... You can't go wrong here.

This is a very nice pen. For a fine nib, it is very smooth and writes well. The Lamy Z50 style nib is nice and wet. There was, as best can be described, reluctant to start writing, but now it’s fine. My only, minor complaint is that the metal grip is rather slick and requires a firmer grip than a plastic or ebony grip. If it were a shaped [triangular] grip it would be a much better pen.