Probably the cheapest pen I know that is worth buying. I have three of them. Never had any problems. They are consistent writers with no hard starts or skipping, in my experience. Never tried eye-dropping the pen. I just use the supplied converter.
One of the pens I've ordered this month, and should be getting soon. Glad to see your take on this, and I have high hopes for the one I'm getting (I went with the wine red, opaque plastic, and the seller only had the 0.38mm hooded nib. I wanted to see how an "extra fine" nib went with my handwriting, so...)
Alas they are not one pound anymore. By the way, for the sticker stains that you cannot get off, you can use WD 40 and use some tissue to rub it off. It does not leave scratch marks. Don’t use Alcohol or nail polish remover because they can “melt plastics”. I destroyed my vertical mouse when I should really be using WD 40. Hope this helps.
If you use a product called "Goo Gone", a little bit on a paper towel the sticky label will come off nice and clean. Don't know if it available in the UK, but readily available here in Canada
@@FountainPenJourney regular olive oil will work great for removing the label. Just apply it with a cotton swab and rub it in with the swab and after a minute scratch it with your fingernail, rub it for another 30 seconds with the oil soaked swab and wipe it off with a tissue and it should be clean as a whistle. Also with the wood pens, if you can get some boiled linseed oil; put it on a tissue and rub it liberally on the wood. It'll protect the wood, absorb into it, and bring out the grain beautifully. With the extra oil take any wooden handled tools, lightly sand it to get off any lacquer then apply the boiled linseed oil and it'll make the tool handle feel softer in your hands, and reduse blisters in your hand. The beautiful thing about it is that it'll strengthen the wood.
Thanks .....for letting us know... there's Jinhao s. .....in Malaysia did not see any at book store or retailer etc ........Very brilliant colours innovation.....on the body 🕰️⭐💘 ..
They are really nice, however, these will cost me about six or sever pounds sterling per pen (via amazon). (still worth it though) super nice to display or use.
I ordered a bundle of 10 of these pens after watching this video. At less than 20 pounds including postage they seem to be great value. Taking forever to arrive, though.
I know! Today, a parcel of pens arrived from China - or so I thought - It was a Royal Mail card telling me that I have to pay customs fees before I will receive my parcel! 🤬
Thuya is pronounced 'Twee-ya', it is a softwood with very high resin content and is often taken from the root burls without harm to the tree and it looks and smells wonderful.
jinhao is doing a great job of providing decent rather say good quality fountain pen to fountain pen lovers. yes they make knock offs but we cant afford a mont blanc. but why the general public be void of the pleasure of writing with a 149 designed pen. so bring it on. i am an indian. we have a small movement going on to boycott chinese product. but they r providing such nice products that its hard to boycott them.
I’m currently at work and I have a Jinhao 51A with me right now. These are excellent fountain pens. As much as I dislike Chinese products, in this world it’s very difficult to avoid buying them, and when a manufacturer such as Jinhao produces such great, reliable products, boycotting them just doesn’t work.
@@FountainPenJourney boycotting is not the solution. our own countries should be potent enough to create better products at such competitative prices so that customer willingly changes his or her brand loyalty. forcing something just shows our own country's inability.
Hi thanks for a very informative review. I am from India and wanted to know if one can get the extra fine EF 0.3mm nibs for Jinhao 51A? Do they sell only the nibs like in a set of 10?
Hi, I'm not sure what's available in your country. These 51A pens all originally launched with EF nibs, but there are non hooded versions now available, though I don't know what width those nibs are.
Do you think it would flow well with a dry ink, such as Pelikan 4001? Pelikan pens with extra fine nib are too expensive for me now, but I really like pelikan 4001, I use it with my Jinhao x750 but after some days of it working really well, I began have starting insues in the middle of a paragraph... And now that I am learning spencerian, I really want a fine nib. (It could as well just be the paper, which are cheap stuff)
Thank you, now I very much want to buy both Jinhao 51a, and Jinhao 100, as Jinhao 100 has a fine nib option in aliexpress now, and Jinhao 51a for when I wish to have ef. I wish I knew those things before, but its not like its expensive anyway.
if i get the wood jinhao 51a, i'll probably put CA glue finish on it. a lot of youtube video describing the process. it is probably somewhat stain proof
@@FountainPenJourney update: i got tigerwood, rosewood, ebony & cherry. i friction fit tigerwood to drill using drillbit & tape (protip: ensure the friction fit is really tight, mine came off halfway through polishing & nearly pickup carpet lint if it fall to the floor). using lint free serviette paper i spread 2 drop of CA glue while drill is running. do it 3 layer 15 minutes apart. some brownish wood finish came off to the paper on first coat. not a problem. 15 hrs later i put 1 drop of ink to the wood, let it sit for 30 seconds before wiping it off. absolutely no ink stain on the body of the pen. i'm very happy with the result.
That would damage the plastic. Better to use some form of oil, try your wife's moisturiser, rub this in to the label until it comes off. Any oil will do, I generally use coconut.
I got the blue/green resin, ended up swapping the nib - I bought some 'swan clip' pens, dirt cheap, and the nibs on those was amazing. Your writing really sucks btw - you go the wrong way around drawing most letters.
That's a good idea if you want to swap the nibs on these pens. BTW, I don't care what my handwriting looks like - I will probably think that your handwriting sucks too.
My bundle of 51A's arrived today and I have to say I am delighted with them. Tremendous value. Thanks for your review and best wishes.
They’re great aren’t they? 😀
Probably the cheapest pen I know that is worth buying. I have three of them. Never had any problems. They are consistent writers with no hard starts or skipping, in my experience. Never tried eye-dropping the pen. I just use the supplied converter.
I just ordered 5 units ... I hope it does not happen to me as with the wirsung 3008, of 5 pens in the pack only one worked well ...
Fun review to watch. I can see you enjoy your writing. So do I 😀👍
One of the pens I've ordered this month, and should be getting soon. Glad to see your take on this, and I have high hopes for the one I'm getting (I went with the wine red, opaque plastic, and the seller only had the 0.38mm hooded nib. I wanted to see how an "extra fine" nib went with my handwriting, so...)
I'm sure that you will enjoy your pen when it arrives 👍
Great! I have inked 3 of 5 jinhaos 51A... great pens!!!! Thanks for the review. I ´ll reserve the other 2 pens but i´m sure that will work fine
Enjoy your 51As! 👍
That's a nice review mate! Any similarities with the jinhao shark pens?
Many thanks!
I believe that the shark pens are very similar. I don't have any because I just can't bring myself to buy such a "fun" pen.
You’ve convinced me. I must get some of these.
Go for it - I highly recommend these pens (and they are so inexpensive too!)
Alas they are not one pound anymore. By the way, for the sticker stains that you cannot get off, you can use WD 40 and use some tissue to rub it off. It does not leave scratch marks. Don’t use Alcohol or nail polish remover because they can “melt plastics”. I destroyed my vertical mouse when I should really be using WD 40. Hope this helps.
If you use a product called "Goo Gone", a little bit on a paper towel the sticky label will come off nice and clean. Don't know if it available in the UK, but readily available here in Canada
Thanks for this! I’ve never heard of that product before, I don’t think that it’s available in the UK but I’ll try to find something similar.
@@FountainPenJourney regular olive oil will work great for removing the label. Just apply it with a cotton swab and rub it in with the swab and after a minute scratch it with your fingernail, rub it for another 30 seconds with the oil soaked swab and wipe it off with a tissue and it should be clean as a whistle.
Also with the wood pens, if you can get some boiled linseed oil; put it on a tissue and rub it liberally on the wood. It'll protect the wood, absorb into it, and bring out the grain beautifully. With the extra oil take any wooden handled tools, lightly sand it to get off any lacquer then apply the boiled linseed oil and it'll make the tool handle feel softer in your hands, and reduse blisters in your hand. The beautiful thing about it is that it'll strengthen the wood.
Great tips - many thanks!
Thanks .....for letting us know...
there's Jinhao s. .....in Malaysia did not see any at book store or retailer etc ........Very brilliant colours innovation.....on the body 🕰️⭐💘
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Thanks for your nice review. Can you teach me how to change the jinhao 51a hooded nib?
They are really nice, however, these will cost me about six or sever pounds sterling per pen (via amazon). (still worth it though) super nice to display or use.
Cheap pens from Amazon always cost more than the pens on eBay.
Enjoy your pens 😀
I ordered a bundle of 10 of these pens after watching this video. At less than 20 pounds including postage they seem to be great value. Taking forever to arrive, though.
You’ll love them when they do arrive 👍
@@FountainPenJourney Every time I hear a vehicle outside I am out of my chair. I'm sure you know about that! Ha-ha.
I know!
Today, a parcel of pens arrived from China - or so I thought - It was a Royal Mail card telling me that I have to pay customs fees before I will receive my parcel! 🤬
@@FountainPenJourney Disgraceful! Such things are a type of authoritarian greed. Pay, or you won't get what you have already paid for.
Thuya is pronounced 'Twee-ya', it is a softwood with very high resin content and is often taken from the root burls without harm to the tree and it looks and smells wonderful.
I don't know much about woodworking but Thuja is pronounced thoo-ya. I did a degree in botany and worked in horticulture for over ten years.
jinhao is doing a great job of providing decent rather say good quality fountain pen to fountain pen lovers. yes they make knock offs but we cant afford a mont blanc. but why the general public be void of the pleasure of writing with a 149 designed pen. so bring it on. i am an indian. we have a small movement going on to boycott chinese product. but they r providing such nice products that its hard to boycott them.
I’m currently at work and I have a Jinhao 51A with me right now. These are excellent fountain pens.
As much as I dislike Chinese products, in this world it’s very difficult to avoid buying them, and when a manufacturer such as Jinhao produces such great, reliable products, boycotting them just doesn’t work.
@@FountainPenJourney boycotting is not the solution. our own countries should be potent enough to create better products at such competitative prices so that customer willingly changes his or her brand loyalty. forcing something just shows our own country's inability.
which retailer/ store did you buy these pens from?
Different sellers on eBay.
Hi thanks for a very informative review. I am from India and wanted to know if one can get the extra fine EF 0.3mm nibs for Jinhao 51A? Do they sell only the nibs like in a set of 10?
Hi,
I'm not sure what's available in your country. These 51A pens all originally launched with EF nibs, but there are non hooded versions now available, though I don't know what width those nibs are.
Do you think it would flow well with a dry ink, such as Pelikan 4001? Pelikan pens with extra fine nib are too expensive for me now, but I really like pelikan 4001, I use it with my Jinhao x750 but after some days of it working really well, I began have starting insues in the middle of a paragraph... And now that I am learning spencerian, I really want a fine nib. (It could as well just be the paper, which are cheap stuff)
It should be fine. These pens are much better than the x750s which do have flow problems.
Thank you, now I very much want to buy both Jinhao 51a, and Jinhao 100, as Jinhao 100 has a fine nib option in aliexpress now, and Jinhao 51a for when I wish to have ef. I wish I knew those things before, but its not like its expensive anyway.
What paper are you using? Is it left handed paper?
It’s that long ago since I recorded this video, I have no idea. Chances are that it was cheap paper back then.
I have the same notebook - I believe it’s a Campus Notebook by Oxford
if i get the wood jinhao 51a, i'll probably put CA glue finish on it. a lot of youtube video describing the process. it is probably somewhat stain proof
It's a good idea to do this to help to prevent staining.
@@FountainPenJourney
update: i got tigerwood, rosewood, ebony & cherry. i friction fit tigerwood to drill using drillbit & tape (protip: ensure the friction fit is really tight, mine came off halfway through polishing & nearly pickup carpet lint if it fall to the floor). using lint free serviette paper i spread 2 drop of CA glue while drill is running. do it 3 layer 15 minutes apart. some brownish wood finish came off to the paper on first coat. not a problem. 15 hrs later i put 1 drop of ink to the wood, let it sit for 30 seconds before wiping it off. absolutely no ink stain on the body of the pen. i'm very happy with the result.
@@ariffe brilliant! Thank you so much for posting this full breakdown/how to guide! 😀
I really like this pen!! My only concern is that mine EF writes more like a M
cool...I love a bit bigger letter... Will order tonight
My EF also writes like an M except when I reverse it, then the nib write fine with some great feedback.
Just checked on eBay the price now is a scandalous £2:48. 😉
£2.48 for a fountain pen!?! 😉
Label remover, nail polish remover, ask the wife.
That would damage the plastic. Better to use some form of oil, try your wife's moisturiser, rub this in to the label until it comes off. Any oil will do, I generally use coconut.
@@muskndusk thanks👍
You can eyedropped these pens
Yes you can.
I got the blue/green resin, ended up swapping the nib - I bought some 'swan clip' pens, dirt cheap, and the nibs on those was amazing.
Your writing really sucks btw - you go the wrong way around drawing most letters.
That's a good idea if you want to swap the nibs on these pens.
BTW, I don't care what my handwriting looks like - I will probably think that your handwriting sucks too.