Gullor Luxury Jinhao 250 Balck with White Stripe Art Nib Fountain Pen with Golden Clip - Bent nib

It hurts my hand to write with a grip section this small. Otherwise, it's a nice looking pen.

If you're looking for a first fountain pen, I do not suggest this pen. For the same price, buy a Pilot extra fine, it also comes with an ink cartridge and accepts a CON50 converter. The Pilot also has a wet, smooth (particularly for an INCREDIBLY fine line) nib and exceptional quality. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006CQUHXG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1The pen does NOT come with ink, only a converter. Fine for me, but if you're buying a first pen, buy a bottle of noodlers ink (parker quink is okay but noodlers is as good as it gets and is made in the US)NOT A CALLIGRAPHY PEN. Just a very broad medium nib with limited flex. It also had a lot of stop-start issues with parker quink and two bulletproof noodlers inks. Bear in mind, this is a steel nib and chinese build quality can occasionally be spotty. I had to open the shoulders of the nib and then bend the point to get it to flow, now it's almost too wet, but writes well (wet, no stop-start, mild-moderate feathering) with the typical lack of feedback a steel nib offers.If you do enjoy the pen but want it to write better, it uses a #5 nib, easily replaceable with a Knox #5 nib (just grab the nib by the point with a paper towel and pull and it slides right out. Same for the feed. It can be tight the first time, but just pull, nothing will break) that will really open the pen up to write like it should. I honestly don't love medium nibs, so I'd suggest a fine for most people, extra fine for me, but knox makes exceptional steel nibs that have been writing well in my pens for a long time. If you're writing notes in class on notebooks, I suggest extra fine.Overall, the pen itself does feel very well built, far better than I was honestly expecting. all the gold plated parts are proper metal, the feed and point holder (silver part) is also solid metal, the plastic is smooth and the fit and finish is great. The plastic itself apparently varies wildly in color, as mine came with very few white inclusions that for some reason just sit in the middle and are all grouped up, which makes it look like it's scratched, not black/white.If you are already accustomed to fountain pens, I'd say go for a jinhao 250 and spend $8 on a knox nib if yours doesn't write well. If this will be your first pen, get the pilot I mentioned above. THAT pen is just ridiculously good writing out of the box and writes most similarly to a very fine rollerball, which I've found people unaccustomed to fountain pens really seem to like.

This pen does exactly what you'd expect: writes smoothly, has a nice balanced weight, and looks and feels great in your hand. My only complaint is that the ink cartridge actually broke when I overtwisted it when I wasn't paying attention while filling it and the top part snapped off. It still works, I just have to keep it pushed in while screwing the plunger out or it'll seperate into two pieces. Oh well.Also, make sure you use the right ink. I'm using a bottle of black Parker Quink I got here on Amazon. This is my first experience with a fountain pen, so I had used some calligraphy ink I found laying around and it would flow, then stop, then go again, and I was very disappointed. But when using real, thin, fountain pen ink this thing writes like you're drawing on a cloud.It takes a little getting used to, especially when learning to fill it. Am I supposed to take the cartridge out and fill it that way? or am I supposed to leave the cartridge in, stick the nib in the ink then suck ink out that way? I normally take the cartridge out and fill that, then stick it in and twist the plunger in a little to put pressure on the nib. Then I dip the nib in the bottle of ink, and off I go. Not sure if that's the proper way to do it, but it works, I guess.

I am going to copy the same review I placed to another Jinhao because everything applies the same and they are very nearly the same in performance. Here it is.For a pen that cost so little, I am impressed. I didn't want to spend a lot of money getting into fountain pens, so I thought I would try some cheaper ones first. I have to say I was very surprised at how well this cheap pen writes. Now hundreds of dollars into fountain pens and ink and I must say that this pen is an excellent value.One great thing about it is that it has a click-top rather than a screw-on lid. I haven't had any leaks so far, so I hope I don't regret calling that a benefit but it is nice when you need to quickly jot something down. Unscrewing a cap every thirty-seconds when you are jotting down quick notes often can get tiresome.This pen is pretty heavy, so if you like that hefty, solid feel, you will enjoy that. I prefer writing un-posted because of the heavy weight of the pen in general.Very rare slow-starts with this pen if I don't use it for a while but it quickly comes to life with a gentle press on the paper.Not a bad pen at all and at a great price. It even has a little flex to the nib and you can squeeze out some cool line-variation.

I havent used a fountain pen for 20+ years so it may be user error. Im using the converter it came with, with no issues thus far though others say it is cheap. Only used with Noodlers black bulletproof ink thus far. It was easy to fill and started writing immediately but does skip. The pen isnt too heavy, which was a concern. I have small hands so prefer to use it without the lid on the end though with or without its nicely balanced. A nice line when it works. Cant compare it to others for skipping at this time. It wont be a "go to" pen due to it not writing consistently but its fun to use periodically. I got it for art rather than writing and so far dont think it will do great. I have to press harder than I like or expected to to get a. Continuous flow and circles arent easy to do...i do like I can refill it and really didnt think of the environmental impact of disposable pens till I got this. This price point IS great though so if you want to see if youd like fountain pen writing, it doesnt hurt to try out. You do need to puchase ink or you can get prefilled cartridges but I think i'll keep filling my own so I can use different inks.

Doesn't come with ink just heads up

Disappointing. very heavy pen and a rather 'cheap, brassy' appearance.Writing with it is not a magic experience. Overall -nothing special.

Addwd to a collection of conventional fountain pensm it compates well wuth known, expensive barnds

Excellent pen. Excellent value for money. Unexpectedly long delivery time

Lovely pen. nice nib