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

Well I really didn't expect very much for my spending $1.60 including shipping but was I surprised how nice a pen it really is. Beautiful finish and does it ever write beautifully. No skipping nor does it feather on decent writing paper. I filled its converter with Lamy bottled black ink and it flows perfectly with no leakage what so ever at least none that I can see. I have enjoyed using this pen so much that I ordered 4 more for around $7.00. I forget the exact price and I am awaiting their arrival. I just hope that they will be as nice as the one I currently have. I also have a couple of Lamy Safari pens and 3 Scheaffers with various calligraphy nibs which I enjoy very much and a couple of pilots, so if nothing else I may end up with a nice fountain pen collection, oh I forgot to mention I still have 2 vintage Osmiroids that came from the UK with a bunch of nibs for them. I had 3 more of the Osmiroids but somehow I stupidly started using waterproof ink in those an ended up ruining them. Fortunately the 2 remainging Osmiroids that I have never got the waterproof treatment so I can still enjoy them. But for an everyday fountain pen at a give away price I hightly recommend the Jinhao 250

I now have about 30 fountain pens in my collection, not counting disposables (which I find handy to carry in my purse because of their lighter weight). I have 3 Waterman Phineases, 2 Mont Blancs, a couple of Schaefer calligraphy pens, and the rest are Jinhaos. This one is typical of the rest of my 250 series Jinhaos. It's a relatively nasty pen, nicely balanced, and it lays down a medium weight line without fuss. As soon as I uncap it, it's ready to write. This pen, like the other Jinhaos I've purchased, comes with a "converter" that you easily fill from a bottle of ink. If you don't care to refill your conversation from a bottle, you can buy cartridges for an extremely reasonable price. Even though I choose to fill mine from a bottle, I keep cartridges on hand in case my pen runs dry when I'm carrying it in my purse or briefcase. I have not had any problems filling my pen and I love the way it writes. I've got severe arthritis in my hands and I don't have to use any pressure at all to lay down a dark, even line of writing. Any one of my Jinhaos are now my go-to pens. It's just too hard to keep my Watermans from drying out.

I ordered this pen specifically for the bent fude nib, but it's a standard nib. The pen is exactly like the one in the photos, except for the nib. It writes and draws decently for the price I paid, so I'll keep it and buy a fude from another brand. If Jinhao cares enough to send me the correct nib I'll change my rating.

Now, I am accustomed to writing with Lamy Fountain pens and Noodler's ink--both of which are very high quality and definitely deserve a five star rating. This pen, however, was very impressive for the low price. I paid $1 for it and was very happy with the results. I'd rate it a 4.5 since I paid a dollar for it. If I'd paid $20 I would have rated it a 2.5.Pros:-The price cannot be beat.-The ink plunger cartridge makes it super convenient to draw up your own ink. (I recommend Noodler's!)- It is very aesthetically pleasing. It feels and looks high quality.Cons-I would not buy this pen if it was more expensive than $5.-The pen randomly "throws up" ink on your paper. None of my other fountain pens do this.-It is NOT a calligraphy pen as it is advertised. Calligraphy pens have a square shaped nib. This is a round nib and thus is a fountain 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.