Budget 2000. The Jinhao 80 Lamy 2000 Clone

[A Smug Dill]

On 12/2/2022 at 10:29 PM, Lithium466 said:

I just tried 2 different 80s that I hadn't used since Tuesday (Nov 29th) and they both worked immediately without some noticeable ink darkening. Admittedly that's only 3 days.

 

I checked on three of my inked Jinhao 80 pens just now, after they have been left undisturbed for over a fortnight. All three — inked with Noodler's Ink Heart of Darkness, Jacques Herbin Noir Abyssal, and Diamine Deep Dark Red, respectively — wrote without hard-starting once uncapped.

 

On 12/2/2022 at 10:29 PM, Lithium466 said:

On that topic, the cap of the 80 doesn't seem prone to corrosion inside, as the exposed parts seemed to be fully plastic, unlike say the Jinhao 35 or 51, or one of these that have a metal screw holding the inner cap. I spent some time "rustproofing" the internal of some of my 35 and 51 that had started rusting away (very quickly I have to say).

 

Hmmm, you had me worried there, since I bought a whole bunch of Jinhao 35 — all in matte black, none in polished steel —  a while back, for something like US$1.50 apiece. I'd forgotten that I'd left one (the only one I used) inked, and it ended up in a big box, along with the never-inked ‘new’ pens, that rarely see the light of day. I was looking in that box for a ‘spare’ Jinhao 80 just now, and came across that pen. It still wrote without hard-starting when uncapped, for the first time in what must be at least eight weeks, although on inspection most of the fill of ink in the converter has evaporated, leaving only maybe 20% fluid. I quickly checked inside the cap for any sign of rust… and I found there was no screw in the construction of the cap, and didn't see any indication that there ought to be one.

 

Whereas I just received one of these Jinhao pens:

(of which I cannot find or ascertain the model number or other official designation which, after searching elsewhere, I think is JInhao model 166, but no seller on AliExpress lists or refers to it as that), and it does have an exposed (black-coated) metal screw securing the inner cap to the roof of the cap. Fortunately, I happen to have a bag of plastic (acrylic? nylon?) screws left over from rustproofing Wing Sung 3008 pen caps, and they can replace that metal screw perfectly.

 

 

Edited December 19, 2022 by A Smug Dill
Alright, so it's a Jinhao 166 that I received and worked on

[Lithium466]

I should buy some plastic screws like that...I'll go check Aliexpress!

 

Regarding the Jinhao 35 I have (or what I think are Jinhao 35), I have 2 stainless steel and one black, and they all present some small differences in the cap.
 

None have screws, but what looked to me like plastic rivets (?) holding a metal disc. I don't have the vocabulary to describe, anyway there's a metal part there that had started rusting slightly (not as bad as the screws on other models) on two of my pens, slightly, but since I was there with my Loctite rustproofing liquid they all got a layer "for good measure".

 

As for sealing/airtightness, I used some Loctite 5910 on all my Chinese pens that had a screw, as to improve their drying time. It either made a difference or not, depending on the pen and on the original tolerance of the plastics, but again it was more a "since I'm there" measure.

Now I'd like to find an elegant solution for my Parker 51 NG...