jinhao Jinhao 65 vs x450 vs 992

[xylen]

Which of the three fountain pens is the best, overall, in your opinion? 

(Do not keep the price in mind, as for some abnormal reason each of them costs almost the same here, with Jinhao 65 being just a little cheaper than the rest.)

 

 

[Lithium466]

I only have a 65. It's been very decent and the finish surprised me as longer lasting than I thought. Mine is still pretty much scratchless, whereas a Majohn A1 in matte black can't say the same.

The EF nib it came with was very nice out of the box too, I got lucky.

[xylen]

On 10/21/2023 at 10:12 PM, Lithium466 said:

I only have a 65. It's been very decent and the finish surprised me as longer lasting than I thought. Mine is still pretty much scratchless, whereas a Majohn A1 in matte black can't say the same.

The EF nib it came with was very nice out of the box too, I got lucky.

damn nice, thanks. many ppl on the internet were saying that 65 is scratchy, but thanks to you, now i know it CAN be scratchless.

[Lithium466]

Haha, maybe I just got lucky with mine! There's no real QC on these so you get what you get. But as the nibs are easily replaceable, that's not really a problem (for the price).

[Doc Dan]

I just got two 992's. They have no internal cap/liner. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The pens have a metal band to the bottom of the cap. Nice touch. The pens came tested from the factory. They fully inked the pens to test the converters and the nib and feed. Nice. Finally, I got fine nibs and they write very smoothly. They started the first sentence a little dry and then by the next one everything was flowing freely and smoothly. Even my wife commented on the smoothness. 

[PJS_prog]

@xylen, did you end up getting the 65?