Majohn M8 - Raden

[Shanghai Knife Dude]

I bought it in 2009, when Majohn was still called Moonman. It was maybe the first try run of Majohn to reach a, relatively speaking, higher market. This pen was 20 dollars or higher. For some reason, this pen did not sell well (maybe a USD20 Moonman was too much for the market), and was discontinued shortly. 

The making of the body work is complicated, I paste it here: a glossy black acrylic barrel inlaid with flecks of purple imitation raden (abalone shell). It shines better than diamond.  100/10

Nib, a quality passec steel nib, rigid and smooth. 10/10

Filling, cartridge, boring but reliable, 10/10

Ergonomy, 18g with ink, approx 11mm in grip, as comfortable as the MB146. 10/10

Overall, this is a raden pen for USD20, which put other raden pen with price tag more than USD2000 into awkward situation of explaining their efficient costing structure and advanced pricing strategy. 

 

[Shanghai Knife Dude]

FYI, there were total 4 models. all discontinued.

[langere]

I have one, with the gold flecks in them.  I found that the pen looked good, but it was not an exceptional writer.

 

Erick

[jchch1950]

The four pens look nice. In my opinion, the pens with silver and gold are too flashy, but that is only my taste.

[Gloucesterman]

I have the two raden pens that I bought some time ago (don't recall the specific time frame) and used one fro a while.

Liked it and then put it away. I guess I am going to have to go find it and check it out again.

 

Always did like the appearance of the pen/s. Kind of classy (imo) and also subtle.

Thank you fro the review and piquing my interest in this model again.