Jinhao 9016 with 9019 nib

[maxPower]

I believe, this is how it should have been, right from the start

Don't know if they will come back with a similar model eventually, but I love it and will hack some more, for sure.

 

After examining the two housings carefully, I've decided against attempting to make a housing for the 9019 nib and feed, because I didn't feel that there would be enough material left to thread.

So I chose a simple, quick and fully reversible hack, to fit the 9019 nib in the 9016 section, directly: teflon tape, used in pluming.

I did also turn a small protection for the thin part of the feed, although, if using the screw in converter, I don't really think it's necessary.

(and, of course I've glued the hole of the barrel - what were they thinking? - in, so that it may be eye-dropper-ed)

 

If you would also like to attempt this, make sure you wind the tape in the direction of the threading, and go a bit thicker towards the front, where the collar of the housing would have been.

And also cover the back of the feed, so that the converter has something soft and insulating to sit on.

 

I really love it... how it looks, how it feels... a big nib on a medium sized pen... the straight, namiki-like nib... the size of a 146 with the nib of a 149, without the hustle of the piston...

So, I hope this inspires you to also attempt this, should you have wondered if it's possible

(I thing my next attempt will be using shrink tube, although it might not glide so smoothly on the threads, as teflon does)

 

I just love inexpensive, hack-able pens! 😍

 

 

 

[AceNinja]

using plumbing teflon sounds primitive, but effective!  I like the idea.

Does the cap of 9016 able to close without touching the nib, after you installed the #8 nib?

[maxPower]

9 hours ago, AceNinja said:

using plumbing teflon sounds primitive, but effective!  I like the idea.

Does the cap of 9016 able to close without touching the nib, after you installed the #8 nib?

 

Sure, it does, no problem at all.

As you can see in the pictures, I even left the nib further out than the original casing does, just to see more of it.

(you may screw it in as far as you like - the fact that the converter also screws in helps, because it makes contact with the feed and everything is tight)

 

I like primitive

 

[maxPower]

I did the second one already and couldn't be happier

 

This time with shrink tube, but it still needed a little teflon tape for the thread to bite into, because it wasn't quite thick enough.