That 18KGP means 18 karat gold plate, which is stamped on many Jinhou nibs whether gold plated or not, but is instead a legacy from their actual gold plated nibs, AFIK. I have quite a few of these 777’s and they’re really quite good. Mine all have EF as the only nib stamping. I got 11 for about AU$ 14 on Temu. Make enough of anything and it becomes cheaper and this doesn’t usually involve manual labour. There’s no meticulous and highly skilled fitting here. Enjoy these guilt and gilt free! 👍🏻 A cat must always be exactly where the action and attention is. 😁

For Ink, I got doctors latex gloves off of Walmart app, only like $12 ,you get 100 medium gloves, you can use them over and again, if you let it dry, I use mine once a day and only use one, depends on how messy it gets...

Lol I’m trying to buy one and figure out which one to buy! Thank u for the video!

In hot weather with my left hand the water based ink is a no go.

Just purchased 9x 777 pens for about $AU 11.00 and they’re excellent. But the stars for me are the X750 and X159. The X750 is my go-to but neither requires posting IMHO. The X159 appears to be powder-coated metal as with the X750 and is also a smooth writer, and I love the weight. The size factor is a bonus with my slightly arthritic hands too. I also have a couple of Centennial 100 pens just for the premium look, and one came with the extra-fine nib which is lovely but too fine for me. They are indeed superb and Jinhao has produced some quality products for budget prices. They’re inexpensive enough to collect on a whim from Temu. I will be buying more. 👍🏻

Creative doodling! Frame-able! 14:15

Of these I think the micron and Pitt are the best since I like pointed nibs

It is just like a fountain pen, nothing fancy, Bic Ball pens are still the smoothest.

Spring didn’t work for me either- tried with several different nibs. What has worked was 2 pieces of medical tape - one over the eye of the nib, another wrapped around the nib. I did it to nibs like Hunt 101 or Gillot 303, though, haven’t tried the Pumpkin one like in your video. To me, difference is more than worth fiddling with tiny pieces of plaster 😅

I've tried the pigment pens from Steadler and these pit pens. I love the pigment pens better. I just don't like the way these lay down. The pigment pens blend better too. They also don't leak through the page. The Pitt pen leaked through my paper.

I thought i was the only person who dislikes micron.

Been doing exactly this for some time, meant to bug some flux turns out I just bought two extra bottle so filled on with ink, coincidentally has a plastic bottle with a piss poor seal that needed a new bottle anyway

There is a pen that does use normal india ink called the "indiagraph" its pretty pricey but it seems to just was a small water reservoir in the pen cap maybe you would just have the cap damp

Tbh, sketchbooks are just so that you can look back as motivation. That's why it's so useful that it shows an artist start and helps you want to be better.

This included very helpful information and was a delightfully strange and wonderful video. Thank you!

I discovered your channel not by any sort of product review but by looking for pen modifications. That might be the antithesis of a product review? And I have enjoyed all your videos - the ones about your mum's old Isographs is my favourite, but there are others, too. I stayed for the humour and the art - I really like your art and your outlook.

I'm going to try this out the next time I fiddle with a scratchy nib - thanks! The result looks pretty commendable. (A sort of tangent: do you have any fountain pens that are equivalent to a 0.01 Rotring Isograph or a 0.18 Staedtler Mars matic (even an inverted nib, as long as it's reasonably smooth)?

ack! You crush me! My entire presence in the artistic field is sketching as the final product. I *love* seeing sketchings. All their imperfections and construction lines etc. etc. I like them better than final pieces I've seen. But likely I'm in the minority. Yes, a very controversial take on the sketchbook that you have. I am a sentimental person and my sketchbook reflects that time in my life. I don't think I can move into a digital book that erases every sketch because I don't do final pieces in the way other artists do. I'm just a hobby artist. I don't make a living off them. So they don't get finished. :D Also, as a fountain pen enthusiast, what else would I use my fountain pens for once I eventually finish studying? Might as well use them for my bad sketches too. :D At least the ink is pretty.

For me a sketchbook is emotional, it's a journal like any other. I actually don't resonate at all with the way that you talk and describe things, especially talking about "legacy" or whatever... feels like men, especially white men, are always thinking about "legacy" and how they'll be seen and remembered and it's just... bizarre. I don't mean to come at your aggressively but I do feel strongly about that. yet I still think it'd be so useful for me to have something that instantly destroys my sketch and I will be trying this myself, for my own personal reasons :)

Sketchbooks are the physical manifestation of one having wasted time over and over again. That an organism that is prone to the ravages of entropy has the gall to want a legacy is hilarious. The sycophants that worry about art supplies being "lightfast" are my favorite species of Clown. 👻👻👻👻👻👻🎖

Hum? Is the point not that with paper and such that you are encuraged to make something uniqe and however inconsequential it might be on its own. It still has a inherent quality by simply existing at all? Scriblings on some E-Ink display or whatever cool gaduget shown in the video that is erased the moment power is cycled? Yea sure it is useful and handy. Pen on paper is still far more interesting and purposeful. I'm not a Apple user. Have no idea what kind of storage it would take up making drawings on the regular on a Ipad. I still find it hard to imagine that it would be unfeasable to use such a device and make sketchbooks out of things. Seems like the best of all worlds. Easy to discard. Yet with the ability to complie things togheter. If ones drawings are better of not existing. Then why not let some AI do the drawings then? Seriously the inherent ability to peform something without the aids of modern tech is outstanding on its very own. The small scribling my mom do in newspapers or whatever at random has FAR more value to me then the countless of high fidelity color prints of logos and whatever new car is posted as a ad in said newspaper. And really that makes no sense if you look at it like that. How can some mindless scribles be worth more then the professional work? Even before 'AI' made music that you can listen to without turning it off in discust? Music was in general unintresting since it was mass produced with little soul or care. And still seeing somone pick up a instrument and make something actually enjoyable to listen to? It was and still is genuinely amazing! Increadible how somone seemingly mindlessly making something out of tin air! Not even trying to impress anyone. Not in for it for the money. Just making things. Playing things. It is like trying to train your gituar playing wihtout any sounds being made. Like? That is what erasing what you draw being the only option. Playing a instrument wihtout sounds. Same with people having the math skills to effortlessly do maths in their head that most people (including me) would have a hard time doing on a calculator! Most of this people are dying out now since the only reason they where so good at math was because their work required them to be able to do it fast. And without any digital aids? At best they would take out some pen and papper if the maths where mission cirtial to be done right. Or so far advanced in complexity that it might aswell be rocket sicence. If something your making is not worth keeping? Then what is the insentive to actually make something worthwhile? Even if only for your own enjoyment.

Firstly - I love the video!! But secondly, as far as usefulness of sketchbooks goes, I think that for me personally it's good to have my past work to examine mistakes, examine what I did right and just simply reminisce - there are a ton of sketches that aren't exactly *good* but that I associate with pleasant memories. Scribbled portraits of my friends, cool bugs I saw on my walks, a cup of really good coffee, a sketch of my hand that I made in a quaint little ice cream place. I love having those to look through But also, when it comes to art schools and stuff, the recruiters are often interested in seeing your sketchbooks to kind of check if you have the potential for that particular class. Some of my friends wouldn't have gotten accepted if not for the piles and piles of artwork they had in their sketchbooks Generally though for me it's about the memories :) it's like a diary without words

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i just found these pens on storge my dad had it when he was in college i think that was in the end of 70s or beginning of 80s thanks for the video of the pen i learned a lot 😁 i was gonna use them for me but when i knew it's for drawing and engineering things i changed my mind..😂 i think im gonna keep it , what's the value of it this days? i also found an platinum old pen with them that idk anything about it but it's look like an engineering thing too so I'm gonna keep away from it 😂❤

The bit at the end was great.

I found a non-transparent black version, it looks like Lamy safari when capped. 🖤✒

I found you today. You're amazing. I love your video since the beginning to the end.

Maybe meds can help with your violent pen opening tendencies.

Really fancy review❤

Excellent thank you. Has convinced me, that with my level of general clumsiness, I'm better of sticking with fine liners.

You’re so talented. I came across your channel bc I wanted to know how carbon black ink works with fountain pen. I’m learning Japanese right now and began to write a lot with only a cheap fountain pen. You’re right that it’s so much more work to gain actual skills using the tool vs. indulging on the consumerism side of things to look at products over products. I enjoy both 😂, but your thoughts in this video resonates with me the most.

This pen is very similar to LAMY CP1 I believe

As a owner of the Lamy Safari/ Vista . I could say : fucking knock off

7:09 Rotring ink gets as well as possible when It's warm try using quite hot water bath. Don't reach boiling point but go as close as you manage.

I bought this pen online just to try my very first fountain pen, I didn't know how to fill it up until I found your video. I ended up watching the whole video, because I enjoyed it so much, even though I am not a pen aficionado like you. Haha. Thank you for this superbly entertaining video! :)

No I like it being well fancy that's what makes it good!

i would like to learn more about being pointlessly popular please

This is actually very worth it!

I love the satire on the generalised product reviews these days, it really do be that way! The reason I come back here for every video is because of the way you simply draw on, and on, and just provide your thoughts on using it. A good pen is a good pen because of its ease of use, and using a pen for long periods of time helps to differentiate the good from the meh 😂 Thanks for the video mate, wonderful art as always.

Funny and enlightening, thank you!

Definitely true. Its always best to start a hobby with inexpensive tools and only upgrade them when you have a specific need for a more advanced tool. I started using fountain pens about a year ago and found the perfect pen for my tastes a few months into the hobby. I've tried others in stores since then, but even much more expensive pens don't suit me as well as the one I'm used to (A Lamy Aion, not fancy but I like the feel of it in hand more than any other I've tried).

If its at all encouraging I came to your channel through your video about refilling fountain pen cartridges and (as I stated on that video at the time) I appreciate your channel entirely because you are capable of talking about and having fun with these tools without making it about commercialism and retail therapy - I should like you to know that that is still my impression. Much respect for the views expressed in this piece.

You really made my day, I love everything in your sketcbooks and your incredible sense of humor, thank you for sharing.

Thank you very much, I have 3 TP, 0.18 , 0.2, and a 0.3 and I was wondering if I should experiment with color ink and after I saw this, well, Im just putting Staedler ink on my smaller guys, 0.3 and up will experiment. Video was very helpful-

I came to your channel, indeed, because of your reviews, even though I wasn’t even planning to buy any pen (bc I already had one). And after my only and favorite pen was stolen, I remembered about jinhao just because of you! So you can be sure that your channel saved me some money and let me have a pen I really like in the end. But I started to write this comment because I like your personality and sense of humor. There’s a viewer for every kind of video, and I’m sure the channel still can grow without any “materialistic”, as you’ve called them, videos. I will watch anything you make :)

I completely agree with your thoughts on certain art products reaching a point of diminishing return, however I will say I think that the way you always communicated your thoughts on those products made that clear, which is why I enjoyed your point of view and your reviews in general so much. As for pivoting your content, I’m a big fan of your art and will happily stick around for your drawings or any other types of videos you find yourself wanting to make. P.S. Very excited to get this notification, welcome back!

Clicked as soon as i saw the notification, you never disappoint. Edit: if its any reassurance to the quality of your content, I came from the laptop video on the second channel to this channel, and found someone who has pretty good thoughts on pens and life.

So i got given 2 of my mums old Rotring pens which used to belong to my grandpa whose a draftsman. Ive been googling how to clean these things and came across this video. Now the ones i got arent the exact same, i believe they're even older then yours, but the head system is similar enough compared to the brand new ones. My current issue is trying to clean one of them, I cant unscrew the head tip from its body, things completely stuck from ink, even small wrenches arent getting it off

In Dutch it's pronounced Taaaaalens not Talens like talent. Greetz