Majohn P138 Piston Unboxing and Review

[@paulherman5822]

Well said about nib tuning. Was a point in time where you'd have just taken it to your local stationers' service department. But when ballpoint pens gained momentum, less and less service departments, so people learned. 😉 A lot of Chinese pens tend to be dry writers. Because of their different writing style, generally. Fortunately it's usually an easy thing to take care of (I recommend Doug Rathbun's, of Inkquiring Minds, "Seven Steps to Inky Happiness."😁) Sure, the cheaper ones tend to need more work. Nothing different from the Platignums or Sheaffer student pens, among other budget pens of the past. An under £1 pen had lower QC standards. 😉 (Even more expensive could need help, as you pointed out. I'm certain that Queen Elizabeth IIs beloved 1952 Parker 51 Vacumatic had its share of service over the decades.) Even the stylographs preferred by Sir Winston Churchill were still fairly mass produced and occasionally needed work (and during WWII, they had to be hand assembled. Means he broke a few, as he needed several made.) Really enjoy your views! You seem to have a preference for higher end pens, but, unlike some, you give fair and honest opinions on even cheap pens. Price doesn't mean it can't write well. 😉 Thanks!

[@neilpiper9889]

I have the all black version of this pen. I have a 1.1 nib on mine. Writes beautifully.

[@Johnny-x9y]

I purchased two of these and I think they’re absolutely wonderful… One is a medium and one is a fine and they both write beautifully right out of the box at least for me. Doctor Joe showed me a picture of it and I wanted it immediately !!.

[@hamer666]

this fountain pen is nothing more than a Chinese fake Montblanc Marcel Proust from the writers' edition. The difference is the name and the material of the cap and barrel, which in the original is made of silver.

[@vasilis_k_97]

so what?