Jim P.

Father, geek, serial hobbyist.

The two new Jinhao 20 colors arrived as well. The shimmer on these is very subtle (thankfully). I'm eager to try out these 03 nibs to see if they're as good as the 03 nib on the Jinhao 80 not inking them just yet, though.

Close-up horizontal photo of a fountain pen nib. It has the Jinhao logo and "03" on it
Photo of a light green fountain pen body. Small bits of shimmer particles catch light and sparkle, but they minimal and are only visible in a narrow band down the center.

By coincidence (honest!), two of the new inks paired well with the new Jinhao 20 pens.

The pen tints are a bit on the light side for me, but still OK. Kinda spring-y.

The 03 nibs are quite smooth and thin, though the comparison image isn't that great because of all the different inks. Still well within the range I prefer. If these don't seal well I can move the nib units to hosts that do.

Also a little color comparison here with some inks I had handy.

Photo of two fountain pens next to two writing samples on paper. The top pen is transparent light blue with a little visible shimmer to it and has silver trim. The writing sample next to it reads "Jinhao 20 UF/03 / Glacier / Pelikan Edelstein Topaz" followed by a few pen strokes in various directions. The bottom pen is a milky but still transparent light green with a little visible shimmer to it and has gold trim. The writing sample next to it reads "Jinhao 20 UF/03 / Celestial Jade / Sailor Manyo Ukikusa" followed by a few pen strokes in various directions.
Photo of paper with writing samples in various nibs and inks and a line down the end crossed by all inks but the first. The line widths vary somewhat, but are all thin. From top to bottom they read: "Jinhao 20 03, Jinhao 20 EF, Jinhao 80 03, Jinhao 80 EF, Decimo EF, Kakuno EF, Platinum UEF"
Writing samples in two groups. Top group are all shades of light blue: * "Pelikan Topaz" (Light blue with some red sheen) * "Ama-iro" (Light blue with some red sheen) * "Regulus" (Very light slate blue) * "Rikka" (Medium slate blue with red sheen) * "Kon-peki" (Medium blue) Bottom group are all shades of green: * "Ukikusa" (Light slate green) * "Carpathian Green" (Grassy olive-green) * "E=mc2" (Olive green) * "Midori Green" (Green-leaning teal) * "Apple Glory" (Very bright green)

Update 1:

Over a week later these Jinhao 20 pens are behaving (mostly). I let them go over the weekend and the blue one had a wee bit of a hard start but didn't skip after.

The ink appears noticeably darker now out of both of them, moreso the blue one (Topaz now looks more like Kon-peki than Ama-iro). Could have been some water in the feed initially maybe? Even after several lines it's consistently the darker color.

There doesn't appear to be any loss of ink from the converter at least.

Update 2:

I mentioned last week that the new Jinhao 20 pens had darkened since the first day, but they have been consistently dark since. They are also not writing nearly as wet as that first day. So it must have been some lingering water in the feed or maybe just extra ink in/around the nib.

Here's a comparison from my log. They feathered a bit on this paper at first. Don't mind the date on the second part, I was doing some catch-up today since I neglected the log book for a few days.

Photo collage of two writing samples, the contents of which are essentially the same as the text from earlier posts in this thread. The important thing is the contrast in color and width of the lines. The pens are the same, Jinhao 20 with UF/30 nibs. In the top photo, the blue ink is a light almost sky blue, the green is a medium green. Both lines are quite wide, looking more like an M nib or even wider. In the bottom photo, the blue ink is a medium blue, the green is more of a forest green. The lines are much narrower, more fitting for EF/UF nibs.

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