Review: Jinhao 750 dual layer stacked nib fountain pen

Specialty nibs from Chinese pen makers are not that popular or well known, but the nib quality from some can be pretty good, and I can say that for the Jinhao 750 with a dual-layer stacked nib.

The price of this pen is around USD 52 on AliExpress. By the way, this is not a sponsored review, but if you have the intention to buy this pen, please buy it through the affiliate links further below to support my blog, which allows to me explore and feature lesser known pens.

This pen arrived in an aluminium (probably) box that's almost crushed but thankfully the pen is not damaged.

The pen is available in different colours and the one I have here is the pale yellow or tusk colour.

The body actually wiggles slightly when cap. It's like the cap is holding on to the wrong end of the grip section. Quality control isn't the best it seems. I just hope the cap is still able to provide a good seal to prevent ink from drying.

An ink convertor is provided. There's nothing else inside the box.

The pen does feel quite good in hand. There's a good weight to it and does not feel filmsy.

The insignia on the nib is one of a funny horse with bulging eyes and wavy tail. For some reason, I like how comical the horse looks.

This is dual-layer nib. There's a smaller nib stacked on top of the larger main nib.

The tipping is big and it looks like a separate piece that's fused to the two nibs.

This nib has a cross slit which should help with ink flow, and this particular pen that I have has fantastic ink flow. This is a very wet nib and is as good as the other Sailor Specialty Nibs I have with fantastic ink flow.

Just for comparison purposes, this is how the Jinhao stacked nib looks besides the Sailor King Eagle nib that cost USD 2000-2500.

The grind of the Sailor King Eagle is definitely better in the sense that all (5) contact points can be used for writing, or drawing. The Jinhao stacked nib works best at the point and the broad side.

This stacked nib is versatile and can create a variety of line widths depending on the angle of the pen. The thickest line is 4mm. And the thinnest line is hairline if you reverse the pen nib.

Pen nibs like this are actually designed for writing Chinese words. Because the pen nib can produce line variation, they can be used for drawing as well, and can create expressive lines.

The thinner lines can be used for drawing, and board line can be used for filling areas with ink quickly.

When drawing short strokes, you can tap with the broad stroke instead, as if you are drawing dots, but short strokes will appear.

Hold the pen vertically or reverse the tip and you can draw very thin lines.

Drawing experience with this pen is satisfying, and it is probably worth buying this pen just for that.

A fude nib fountain pen can also create lines like the Jinhao stacked nib. The main difference is the stacked nib has the tipping in front, but the fude nib has the nib bent backwards. There is a slight difference with writing or drawing experience.

Some of the fude nib pens I have have ink flow issues.

For USD 50, this pen provides tremendous value for money. Even if you already have a fude nib, this is still a good pen to get. I highly recommend this pen.

Availability

You can find this pen on AliExpress (Seller A | Seller B | Seller C)