I got a Jinhao 58 several weeks ago off Ali Express and I’m delighted with it — €5 including the ink converter. Pleasant aesthetic, feels solid, lots of colors to pick from, and crucially a screw cap — so it doesn’t dry out quickly, the main problem with cheap fountain pens, and you can toss it in a bag.
Only available in EF and F nibs, but I was specifically looking for a narrow nib for writing Chinese because almost all my pens are broad or stub. Finding how Jinhao writes their name in hanzi was surprisingly tricky, as they’re not really a premium brand that loudly markets themselves… but it seems to be 金豪.
why is Gulliver of Travels fame depicted as Smokin' Hot Seattle Jesus?!
(I suspect it's AI-generated. Did someone who didn't know what Gulliver's Travels is about just paste his name into a prompt and go with it?)
absolutely losing it at machine translation rendering "A Farewell to Arms" as "Goodbye Weapons"
Also dieses Ali Express Produkt hat bei mir einen absoluten haben will Effekt ausgelöst. Kennt zufällig Jemand ein deutsche Bezugsquelle dafür? Oder eventuell ein ähnliches Produkt das vielleicht noch besser ist?

Got my two vinyl friends yesterday afternoon, now one more will appear today, alongside some flock kittens I'll color after sports team colors
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