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Jinhao
Need bottled ink
or refills?
"I want you to know we are thrilled with our I Ching
fountain pen. We love the beauty of the pen. The nib writes very nicely. The
feel of the pen overall is very nice. This is a wonderful pen to use. Just using
this golden I Ching makes you feel blessed and prosperous. That's wonderful in
itself. What a pen to use in your everyday business dealings, eh? The price of
the pen and shipping is negligible and very affordable. Yet the way one's spirit
soars when handling this pen is beyond what even a fancy limited edition could
do, and we all know that attitude is everything. Thanks again."
"Norman, The pen and ink arrived today! I just want
to thank you for your quick delivery. The pen writes great! I am so glad I chose
the I Ching. I will definitely be buying more pens from hisnibs.com."
"I checked my
box Saturday Voila!! My order was in. My daughter asked if she could open the
box, I allowed her under very close supervision and scrutiny. She saw the I
Ching and looked at the Taijitu on the end cap and gasped, I told her the
number of hexes were 13 – she didn’t care – we aren’t superstitious, but she is
totally into this Ying & Yang lately. She knows I love dragons and she was
excited to see the clip. Looks REAL good. Once we returned home I filled it with
the bottled ink I have and Love (Namiki) and began writing. It writes
wonderfully smooth, and the weight – for me – is absolutely perfect. What I have
learned about myself, after a while my hand gets spasms while writing (or
drawing) and I have been known to drop things. So even when my hand spasmed, the
weight was fine enough to lean against my hand and not topple over, nor did the
ink bleed out onto the paper. The I Ching writes very closely like my Pelikan M
205 (fine Nib). It just longer and a bit more weight (heft as you call it). I
agree with your assessment of the fine-medium, absolutely beautiful. I am
writing now, (something I should have been doing a lot more of, for years) and
hoping this will turn into a book in about 30 days. At some point I will have
to put the pen down to turn it into a word processed format of some sort, but
for now going to enjoy my I Ching. I am SO glad I selected it."
I Ching Silver fountain pen
I Ching
Ash fountain pen
I Ching Gold fountain pen
Unscrewing the section from the barrel, one finds the included
piston converter for
bottled ink. The converter includes a little agitator ball to help prevent
adherence of the ink to the plastic walls of the cylinder, but it's still
recommended to run a dilute solution of dishwashing soap (two or three drops to
a small bowl of water) through a new pen a few times (outside of the
pen!), followed by water only. Step one is effective at removing manufacturing
oils that can tend to make the ink less than enthusiastic in heading from the
converter/filler to the nib, and step two removes the traces of the detergent you've
used...which tends to have the opposite, diuretic effect.
The pen will also fit international-style ink cartridges, such as those from Private Reserve. All-in-all, and attractive and representative import from China.
There's a fairly subtle distinction between the Gold and the new Bronze versions. The Bronze is a bit darker and has an aged, two-toned look to it. The Gold is uniformly gold, and a bit brighter in appearance.
IMPORTANT SERVICE NOTE: Every nib that ships from His Nibs is closely examined under high magnification and tuned or adjusted if needed. About 85% of modern nibs need some adjustment out-of-the-box from the manufacturer for an optimal writing experience. Most commonly, the tines of the nib are misaligned -- which would cause scratchiness at the minimum; the slit between the tines is partially or fully closed -- which would starve the nib of ink and at best cause skipping; or the slit between the tines is too wide -- which will either again cause skipping, or conversely, flooding. There are other factors -- such as separation of the nib from the feed -- that are inspected and repaired before any pen leaves the Palace.
The only 100% guarantee of course
comes when the pen is
actually filled with ink and written with for the first time, but our
pre-shipping inspections and tunings have eliminated 99.99999 (my finger is
getting tired) of the frustrations that a customer experiences when first using
a new fountain pen. Although this can be time-consuming on occasion, it affords
our customers a much more pleasant experience when receiving a fountain pen from
His Nibs -- and saves us the frustration of dealing with returns!
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Ordering Procedures & Returns International customers, please note, we will not falsify shipping documents Please send your order and shipping address (along with any questions) to:
orders@hisnibs.com We will email you back with your order total (PA residents please add 6% sales tax) Credit cards, for the quickest fulfillment of your order, are accepted through PayPal, a secure site allowing you to use your credit card without us even seeing the information. If you'd like to make use of this credit card service, please let us know when you email your order and address, and we'll email you the appropriate Request for Payment, and instructions for the simple payment procedure (you don't need to join PayPal to use it).
If you would like us process your credit card directly instead, then please email us: 1. Card # (dividing this number in two, between two emails, will
ensure security) If you'd rather pay by money order or check, kindly make payable to: His
Nibs.com We
ship via insured Priority Mail
Warranties and returns If an item proves to be defective, in most cases the manufacturer's warranty will apply. However, please email us first so that we can determine the easiest way to resolve the problem to your satisfaction. In the case of fountain pens -- which are a bit more individualistic than other writing instruments -- what may at first appear to be a defect (hard starting or poor flow for example), can in almost all cases be resolved with a few simple 'tweaks' to the nib, which we'll be happy to guide you through or perhaps suggest returning to us for adjustment. Should you wish to return a
non-defective item within 3 days of receipt because it doesn't suit
you for some reason, again please email us and we'll arrange an
exchange, credit or refund (minus any shipping/insurance charges),
if the item is returned in an 'as new' condition. If you've dipped a
fountain pen to try its writing characteristics, kindly clean off
any ink residue prior to shipping -- to save us both a nasty
surprise We want you to be happy with your purchase from HisNibs.com and hope to have you join the ranks of our many long-term, repeat customers!
Revised: May 21st, 2013
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), which smoothes out the hard edges that can
sometimes be felt with the more common hexagonal shape (now, aren't most 'hexes'
considered unlucky?).
