Chris Saenz | Nib Swap Tips - Jinhao 80 @ChrisSaenz13 | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
In this video I share my success story of swapping 3 Jinhao 80 nibs using tips from pen friend +viewer Neil Piper and ideas from Doug's video at Inkquiring Minds' channel. I use some older pens to demonstrate a couple of things I ran into. Ultimately I needed 4 things:
* Lobster band (gripper of any kind that works for you
* Small eye glass/jewelry repair screwdriver
* Duct Tape (you can try regular tape I had no luck with it though)
* Tissue/Kleenex
The first pen was easiest ... it took only a slight levering of the nib with the screwdriver and then I pulled the nib off with a lobster band. The second two were extremely stubborn and the screwdriver didn't budge the nib ... so I turned to the duct tape. The entire feed and nib came out and so I had to do both pen #2 and pen #3 in two parts ... the feed with nib came out first and then I repeated the duct tape and tissue procedure to free the nibs.
My philosophy on these pens is that I will treat them like I do my Moonman Mini Wancai's ... I leave dedicated nibs in those pens because the nibs on them also pull out with lots of difficulty with tape (for me). Everyone's experience and risk tolerance will be different. LOL
I hope this video helps at least one person to be able to free their nib off the Jinhao 80. I will say however, the Fine nib that came on mine was so good ... I've carefully tucked it away for future use. So don't feel compelled to swap nibs if you like a nice juicy Fine nib and if you get as lucky as I did .. you could be all set with the stock nib that comes on yours.
Good luck and please let me know of any other tricks and tips you know of because I love these pens so much it would not shock me if I were to get another one someday. Please comment if you have one of these pens and you've done some nib switching!
Doug's Video where in the process of showing the nibs he uses duct tape to pull a Jinhao 80 nib/feed/nib:
youtube.com/watch?v=OXuS9rYyOcc
My Instagram: instagram.com/snowball7470
My Pen Email: chris@inkswatch.com
In this video I share my success story of swapping 3 Jinhao 80 nibs using tips from pen friend +viewer Neil Piper and ideas from Doug's video at Inkquiring Minds' channel. I use some older pens to demonstrate a couple of things I ran into. Ultimately I needed 4 things:
* Lobster band (gripper of any kind that works for you
* Small eye glass/jewelry repair screwdriver
* Duct Tape (you can try regular tape I had no luck with it though)
* Tissue/Kleenex
The first pen was easiest ... it took only a slight levering of the nib with the screwdriver and then I pulled the nib off with a lobster band. The second two were extremely stubborn and the screwdriver didn't budge the nib ... so I turned to the duct tape. The entire feed and nib came out and so I had to do both pen #2 and pen #3 in two parts ... the feed with nib came out first and then I repeated the duct tape and tissue procedure to free the nibs.
My philosophy on these pens is that I will treat them like I do my Moonman Mini Wancai's ... I leave dedicated nibs in those pens because the nibs on them also pull out with lots of difficulty with tape (for me). Everyone's experience and risk tolerance will be different. LOL
I hope this video helps at least one person to be able to free their nib off the Jinhao 80. I will say however, the Fine nib that came on mine was so good ... I've carefully tucked it away for future use. So don't feel compelled to swap nibs if you like a nice juicy Fine nib and if you get as lucky as I did .. you could be all set with the stock nib that comes on yours.
Good luck and please let me know of any other tricks and tips you know of because I love these pens so much it would not shock me if I were to get another one someday. Please comment if you have one of these pens and you've done some nib switching!
Doug's Video where in the process of showing the nibs he uses duct tape to pull a Jinhao 80 nib/feed/nib:
youtube.com/watch?v=OXuS9rYyOcc
My Instagram: instagram.com/snowball7470
My Pen Email: chris@inkswatch.com
