Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 19 minutes ago

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A review of the Hongdian D5 Qin Dynasty tribute pen featuring the optional Lemon Hand Grind Medium Long Blade nib. The detail on the pen is fantastic, but does the Lemon nib give it an extra boost or suck the life out of it?

The pen is available here in EF and F: amzn.to/49utDQR
Where I bought mine with the Lemon M Long Blade nib (no affiliation): aliexpress.us/item/3256805868769259.html
Ink was Diamine Sargasso Sea (no affiliation, but great price): tinyurl.com/jvujjrek
Paper was a Rhodia Dot Pad: goldspot.com/products/rhodia-no-16-staplebound-6-x-8-25-notepad-in-black?aff=18

Other pens in the video:
Hongdian 100: youtu.be/7S5E83xXLew
Hongdian Black Forest Max: youtu.be/4-_1NuuLLTs
Lamy Safari: youtu.be/yJJVubdV-rc

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