Hi Chris! I find your review very important. It highlights how Hongdian streamlines the production of one of its flagship models. Jinhao has never used pistons in its fountain pens until now. In A.Ex. the D5X is not yet available for the European market. While I had to buy the F and EF nibs again for the D5, the gold colored ones, since those of the two D5s I have did not give satisfactory performance on plain paper. We'll see if it's a question of production batches. Thanks for everything Chris! See you soon!
I have been concerned about maintaining the D5 as getting the wrench into the slots has been a chore. For mine, not enough clearance when you turn the piston knob. The D5X is a viable solution and the price on Amazon is more than fair. Great video, Chris.
@@chrisrap52 Thanks. I looked at the video. Was yours difficult to get enough clearance to get the wrench into the slots? That has been my problem. I can't turn the knob far enough.
My memory is I just turned it to eventually start to unscrew the assembly (same thing wrench does). Took some effort, but after I disassembled my 2nd D5, saw it could be done. As I have a few D5s, felt OK with this.
A nice Review Chris. So now, there's a model for those who like the pen design, but don't care to have a piston filler. I happen to enjoy my D5 piston filler. Out of curiosity, have you ever given thought to using an endoscope when reviewing certain pens??
May i know which is better ? Piston or converter one? I guess most people associated converter as a cheaper pen. But for them, the price difference is small. Personally i guess converter last longer as you can keep replacing converter, but look cheap. Like to hear more from all of you
Fine nib. But then you say XF. On my iMac it looks broad! OK. But it also looks really ugly to my eye. (The review is delightful, though, as usual. Thanks.)
