Majohn P139#8 Medium Nib Fountain Pen with Box, Brass Piston System Large Capacity Writing Pen, Black Yellow

I have this pen in the orange and black and also the marbled black versions. Both are very nice, look good and, best of all write well. Although girthy, they feel good in my hand. I bought them because they are fat which is more comfortable for me to hold even though I have smallish hands. I feel like they represent good value.

Beautiful pen. Writes smoothly, no feedback or scratchiness. Nice wet writer. Wonderful No. 8 nib <F>. Is a larger pen and very comfortable for long writing sessions. I love this piston filler as it holds a lot of ink. I do not write with it posted as I don't want to inadvertently disturb the piston knob. I have both the P139 and P140 and would buy them both again. One of my favorite pens.

I have two of these pens. One in the gray marble, and the second orange and black that I bought here on Amazon. These are nicely made pens, and at a good price. A good fit and finish on all of the parts. They are BIG pens, a copy of a well known German brand's model 139 from before WWII. They made a limited edition with the orange design in the early 90s. All of the design elements are there. The pens are piston filled, so use bottled ink. Nibs are a #8 size, so bigger than most. The larger, longer nib balances the pen well, and it is a comfortable pen to use. The brass piston mechanism is sturdy and gives the pen a little heft. Nibs are replaceable. The hard rubber (ebonite) feed gives a good flow. The nibs were very smooth writing right out of the box. The nibs in both pens write wider than I would expect from a fine nib, and are wet writers. Some adjusting to limit the flow a bit was needed. The pen purchased through Amazon arrived in a simple gift box. The one thing that I do not like is the design of the clip. The clip is fine of a smooth fabric like broadcloth or oxford cloth. But they will grab and may damage any knit shirt when you try to remove it from your pocket. The reason is that the end of the clip is folded in to form a "ball," but it forms a V at the top that narrows down to a slit, and the fabric gets caught in it when I try to pull the pen out of my pocket. The attached picture shows a clip as it arrived, on top. You can see the tuft of fiber that it ripped off of the pocket on my shirt. The bottom clip shows my fix, which was to fill the V and the slit with solder, then blend, buff and gold plate. I've now done it with both. Perhaps filling with epoxy would work as well. The piston seal sticks on one of my pens. The seal is a soft material, and I don't think that silicone grease would be appropriate, and am not sure what to use just yet. The nib isn't tipped, so won't last as long as the German brand with the white star on top. Would I buy another? Well, I did as you can see. For $55 I consider it to be a good buy. Down a star because I assume that service will not be available if/when it fails. But that's the case for some very expensive pens too.

I'm very impressed with how this pen writes. I'm a fountain pen snob, and own several Montblancs (including the Shakespear model that this looks like it's modeled after), Pelikans, Pilot Customs, (I have at least one pen from probably most brands you can think of), and this pen writes excellent, even compared to them. It writes smooth like glass. Ink flow is generous but not overly wet. Also, it feels like it's built pretty well -- it doesn't feel cheap. It doesn't have the quality of detail in the workmanship that pens like MB, Pelikan, Pilot, etc have, but for the price, I think this is an excellent pen. A very good value. I'd say the quality to price ratio is excellent. I bought this pen primarily as a knock-about pen that I don't have to be afraid of losing or misplacing, like if I'm camping or doing other things where one might be inclined to not take a more expensive pen. To those ends, this pen is perfect.

I have a collection of fountain pens. Have been building it for years. At this point, it’s mostly piston fillers. The Pelikan M200, M800 and M1000, the MB149 a pair of Lamy 2k, a Leonardo, Some pilots, Kaweco Etc. Like all of us I have some favorites and some I don’t prefer. This pen (and a cousin I will also review the 140) came highly recommended, not just in the budget pen category, but in general. In the $40 price bracket, I’m willing to experiment. So I ordered it. What are the specs? Piston fillers with an all brass piston mechanism, lovely resin body, attractive well executed (if entirely derivative of the montblac writers Hemingway) design and an ebonite feed. That’s right. Ebonite. Oh yes with a #8 steel nib. I like big nibs and in the pen community ebonite is sort of like a magical unicorn. All for $42 delivered. I was very curious but also very skeptical. The pen arrived, and I’m pleased to tell you that it actually exceeded my expectations by a huge margin. It’s inked so I can’t give you an empty mass. But it’s solid ( all the brass components) the finishing is excellent, the orange plastic is a bit flat. I’d prefer a bit more depth or chatoyance, but again 40USD. The level of detail, execution and mechanical operation were on par (better in some case, looking at you montblanc) than my prestige brand pens at 20 times the price. But how does it write? Some of my favourite writing pens ( Leonardo momento zero grabde 2) have a steel nib. But usually inexpensive steel nibs are a mixed bag. Scratchy., stiff, not expressive. In fairness, there are a lot of gold nibs that I don’t prefer either the 14 karat gold nib on the pilot custom 193 is one of my least favorite writers. It’s a mute, feels like you’re riding with someone else’s hand. This pen writes beautifully, the nib offers smooth writing with a light pencil like feedback. I’m not gonna confuse it with my M1000 but for a steel lip it’s surprisingly bouncy and expressive. It’s a lovely fast writer and with that ebonite feed the ink flow is consistent, generous and continuous. It’s overall a better writer so far than many of my other pens and out of the box it was more consistent than any of them. I found that my Mont Blanc and the big pelican took a substantial amount of adjustment to get their feed and nib dialed in correctly, disappointing on $1000 pen but the $40 moon man was writing perfectly out of the box. Aesthetically the nib is pretty humble looking gold toned steel with a laser engraved sun moon logo on the face, again you’re not gonna confuse it for the tricolour 18 karat on a pelikan or the 21 carat nib on a sailor but that’s OK too. It writes close to as well as both of them and more consistently than either. Aesthetically if there was a gold nib or even just a slightly better looking steel nib this pen would be absolutely world class. Pictured next to my pelican m 800 and with a small writing sample in dominant industries dominant blue 104. Hope this helps.

Very nice and smooth. First thing I checked was if it indeed had an ebonite feed. It does. Piston assembly works well. Nib didn't need any adjustment. I'm now looking at getting the other colors.

Anyone who missed out on the dolce vita and the Hemingway should give this pen with a number 8 nib a chance, you will be seriously impressed with this modern interpretation of a classic fountain pen style! It’s not just a well executed style, but mine was well tuned and writes beautifully, a nib that I don’t have to tune is a rarity even with brands like Pelikan, Kaweco, and really most that don’t get tuned by retailers after production, so this level of quality control at all levels of the pen, impress me as a fountain pen user and collector of over 2 decades. This pen punches well above its price!

Great writer right out of the box after a clean. Nib has a nice feel, large amount of ink can be loaded. Barrel fits those hands that are larger (like mine) only issue issue is that the barrel by itself isn't long enough to be comfortable without posting the cap but the cap really doesn't snug onto the barrel securely. I'll have to keep using it for a time and see if it's something that can "wear in". Overall do recommend.