Majohn68 models

The broadest catalogue of any Chinese boutique brand: pocket eyedroppers under $10, capless/retractable pens, oversize #8 piston flagships, wood and titanium bodies.

China · 571 colourways · median $29 · 9 yours · formerly Moonman
7.1
41/68 scored

Reputation

The broadest catalogue of any Chinese boutique brand: pocket eyedroppers under $10, capless/retractable pens, oversize #8 piston flagships, wood and titanium bodies. Volume over focus.

Regarded as one of the better Chinese brands for design and value, with genuinely inconsistent nib QC. The recurring community verdict is that the pens are well made for the money but the nib is a lottery — a good one is excellent out of the box, a bad one needs tine alignment or smoothing before it writes.

The brand sold as Moonman up to roughly 2021-2022 and now trades as Majohn; retailers still list both names, sometimes on the same pen ('Majohn (Moonman) C3'). Same pens, same factory — the rename is widely reported to be a trademark matter, not a change of maker.

Sentiment index +0.42 across 1643 opinionated Reddit documents naming the brand (−1 hostile, +1 glowing). The brand score is the evidence-weighted mean of its scored models, so a pen with sixty mentions counts for more than one with two.

P-series (piston)

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P140 The 149 you can afford $57 piston 8.1 P136 Twenty ink windows $40 piston 7.7 P139 Size 8 piston, brass mechanism $65 piston 7.7 P141 Titanium, size 8 $45 piston 7.3 P135 Slim steel piston $31 piston ◆ owned 7.0 P138 Compact piston $50 piston 6.9 P137 Year of the Snake titanium $150 piston 6.5

M-series

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M2 Aluminium eyedropper, celebrated nib $19 eyedropper ◆ owned 8.1 M800 Momento Zero homage $56 cartridge / converter 7.7 M600S Duofold silhouette $33 cartridge / converter 7.4 M1000 Wood-barrelled flagship $89 cartridge / converter ◆ owned 6.9 M600 Checkerboard resin, Bock option $58 cartridge / converter 6.4 M6 Sandalwood and brass $26 — M400 Light full-size acrylic $28 cartridge / converter — M200 Mid acrylic $52 cartridge / converter — M700 Acrylic, Bock or house nib $39 — M8 Patterned resin $32 — M3 Rosewood $23 — M300 Camouflage acrylic $102 cartridge / converter —

T/V-series (piston & vacuum)

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T1 Brass and aluminium piston $30 piston ◆ owned 7.6 V1 Vacuum filler, Majohn's answer to the V126 $39 vacuum / plunger 7.0 T6 City Light skeleton $59 piston 7.0 V60 Triangular grip piston $40 piston ◆ owned 6.9 T2 Matt metal $32 6.5 T5 Fireworks piston $31 piston 6.5 TI200 $101 cartridge / converter —

Pocket

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RS1 Titanium octagonal EDC $98 cartridge / converter 7.5 Wancai Mini 2ml of ink in a 3.4-inch pen $17 eyedropper ◆ owned 7.4 Q1 The chonk $29 eyedropper 7.3 RS3 Faceted pocket pen, #6 nib $41 cartridge / converter 7.1 80 Vintage pocket family $14 eyedropper 7.0 B25 Stainless 'Spades Ares' $9.66 6.7 Q2 The 9-gram mini $9.05 eyedropper — 80S The cheap pocket metal $7.74 cartridge / converter — Q3 Mini eyedropper, #6 nib $23 eyedropper —

Capless / retractable

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A1 Capless, metal, press to write $38 cartridge / converter 7.4 A2 The A1 in resin, half the weight $29 cartridge / converter 7.4 X1 Retractable resin $55 cartridge / converter 6.7 A3 Capless, third generation $52 cartridge / converter 6.4

C-series

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C1 Mini pocket eyedropper $29 eyedropper ◆ owned 7.2 C4 Big acrylic eyedropper $38 eyedropper 7.1 C3 Transparent resin, reviewed and liked $24 eyedropper 7.0 C5 Press-piston, 99% fill $49 button filler 6.3 C2 Eyedropper with metal trim $21 eyedropper ◆ owned 6.1

N-series

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N8 Bent nib and glass nib in one box $21 cartridge / converter 7.2 N10 Light resin daily $18 cartridge / converter 7.2 N15 Flex nib one end, glass the other $49 cartridge / converter 7.0 N6 Fountain nib and glass nib in one $21 cartridge / converter 6.5 N12 Glass dip pen $14 6.5 N1 Aluminium mini $19 cartridge / converter — N2 Amber acrylic mini $16 cartridge / converter — N3 Eleven colourways $26 cartridge / converter —

Other

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B32 Slim metal piston, flex nib $59 piston 6.8 101 Celluloid-look, steel cap $29 cartridge / converter 6.3 Xingzhi Under-$11 metal eyedropper $10 eyedropper — F9 #5 nib, patterned resin $28 ◆ owned — F9S F9, upgraded $28 cartridge / converter —

S-series

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S8 Slim piston, feather-light $7.76 piston 6.8 S3 Celluloid with gold plate $25 cartridge / converter — S5 Eyedropper with three nibs $25 eyedropper — S1 Painted acrylic $29 — S6 Cheap clear demonstrator $12 — S9 Candy acrylic $29 —

Not currently listed

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Capped Dip Pen 4 owners roster only — Hunyuan 2 owners roster only — M1 Brass and wood 5 owners roster only — Starry Sky Dip Pen 4 owners roster only — TI 136 3 owners roster only —

Sources

Quality Control Of Moonman Nibs — The Fountain Pen Network

Moonman Quality Going Downhill — The Fountain Pen Network

Majohn — JetPens brand page