Sailor Fountain Pens

We carry a wide selection of Sailor pens such as the 1911, Pro Gear, Realo, and Sapporo series pens with your choice of nib units - these popular pens offer terrific writing qualities at very affordable prices. Founded in Hiroshima in 1911, Sailor has long held a reputation for crafting stylish and superbly engineered writing instruments. Many people say Sailor makes the best nibs in the world. We think that if they are not the best, they are absolutely in the top tier.

We also carry the unique pens and nibs that are part of Sailor's exclusive Bespoke collection, including such recently introduced items as the Maki-e Floating Fans and the Bamboo Susutake. From durable everyday writing instruments to unique one-of-a-kind works of art, Sailor offers pens for every user and at every price range. The Sailor Specialty nibs are like none other on this planet. Browse the selections below to find the right pen and nib for you.

Sapporo and Sapporo Mini Series

1911 Mid-size Series

Professional Gear Series

1911 Full-size Series

Sailor Ebony Desk Pen

Sailor Kuji Kohaku Amber

In our opinion, Sailor Pen Company is the most creative and innovative company in the world today with regard to nibs. They remind us of the huge range of nibs offered during the late 1920's heyday of fountain pen production.

Sailor Ni bs

This image compares the sizes and models currently offered by Sailor. Note that the pen listed as a 1911 Colors is an example of the 1911 Mid-Size Pens, while the 1911 International is an example of the Full-Size 1911 series.

Compare the width of the Pelikan M800 with the Pro Gear.

Compare the width of the Pelikan M600 with the Sapporo.

Sailor pens have a great range of nibs of the highest quality. Several of the tipping types Sailor uses are not available from any other manufacturer. They make an extra-fine that is the finest available and a "Zoom" nib with unusual writing qualities. Although we don't subscribe to the notion that more karats mean better quality (we call this karat envy), these 21K nibs are a pleasure to write with. And because of the large-bore opening on the Sailor converter, ink starvation problems, common to many other brands of cartridge/converter pens, are avoided.

"There's no such thing as a virgin Sailor," Dick Egolf, former distributor of Sailor Pens, once told us. We were discussing how Sailor tests its pens before they are released for sale. He said that every Sailor pen is tested at the factory, with ink, on paper, and then thoroughly cleaned before it is shipped. Here at Classic Fountain Pens, we then re-test each pen and optimize it for the writing preferences of the individual user.

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