Sailor Fountain Pens

Sailor News: Sailor has released their first piston filler pen in a long time. The Realo with gold trim will be available in EF, F, Medium/Fine, M, B, and Music. It will not be a limited edition, rather very limited in numbers. We have a number with Extra Fine and Medium Fine nibs.

Sailor pens have a great range of nibs of the highest quality. When properly adjusted to customer specifications, they are superb. For us Sailor pens are all about the nibs and the way that they write.
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 an unusual writing quality. 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. The filling system is either a twist-converter or cartridge, 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.

Compare the width of the Pelikan M800 with the Pro Gear
Below, compare the width of the Pelikan M600 with the Sapporo

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.

"There's no such thing as a virgin Sailor," Dick Egolf, former distributor of Sailor Pens, told me. 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. We here at the Nib Works examine the writing quality of all the pens we send out and will continue to do so unless requested otherwise. (Some collectors prefer their pens uninked).


"Ahoy Matey,
The Sailor arrived and all is ship shape. Pen writes wonderfully. All I can say is , "Yo Ho Ho, and a bottle of Rum."
Thanks again. You did fine for a land lubber.
Captain J. Cullen" (02/14/07)

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