Sailor Sapporo Mini Fountain Pens

The Mini-Sapporo Black, released in February of 2007, is one of the best values in fountain pens. Now you can have color as well. The Sapporo Mini is now also available in Red, Yellow and Blue, as well as in black with either gold or rhodium trim. Though only 4.2 inches capped, it still comes with the solid gold Sailor 14k nib. This pen packs a lot of punch in a very small package. This is a great pen for guys that do not want to have a pen in their shirt pocket. It is small enough to fit in the front pocket of pants.

The Sailor fine nib measures somewhere between a fine and an extra-fine when compared to most vintage and contemporary European pens, making it great for marginalia, and fine drawing among many other things.

The compact barrel is so small in size that a converter cannot be used--only a Sailor cartridge will fit. But both the pen and a box of ten cartridges are small enough to easily fit in a shirt pocket. So stock up on cartridge Sailor ink when you get a Mini--you won't be disappointed.

The cap doesn't just post to the back of the pen, it actually screws on. Never again will you have the cap pop off and land on the floor while you are writing or sketching. Also, this avoids the scuffing problem that develops after years of use. When the cap is posted this way, the pen measures a respectable 5.3 inches, long enough to fit comfortably into big hands-- in fact, at that length, the width of this pen is almost identical to that of the Pelikan M600.