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Sailor Pens
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Sailor Pens of Hiroshima, Japan, have over 100 years of perfection and quality in their writing instruments. Using only premiere quality materials and an exactness for their superb nibs, Sailor Pens continues to impress both the collector and everyday lover of unique and quality writing instruments. The Sailor name comes from founder Kyugoro Sakata’s British sailor friend who introduced him to fountain pens. Add a Sailor pen to your collection today!
Most Sailor pens come with a 1 year warranty. Warranty information is included with each Sailor pen. For details on a specific Sailor pen fee free to ask.
Pen Chalet is an Authorized Dealer of Sailor pens and writing instruments.
Country: Japan
Most Sailor pens come with a 1 year warranty. Warranty information is included with each Sailor pen. For details on a specific Sailor pen fee free to ask.
Pen Chalet is an Authorized Dealer of Sailor pens and writing instruments.
Country: Japan
Customer Reviews
Absolutely fantastic black ink. If you can accept the fact that this is a pigmented ink (and it's pretty easy to clean for a pigmented ink and about the same as most non-pigmented inks), it's the best all round black ink I've used and I go through a lot of black. Pretty dark but it has a metallic sheen when dry which on some papers may make it appear greyish. It's not quite as dark as Noodlers Heart of Darkness, Aurora Black or Herbin Perle Noir but it's almost there. It is as black or blacker than Noodlers Bulletproof Black. Dries really quickly. It's much quicker to dry than something like Bulletproof Black on high quality paper so there is very little risk of smearing if you are using this for say a Bullet Journal on high quality paper. It does not bleed or feather even on low quality cheap paper. Miles ahead of Aurora Black and considerably better than Perle Noir or Heart of Darkness in terms of cheap paper performance . It's even better than Noodler's Bulletproof Black on cheap paper. Works perfectly on Moleskine and even cheap filler paper from Sam's Club which is the cheapest of the cheap. I've never seen either Kiwa Guro or X-Feather feather on any paper so can't say whether one or the other is better in terms of avoiding feathering on cheap paper. However, Kiwa Guro is much better than X-Feather in terms of bleed or show and unlike X-Feather which takes ages to dry, Kiwa Guro dries really quickly and will not smear when dry. The particles suspended in the ink give it some lubrication (or maybe it has oils in it like some Sailor Jentle inks) so it's really smooth to write wit like Aurora Black is. It's pretty waterproof. Not sure if it's bulletproof like Noodler's inks. It seems pretty permanent but I haven't tried bleach etc. It's certainly completely resistant to water. It's more expensive than Noodlers or Herbin but you get what you pay for. It's about the same or cheaper than Aurora and in my opinion a much better ink.
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Great pen. I am really enjoying it.
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Sailor Souboku is a excellent blue-black that I find very "office friendly ".
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Good quality item but as some of you may know it doesn't hold very much ink. That would be the only negative to this converter.
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I love, love, love this pen. The color is amazing and it writes beautifully.
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It's a lovely lavender with some nice shading. Shows up well on Clairefontaine paper (I used a broad nib).
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I’ve been using Seiboku in my Pilot 823 with medium nib for a couple weeks now. At long last I’ve found MY ink. I use it on HP premium 32 pound paper and the shading this ink gives is magnificent. I love that it is waterproof (I tested) and also lightfast. The ink flows smooth and wet and the color is terrific - a nice, slightly darker blue with a bit of teal. Pen chalet has the best price on Sailor pigmented inks. I liked this Seiboku so much I ordered three bottles and then a bottle of souboku and Kiwaguro.
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A very nice ink has a nice color .
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Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm! Really nice! Exactly what a pen should be!
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Wonderful blue, not quite basic!
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Beautiful pen. I have the HF nib. The pen writes really smooth on fountain pen friendly /coated paper but just beware that on cheap paper you have a graphite pencil feedback Unless you choose to smooth it out a little on mylar paper. Then it's less feedbacky.
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This ink isn't quite as dark a red as I hoped it would be, but that's probably due to monitor variations, etc. Picking colors based on what they look like online is always a bit of a risk. Still, it's a fine medium (NOT DARK) red, and is working well in my pen.
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New favorite green ink. A smooth,wet, writing experience. Shading using this muted green.
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Sailor Jentle Sky High bottled ink is a fantastic ink for fountain pens.
I do love the colour and it works pretty well with my Leonardo Momento Zero Pietra Marina fountain pen with an EF nib as well as my Vintage Aurora 88K fitted with a fine nib. Alas I read that Sailor will not produce it anymore. The shipping and delivery was perfect. Thanks Penchalet.
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It is a very beautiful pen. My only deception is that the nib does not have the green that shows on the picture, but overall still a awesome pen.
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This ink is stunning. It's the color of dreams (Nekoyanagi). And TOTALLY worth the wait.
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I wanted a well behaved pigmented ink and this one seemed to fit the bill. I just wanted to have it around as an "if I need it" ink. That was the wrong perception of this ink. I absolutely love this ink. I behaves well, it's a lovely shade of blue that shades very well. It behaves on every paper I've used from Tomoe River to the junkiest of junky copy paper. If you are looking for a more work friendly but, still has character ink, this is the one!
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Beautiful color, fairly well-behaved ink
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Marvelous color! Violet with blue undertones. I'm loving it.
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Very attractive pen! I really like the dark accent color on the trim rings and clip. The fit and finish of the pen is excellent. When unposted, I find it to be a little smallish in the hand. Posted, it's perfect and well balanced.I'm a big fan of Japanese nibs (pilot, in particular) but this one provides a little more feedback/toothiness than I'm used to. At first, the ink flow was terrible ... was experiencing a lot of false starts/railroading. So, I decided that maybe a good flush would help to improve ink flow. Sure enough, it helped significantly. I still find it not to be as smooth or consistent as the Pilot fines I'm used to, but given this is my first experience with Sailor nibs, I want to give some time.
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This ink is awesome! I'm only allowed to use blue ink at work, so I decided to give this a try since none of my other blue inks are particularly friendly to bad paper. I use it in a TWSBI Eco with an EF nib, and it flows beautifully! It doesn't feather or bleed on the terrible copy paper we use at my workplace, and even shows a touch of shading on that paper!
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