Sailor Pro Gear Slim

Your budget is way high for a good starter pen :-) lucky him. For that budget a Sailor pro gear slim, Platinum 3776, pilot custom 74 and several good pens could be his options. Depends a lot on writing style, size of the hand and other preferences. Honestly, if he has not written with fountain pens extensively yet, I would start with a Pilot Metropolitan.

The nib is not smooth and the ink flow is also poor. I have to fill it up more times than other pen I have.

* Sailor Pro Gear Slim - Shikiori “Dragon Palace” // Lennon Tool Bar Atmospheric Firmament. * TWSBI Eco - Jade // Diamine Emerald. * KBD8X MKII in a custom cerakote color // SA Jadeite Keycaps.

I've had some Japanese fountain pens before, and liked the finer nib and quality construction. This, however, was my first Sailor. I was attracted by the silver nib and chrome accents since gold always seems over the top. I also was attracted by the name "slim" name since I like a thin pen that is e...

To me, Sailor nibs are far more scratchy on the paper than Pilot's. And in my turn, I'd say that Pilot nibs give me that exact feeling of a pencil!. The only nibs I could compare are on Sailor Pro Gear Slim (EF) and Wancher Japan Blue (M) vs Pilot 823 (M).

Exactly as advertised. My box was missing its converter that I know ships standard with the pen. Knocked a star for that.

I have this pen, it’s beautiful but heavy. To me it’s not a first pen, particularly with a stub. It would feel really weird to her if she’s only used ball points, gel or fine liners. If you really want to hook her in get her a Sailor Laguiole, if you have cash to splash around a Sailor Pro Gear slim in a fine or medium nib point.

I'm kicking myself for not buying this pen earlier. If you get it for under a $110, it's a great deal. Make sure that you check the rating of the reseller before you order the pen. Matrix Trading Store was the reseller on my order. They were highly rated and they delivered the pen in a nicely wrappe...

Sailor Pro Gear- I like the fun colors but honestly I adore the way they write and the size is just right

I own and use on a regular basis gold nib pens by Pilot, Platinum, and Lamy. Sailor fountain pens are my absolute favorite. In my first hand experience, the sailor gold nib is as good as you will get in a <$300 pen. If you want to get a converter (not included) and use bottled ink, I find Sailor con...