Which Sailor Black Ink Is Included With The Pens?

September 2, 2015

I’m not sure if this is the best place to ask, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me which black ink cartridges Sailor ships with their new pens. Is it the Sailor Jentle Black, or the Sailor Ultra Black?

I recently purchased a Sailor Pro Gear Slim pen in Pearl Red with a Saibi Togi nib, and didn’t realize it wasn’t coming with a converter. I purchased one separately, but while I was waiting for it to arrive, I inked up the pen with one of the included Sailor cartridges to try out. Of course, it turns out that I really like the black in the included cartridge, and I’d like to be able to purchase more of it, but I don’t read Japanese and can’t tell which black ink was included with my pen.

Can anyone tell me? I’d be much obliged. If it helps, I can take a picture of the plastic the cartridge came in later tonight and post it. If I recall correctly, it does have writing on it. I have no idea if it tells you what ink it is, but I would assume it does.

Thanks!

September 2, 2015

Yes, a picture would help

September 3, 2015

Here is a picture of the plastic that came with the cartridges:

September 3, 2015

its just black I think kiwaguro only comes on their brush pens... but I'm not sure on that either

September 3, 2015

The kiwaguro cartridges have gold colored kanji and katakana on it. Since this is not the case in your photo, my best guess is the Jentle black ink.

To be honest, I've never tried the cartridges, or the bottle of ink that comes with any pen. I'm not a real fan of black ink.

September 4, 2015

Thank you Algester and wijko!

I'm usually not keen on black inks either, so I was surprised to find I liked it. I probably wouldn't have ever used the cartridge if I hadn't been anxious to try out my new pen, but I'm glad I did.

Anyway, I'm off to buy a bottle of Sailor Jentle Black.