Sailor Sapporo Pro Gear No Longer Available With Gold Trim?

[Dragonmaster Lou]

I've been shopping around for a Sailor Sapporo Pro Gear and it looks like the vast majority of places have them only available with rhodium plated trim, not gold. I actually do prefer the gold trim on a black pen, so I was wondering if Sailor has stopped manufacturing them with gold trim or what.

[gerigo]

Don't know where you are, but no, the black/gold combination is the standard Sailor combination. The rhodium trim is less common. Maybe it's just the stock situation at the moment.

[Dragonmaster Lou]

Well, I've looked mostly in online shops (Anderson Pens, Goldspot, Pen Chalet, etc.) as well as Amazon and ebay, and I basically can only find Sapporos in rhodium trim, with the occasional gold trimmed fine-nibbed one (and I'm looking for a medium or broad). Engeika does have them listed with gold trim, however, but I've heard that their website doesn't always accurately reflect their stock (though they do try to get what you ordered best they can).

[Algester]

http://sailorshop.jp/SHOP/11-1221.html

http://sailorshop.jp/SHOP/11-2036.html

engeika buys straight from Sailor if Sailor says yes there is then there will be

that said check rakuten

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/penroom/item/1214/

Edited July 16, 2016 by Algester

[Dragonmaster Lou]

http://sailorshop.jp/SHOP/11-1221.html

http://sailorshop.jp/SHOP/11-2036.html

engeika buys straight from Sailor if Sailor says yes there is then there will be

that said check rakuten

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/penroom/item/1214/

 

Thanks for the info and the Rakuten link. I've tried looking on Rakuten as well, but I'm still not too good at finding the reputable (or any) stores on there.

[Algester]

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/buneido/451491/

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/buneido/659523/

of course these are some of trustable rakuten shops I know

Buneido is the online retailer for Namiki and Nakaya listed on their websites in Japan and thats saying something no not those puny Namiki Falcons you call but the serious Namiki Emperor and the pa-zass

[tinta]

Classic Fountain Pens in the US has the Pro Gear in the black/gold version.

http://www.nibs.com/sailor-pro-gear-black-gold-trim.htm

 

(The other day I was looking around on nibs.com for either a Pro Gear Slim or a Pro Gear in black/gold. That's how I know they have them. The OP did not say where he/she lives, but I'm guessing Japan. Ordering from the States would probably expensive.)

Edited July 19, 2016 by tinta

[Dragonmaster Lou]

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/buneido/451491/

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/buneido/659523/

of course these are some of trustable rakuten shops I know

Buneido is the online retailer for Namiki and Nakaya listed on their websites in Japan and thats saying something no not those puny Namiki Falcons you call but the serious Namiki Emperor and the pa-zass

 

Thanks for the links to those Rakuten shops. I'll add them to my list.

 

Classic Fountain Pens in the US has the Pro Gear in the black/gold version.

http://www.nibs.com/sailor-pro-gear-black-gold-trim.htm

 

(The other day I was looking around on nibs.com for either a Pro Gear Slim or a Pro Gear in black/gold. That's how I know they have them. The OP did not say where he/she lives, but I'm guessing Japan. Ordering from the States would probably expensive.)

 

Actually, I live in the USA. I was looking for Japan-based shops because these pens tend to be as much as 50% cheaper from there, even if you include international shipping. However, I compared it to US-based shops to see why the gold ones apparently were hard to find.

 

Nibs.com does have the gold Slims, but it seems like no other US-based retailer has them listed as available. Maybe it's a supply/demand thing -- the rhodium is significantly more popular for some reason, so they don't bother stocking gold.