Sailor Procolor 500 Brief Review

[aliettedb]

Just thought I'd give a brief shoutout to this Sailor model: it's their high-end steel nibs, and I got it because I love my Pro Gear Slim/Sapporo and wanted something that would be similar but a bit cheaper.

 

 

It's a good size: similar to the 1911 regular (disclaimer: I don't have that pen, what I mainly see is that it's longer and a bit larger than my Pro Gear Slim!). You can't pick the nib size: it's an F, but it's a really nice F steel nib with some of that unique Sailor feeling--so a bit of what I'd call "pencil on paper" feeling? Stiff and with a little feedback but not scratchy. It runs slightly drier than the gold nib, about the same thickness. Very comfortable in the hand. It's a twist cap, not a snap cap, and it comes bundled with a Sailor converter in the box.

 

In a similar price range in Europe you have the prera: the Procolor is more comfortable to hold unposted for me, and in general more comfortable to write for long periods of time. It writes slightly thicker and a smidge drier (though the Prera I do have was *so* dry that I needed to fiddle with the tines to get it to stop scratching on regular paper!). I'd rank this as similar to my beloved TWSBI 580 (comparison pic below): the TWSBI wins hands down on ink capacity, but this wins hands down on nib quality (and if you find heavy pens tiring this is lighter and easier to hold).

 

Build quality seems reasonable for the price range, and it comes in a bunch of gorgeous colours: this is Stardust which is black with blue-ish sparkles, and they also have a very nice blue demonstrator model.

 

 

 

(this is my first review so I hope I'm doing it right!).

Edited December 17, 2017 by aliettedb

[KellyMcJ]

Gorgeous pen!!!!

 

I love Sailor!!! I looked at Procolor but they're somewhat more difficult to acquire in the states so I don't have one (yet). I love the sparkles!

[senzen]

Good review, interesting pen, I'd only come across the blue demonstrator, your pics show it's nicer than what I'd seen on ebay.

[aliettedb]

Aw thank you!

If you love Sailor you'll definitely love this one. I had to order mine online though: hard to find here as well.

I originally ordered the blue demonstrator but they were out of stock everywhere and I didn't want to wait for a hypothetical restock.