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Oooh... that's nice. I have a KOP in the same material...

The Ebonite loses its gloss after a while, but somehow that's ok. The pen has grown on me. I always wanted the ebonite KOP

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The Ebonite loses its gloss after a while, but somehow that's ok. The pen has grown on me. I always wanted the ebonite KOP

Yes, mine too is now matt. That said, I like it more now.

Too many pens; too little writing.

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I saw the Pro Gear Ebonite on the FPN Classifieds about 3 years ago, for a killer price ($300 less than retail). I was saving up for another pen at the time, and reluctantly passed on it, thinking I could get it later.

I regret my decision to this day :lol:

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I saw the Pro Gear Ebonite on the FPN Classifieds about 3 years ago, for a killer price ($300 less than retail). I was saving up for another pen at the time, and reluctantly passed on it, thinking I could get it later.

 

I regret my decision to this day :lol:

They disappeared quickly. I wasn't enthused at first although I got it at a decent price. It's only after all these years that it's grown on me. Has something to do with the material looking softer with age.

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Got my first Sailor at the weekend......Pro Gear KOP Ocean, medium nib.

 

Went in to get a Lamy 2000 and the store owner wafted this beauty under my nose.....

 

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Got my first Sailor at the weekend......Pro Gear KOP Ocean, medium nib.

 

Went in to get a Lamy 2000 and the store owner wafted this beauty under my nose.....

 

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I wouldn't have been able to resist either!

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I wouldn't have been able to resist either!

 

Last time he got me with the Platinum Izumo too

 

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Does anyone know how Sailor decides whether each new version of the Pro Gear will have the cap's center band all the way at the bottom of the cap, and extra thick, as with the Ocean pictured above, or the standard, thinner cap center band, which typically has additional resin material underneath it? It seems sort of random on the full-size Pro Gear and the Pro Gear Slim/Sapporo, whereas the KOP is always the extra-thick center ring.

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I have two KOP, one ebonite, one resin plus a handful of other Sailor models all in the Henry Ford style, "any color you want as long as it is black". My money has been spent on Sailor nibs, the best in the world in my opinion but I'll bet there are other opinions out there.

 

My current favorites are King Eagle and King Cobra.

Love all, trust a few, do harm to none. Shakespeare

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Does anyone know how Sailor decides whether each new version of the Pro Gear will have the cap's center band all the way at the bottom of the cap, and extra thick, as with the Ocean pictured above, or the standard, thinner cap center band, which typically has additional resin material underneath it? It seems sort of random on the full-size Pro Gear and the Pro Gear Slim/Sapporo, whereas the KOP is always the extra-thick center ring.

no one is exactly sure I think its more of a "what works with"
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Those are beauties. I would love to try a King Eagle nib.

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I got a new one today! :D I'm finding I'm a sucker for ones with different colored ends. And sparkles. :/

Crazy beautiful

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I got a new one today! :D I'm finding I'm a sucker for ones with different colored ends. And sparkles. :/

Love the color, the sparkles, and the white finials! :wub:

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Tobacco colored ribbed 1911L was a limited store edition.

 

 

I love that. The ribbed 1911Ls are incredibly beautiful pens - machined from solid rod stock, not injection moulded. I managed to find a yellow at a show; only problem is that it has N-MF nib and it's too wide for my writing.

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Too many pens; too little writing.

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