Sailor Professor

[mke]

Never heard before.

https://www.pen-house.net/detail/detail40775_014.html

[Astronymus]

Looks like my Profit Brush Pen with a nib.

[Olya]

1st time seeing this as well. The nib (& feed) look like the same as on the Lecoule.

[GardenWeasel]

Looks like a steel nib....

[Driften]

Chrome translating the page does say it's a gold plated steel nib. It also says this is a pen for first time users.

[Mulrich]

Weird that they're marketing a pen for first time users and calling it "professor", a job which takes years of schooling to become (and even longer to become a full professor).

 

I'm a (assistant) professor so am I supposed to like this pen? It doesn't excite me at all.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

First time I've seen it, too. Looks like a solid-color Procolor to me...

 

Mulrich, I think the model name is derived from the fact that it's sober-looking, fit to bring in the work environment of the school.

Edited September 7, 2018 by RoyalBlueNotebooks

[Mulrich]

Sober and a little boring–I suppose that's what people think of professors. Hopefully that doesn't mean it's also dry.

[Astronymus]

You can't write jokes with it.

[mke]

Perhaps they want to compete with this pen against the Dream pen of Wancher?

Anyway, next time I'm in Tokyo - I will try to find and test it. (Did I say penshow on 9/29-30.)

Edited September 8, 2018 by mke

[freakman]

It's just a sub $20 pen. What can you expect from it...

[mke]

It is a limited edition as I found out. Nothing said about the number of pens but in some places, the red is already sold out and black is nearly sold out.

The offer of penhouse - see link above - is the cheapest.

So hurry up if you want it.

 

Some people really can make it look good: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yGcAAOSwgTVbbl-F/s-l640.jpg

 

I pass. Don't want a cheap pen which eventually writes better than my expensive ones.

Edited September 9, 2018 by mke

[Algester]

ehhh its basically a Profit Junior in solid red and solid black

admitedly if you dont like the Junior's demonstrator look thats an option

Edited September 12, 2018 by Algester

[sciumbasci]

OOOOOH YES PROFIT JUNIOR IN SOLID COLOUR!!

 

Sigh limited editions? Pass

Edited September 12, 2018 by sciumbasci

[mke]

> its basically a Profit Junior in solid red and solid black

 

Don't get why some are now disappointed. That is the (Sailor) game of limited editions which many of you like/accept/whatelse.

Limited editions of the ProGear? Basically a ProGear in other colors.

Limited editions of the KoP? Basically a KoP in other colors.

 

Junior

http://www.sailor.co.jp/lineup/fountainpen/11-9924-300

Fude pen is also based on this.

http://www.sailor.co.jp/lineup/fountainpen/10-0212

 

It seems that the professor has a gold-plated nib while the junior has not.

Edited September 12, 2018 by mke

[Algester]

I'll wait it out as its not displayed in Sailor's limited website so it will most likely be the case with the Tenku Gensou and the like they will get shipments as long as Sailor is willing to produce

[Brianm_14]

As a long-time professor, I fully understand the name. It is related to the price. "Sub $20" is a price any professor can probably afford, even before tenure!

[dan in montreal]

I'm reviving this thread as I've just gotten one. It's the solid burgundy one with gold plated trim. MF steel nib, same as the Lecoule. Smaller pen than the Procolor, obviously. It's a cheap and dependable pen, about the same price as the Pilot Metro, less than the Lecoule.

Cheap pen? Yes. Good for a beginner? Sure.

No, it does not have a gold nib. But then again, it's a little over 20 USD shipped from Japan. I happen to like this nib: truly fine / med, crisp lines, writes well out of the box. Seems solidly made. Why all the hate?

Edited March 11, 2019 by dan in montreal

[senzen]

To my untrained eye it looks like a "profit junior" in black with a gold coloured nib...

 

Whoops, already noted, sorry.

Edited March 12, 2019 by pseudo88

[Brianm_14]

Dan,

Revisiting this topic now that I have come to really appreciate the LeCoule as the great bargain it is, I am tempted to pick up a "Professor" for a little variety. Yes, indeed, why all the hate?

 

I think some people are quite bewildered and unconscioysly befuddled by these pens which punch well above their weight class in terms of what pens are supposed to do, which is, after all, write well. I, for one, simply cannot afford to tuck my more expensive (read: >about $60 USD) pens in my pocket everyday and take any chance of losing them. They were that much of a stretch to buy, so they stay on the desk or by the reading chair. So I love to find these little penny-wise gems.

 

I am slowly finding enough of them, that my upper-tier pens are in for a real thinning out. A couple of good, English-made Parker "51"s can do the same work and more than a Lamy 2K that yes, had to be experienced, but which frankly leaves me cold.

 

I like it that one of the Parkers bears someone else's name. I'll take good care of her pen.