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I received this unusual Sailor Pocket Pen. It was leaking between the metal and plastic part of its grip section but I managed to unscrew the metal part and seal it with shellac.

 

The nib looks a bit like Lamy 2000 but most unusual is the clip.

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It looks like it is unfinished, made out of one thin piece of metal that is bent. It fits nicely if you clip it in your jeans but it is not tight enough to be secure in your shirt pocket.

 

 

It is very small pen. Here it is compared to Sailor 1911 Standard, Pilot Elite 95s and Lamy Al Star.

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Nib is 14k but very wet. Too wet for my liking. Apart from 14k stamped on it it is plain.

Pen is black, metal and silver colour. The only branding is Sailor engraving on the cap.

 

 

It is the smallest of me Long/Short format Japanese Pocket pens.

 

From Left to right : Unusal Sailor Pocket Pen, another Unknown Sailor, Sailor 21, Sailor 21 Silver, Elite Cross Hatch, Elite 95S, Pilot Myu Matte Black, Platinum P-200, Platinum P-200 White, P-200 Black with cap from Platinum Soft Pen.

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If anyone knows anything about this Sailor model I would be most interested. Here is another photo of the weird clip. post-117416-0-77149100-1547234107_thumb.jpeg

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Inked: Sailor King Pro Gear, Sailor Nagasawa Proske, Sailor 1911 Standard, Parker Sonnet Chiselled Carbon, Parker 51, Pilot Custom Heritage 92, Platinum Preppy

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I just wanted to say that's a nice collection you've got.

 

+1.

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I just wanted to say that's a nice collection you've got.

Thanks. To be honest I never intended it to be a collection but it just happened. I like this pen design.post-117416-0-72427200-1547450695_thumb.jpeg

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Inked: Sailor King Pro Gear, Sailor Nagasawa Proske, Sailor 1911 Standard, Parker Sonnet Chiselled Carbon, Parker 51, Pilot Custom Heritage 92, Platinum Preppy

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  • 3 years later...

(I second the comments of everyone else - nice collection!) 

 

I've been struggling with the same question for almost a year. Today I received Andreas Lambrou and Masamichi Sunami's Fountain Pens of Japan (amazing art-book!), and on page 336 there's the large cousin of this pocket pen, with the text:

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Sailor Magna-L fountain pen black, gold-plated trim, 14-karat gold nib, cartridge, 1966. It was very short-lived, and both the pen and the cartridge are quite difficult to find today (n.b., already in 2012, so 10 years ago). 

 

So I infer this is a Sailor Magna Mini, early 1960s metal-spring fold-back clip, early 1960s cap with (cheaper) plastic crown, chrome-plating, 14k-gold semi-flex nib. 😃

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15 hours ago, OldTravelingShoe said:

(I second the comments of everyone else - nice collection!) 

 

I've been struggling with the same question for almost a year. Today I received Andreas Lambrou and Masamichi Sunami's Fountain Pens of Japan (amazing art-book!), and on page 336 there's the large cousin of this pocket pen, with the text:

 

So I infer this is a Sailor Magna Mini, early 1960s metal-spring fold-back clip, early 1960s cap with (cheaper) plastic crown, chrome-plating, 14k-gold semi-flex nib. 😃

Agreed.

 

I found a related blog post.

(All articles are in Japanese.)

 

Article on Magna Mini.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/nekopen23/archives/56967317.html

 

Article on Magna Mini and Magna.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/nekopen23/archives/49228067.html

 

Article on Magna-L.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/nekopen23/archives/47824025.html

 

The Magna-L was apparently a fountain pen for the high-capacity Sailor L-type cartridge.

It seems that there was also a double cartridge fountain pen (Sailor Mars) at the same time, and as a result, this period may have been a test period for Sailor's cartridge fountain pens.

 

Article on Sailor Mars.

https://ameblo.jp/kamisama-samasama/entry-12636447657.html?frm=theme

 

Article on L-type cartridges. (It appears that Magna L had not yet been identified at the time this article was published.)

https://ameblo.jp/kamisama-samasama/entry-12610132260.html?frm=theme

 

*Translation of pen model names depended on the translation app.

 

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9 hours ago, Number99 said:

Agreed.

 

I found a related blog post.

(All articles are in Japanese.)

 

Article on Magna Mini.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/nekopen23/archives/56967317.html

 

Article on Magna Mini and Magna.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/nekopen23/archives/49228067.html

 

Article on Magna-L.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/nekopen23/archives/47824025.html

 

The Magna-L was apparently a fountain pen for the high-capacity Sailor L-type cartridge.

It seems that there was also a double cartridge fountain pen (Sailor Mars) at the same time, and as a result, this period may have been a test period for Sailor's cartridge fountain pens.

 

Article on Sailor Mars.

https://ameblo.jp/kamisama-samasama/entry-12636447657.html?frm=theme

 

Article on L-type cartridges. (It appears that Magna L had not yet been identified at the time this article was published.)

https://ameblo.jp/kamisama-samasama/entry-12610132260.html?frm=theme

 

*Translation of pen model names depended on the translation app.

 

@Number99, this is excellent information. Many thanks indeed!

 

Merry Christmas and best wishes to all FPNers. 🎄

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