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Differences Between Sailor Pro Gear Realo And 1911 L Realo?

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They are both piston. I assume they have the same nib, 21K gold. 1911 L has 24K gold plate on it whereas the Pro Gear has rhodium and gold plating. 1911 L 6 mm taller. I am leaning towards the 1911 L but wanted your opinions as well. Pro Gear seems like jack of all things as it has a lot of different sizes whereas 1911 series seems like the core Sailor model. Any info when these lines were introduced?

 

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The realos are piston fillers. They are the same size in pro gear or 1911 except the pro gear has flat ends. they are between a Pelikan 600 and 800 as far as size. they hold 1.5 ml ink each. As Realo piston fillers, they only come with gold trim. Check out www.nibs.com for clear pics and options.

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They are both piston. I assume they have the same nib, 21K gold. 1911 L has 24K gold plate on it whereas the Pro Gear has rhodium and gold plating. 1911 L 6 mm taller. I am leaning towards the 1911 L but wanted your opinions as well. Pro Gear seems like jack of all things as it has a lot of different sizes whereas 1911 series seems like the core Sailor model. Any info when these lines were introduced?

 

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The realos are piston fillers. They are the same size in pro gear or 1911 except the pro gear has flat ends. they are between a Pelikan 600 and 800 as far as size. they hold 1.5 ml ink each. As Realo piston fillers, they only come with gold trim. Check out www.nibs.com for clear pics and options.

 

We've discussed this before: the current models both hold only 1ml of ink.

The 1.5ml pen is the limited edition Realo released in 2008.

 

Both Realos come in burgundy or black w/gold trim and 21K nib. This current version was released, I believe, in 2010.

...writing only requires focus, and something to write on. —John August

...and a pen that's comfortable in the hand.—moi

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That there is a 1911 Realo and a Pro Gear Realo sure does make things confusing. I did see one difference in the nibs between the two: The Pro Gear Realo seems to have a two-tone nib.

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I believe that either will have all the nib options you can get from Sailor, but only the Pro Gear has the two-tone plating, IIRC. Other than that, they're both identical, except for physical differences.

Cross Aventura black, medium; Kaweco Sport white, fine; Lamy AL-Star ocean blue, medium; Lamy Studio dark blue, extra fine; Lamy 2000, fine; Montblanc Meisterstück 149, medium; Namiki Falcon black resin w. gold, soft broad; Parker Arrow black, fine (?); Pilot VP black w. gold, medium; Sailor 1911m blue w. gold, fine; Sailor Pro Gear black w. gold, medium; Waterman Phileas black, fine

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