Sailor Pro Gear (Ii) ∑ Slim Review

[Algester]

wht do people find wrong with the Anchor clip... to me it looks ok but I do fancy the more simpler step design on the Professional Gear.. or because the Anchor looks like a pelikan face?

[sannidh]

wht do people find wrong with the Anchor clip... to me it looks ok but I do fancy the more simpler step design on the Professional Gear.. or because the Anchor looks like a pelikan face?

Personally, I am ok with the clip

 

Ofcourse, we all fountain pen people are entitled to our own idiosyncrasies and have resistance to the slightest change in our brand perception. The broad anchor has somewhat a convex design resembling a pelikan clip.

Edited February 2, 2015 by soniknitr

[archimon]

I've got one of these, with the gold rather than rhodium plated furniture, in the mail at the moment. I have to admit that the clip was something of a disincentive, but the pen as a whole looks quite solid and, as I was in need of a pen to use when writing in Chinese, a Japanese fine nib seemed to fit the bill. The clip strikes me as a cheap attempt to increase the masculinity of the pen, recalling the stereotypical image of a muscle tattooed with an anchor, but isn't a severe enough blemish to counter the beauty of the two-tone nib in my opinion. I'm really hoping for a smooth writer out of the box as I ordered from Japan, but, alas, we'll see.

Edited February 5, 2015 by archimon

[sannidh]

I've got one of these, with the gold rather than rhodium plated furniture, in the mail at the moment. I have to admit that the clip was something of a disincentive, but the pen as a whole looks quite solid and, as I was in need of a pen to use when writing in Chinese, a Japanese fine nib seemed to fit the bill. The clip strikes me as a cheap attempt to increase the masculinity of the pen, recalling the stereotypical image of a muscle tattooed with an anchor, but isn't a severe enough blemish to counter the beauty of the two-tone nib in my opinion. I'm really hoping for a smooth writer out of the box as I ordered from Japan, but, alas, we'll see.

 

I hope that the clip would not be so much of a problem once you start writing with the pen. I wish you end up with a smooth nib

[sannidh]

I have many Sailors, ..

 

Aurko, can you please share a comparison of a Sailor M nib with a B nib (14 or 21k)

I traded the last profit 1911 with a B nib, now I want to go for another, so wanted to check