Sailor Pro Gear Slim Minis Are Back!

[Nibs.com]

Being produced for the first time in several years, the Sailor Pro Gear Slim Mini is now back and better than ever! These highly versatile pens are small enough to easily carry in a shirt pocket or purse, but with the cap posted, the length is equal to that of many mid and full-size pens.

Available in six different smartly contemporary colors and with gold ion trim, each pen is equipped with a 14k solid gold Medium Fine nib unit, well-suited to our customization for added flex. Also new is the Sailor Mini Converter, which allows this pen to fill with any bottled fountain pen ink in addition to Sailor ink cartridges.

We are expecting our first shipment next week and pre-orders are now being accepted - each pen is retail $225, our price $180. 

[Paul-in-SF]

A question about colors: some of the colors in this photo seem to be different from the colors in your linked site. Are the colors at the site the actual available colors? 

[bbs]

I’ve got the Mustard one and was very disappointed by the colour, it’s more taupe. I thought I’d been sent the wrong colour, but no, it’s just not yellow at all. Think French mustard that’s been left on the side of the plate for hours, not Colman’s English 🤣

[A Smug Dill]

 

On 4/17/2021 at 8:10 AM, Nibs.com said:

Available in six different smartly contemporary colors and with gold ion trim, ...‹snip›...

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On 4/17/2021 at 11:51 AM, Paul-in-SF said:

A question about colors: some of the colors in this photo seem to be different from the colors in your linked site. Are the colors at the site the actual available colors?

 

The photo above shows the six colours in the first release of the ‘new’ Sailor Professional Gear Slim Mini, which had threaded end finials for posting the cap securely without scuffing the polished resin barrel. Most retailers have already sold out of those, and I don't just mean in the regional market of North America, but globally.

 

The link now brings up the six (newer) colours in the second release; the model has a change in the design, and no longer has threads on the end of the barrel.

 

Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Nibs.com in any capacity, I don't know and don't interact with anyone there, and I'm not presuming to answer on behalf of the company or report on its current stock levels. My comments are those of an observer who has a special interest in the pen model, but no special interest in the North American retail market.

 

On 4/20/2021 at 3:11 AM, bbs said:

I’ve got the Mustard one and was very disappointed by the colour, it’s more taupe. I thought I’d been sent the wrong colour, but no, it’s just not yellow at all.

 

The colours in the first release — of which I have three, though not the Mustard Yellow — are exceedingly difficult to photograph and represent accurately in images. Under different lighting conditions, a pen would look remarkably different. In person the colours tend to look less saturated and less vivid than shown in some of the marketing images.