Sailor
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The fountain pen is an instrument of the soul. It is one of the best ways to express yourself. Sailor pens are special because they are full of history and are built to last a life...
Tuzu Adjust Fountain Pen - Green Fine
The Sailor Tuzu Adjust Fountain Pen is equipped with a rotating nib feature that enables the nib angle to change positions to suit your gripping technique. Make fine angle adjustme...
Pro Gear Smoothie 2 Fountain Pen
Vibrant Fresh Fruit Colors While the first Sailor Smoothie series was inspired by the soft, blended colors of the smoothie drink itself, this second edition captures the vibrant be...
Fountain Pen Lecoule Teal Green
Pro Gear Fountain Pen
Sailor's Professional Gear Regular fountain pen is a lovely modern-shaped fountain pen, with flat end pieces. Screw-on cap, the end of which is embossed with the Sailor anchor logo...
TUZU Adjust Fountain Pen
Presenting the Sailor TUZU Adjust fountain pen, created to cater to all writing styles and preferences. This pen challenges the notion that fountain pens are complicated and hard t...
Pro Gear Regular Fountain Pen in Celestial Gray
The pen features a beautiful semi-transparent charcoal gray body sprinkled with silver sparkles, evoking the majestic beauty of the night sky. Elevating its stellar appeal, each pe...
Fude de Mannen Fountain Pen
This unusual fountain pen is legendary in the Urban Sketching community because it can produce a huge range of line widths—a feat that's usually possible only with dip pens or brus...
1911 Casual L Fountain Pen
The 1911 Casual L Gold Trim Fountain Pen offers a refined blend of elegance and performance in a cost-effective design. It features a stainless steel nib with durable gold Ion Plat...
1911L Fountain Pen
The new Sailor 1911 Large Blue Gold 14k adds new versatility to this classic fountain pen model. Sailor 14k nibs are available in seven different unique tipping sizes. Sailor 14k n...
KOP Iro-Miyabi Fukaai Fountain Pen
Compass Dip Pen Exchangeable Nib
Conveniently switch between nib types without acquiring multiple pens with the Sailor Hocoro Dip Pen Nib. Designed to be paired with the Hocoro body, this replacement nib embodies...
Why r/BuyItForLife recommends Sailor
6 mentions from real owners
- #1Sep 4, 2025
1950s Sheaffer Valiant Snorkel pen in pastel blue. Fully functional, and better looking than most modern pens. It has a medium 14k gold conical "triumph" nib with platinum masking on the tip for better ink flow.
I'm a lefty. Its possible to use one. You just need an extra fine nib (JP from Pilot or Sailor are typically 1 size smaller than Euro. E.g. JP M is a EU F). For black ink, Bernanke Black from Noodler's is an amazing ultra-quick-drying ink. Only issue is that you need to constantly use or it will evaporate in the pen within 3 weeks
View on Redditopen_in_new - #2Aug 6, 2025
Brainstorming for souveniers from my Japan trip
A really nice Japanese fountain pen -- Pilot, Sailor, or Platinum. You can go from $100 "lasts-forever writing tool" all the way to "$10,000 work of art."
View on Redditopen_in_new - #3Jun 10, 2025
Refillable pen suggestions
Non-expert pen nerd here. BIFL would be fountain pen, I love my Sailor with fine nib, I guess you can get ink for left-handed writers. But probably not a good choice for EDC pen that you just throw in a bag. Of course it has refillable ink cartridge, but the prefilled cartridges of Sailor are proprietary, so more future-proof may be another brand that uses standard ones. I also like MUJIs, I have a large collection of them including refills from many years ago. The red ones seem to dry out quicker than other colors though and I'm wondering how many years will the refills remain usable. They seem to stick to the design for a long time, so that's good. But to be honest, there are more ergonomic alternatives that don't necessarily follow the minimalist style and unsure about how available the refills will be: I'm currently using uni-ball Signo DX 0.38 (says "ultrafine waterproof" on it), for a long time my favorite pen was Pilot Synergy Point. Of course I used G1, G2, Sharpie S-Gel, PaperMate InkJoy and many others - all fine and more-less the same, the only issue I have with those is that click pens with rubberized grip don't go well with notebook pen loop. I thought the Fisher Space Pen would be my EDC one, but it sits on a shelf as a curiosity. If I want to be sure a "tactically placed" writing instrument will work in possibly more distant future when needed, I choose \[mechanical\] pencil. If the question is availability of refills in future, just intuitively I'd choose something like G-2.
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What’s one item you bought that way outperformed its price?
All the big ones. Pilot, Platinum and Sailor pens. Travellers Notebook, Hobonichi, Kokuyo, Midori, Maruman, and Plotter paper and planners. Jet Pens have a great selection. But I go to Japan at least once a year and stock up at Tokyu Hands, Loft and Itoya (I’m in Australia. It’s not that expensive to get to Tokyo). But the pencil I got was a no name brand at the airport. Has a little sushi charm hanging off it. And even something like that has lasted for way long than I expected it to. I’ve no doubt some of their manufacturing has been outsourced these days but the design and quality is still there in my opinion.
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Brands you swear by that have Buy It For Life quality products
I prefer Conid with a Pilot / Sailor / Pelikan Nib. Bulkfiller for life!
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Brands you swear by that have Buy It For Life quality products
To each their own, never understood the hype of it compared to others. Sure it’s good value but I’ll never put down my Sailor KOP or Pelikan M800 which are my favorite two. M1000 is next. Amazing instruments
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