Sailor 1911 Standard Fountain Pen – Pen of the Year 2025 Grape Expectations (North America exclusive color)

Cloaked in a rich purple hue with radiant golden accents, this exceptional writing instrument embodies creativity, ambition, and the promise of untold stories. Whether crafting the next literary masterpiece or jotting down daily musings, every word deserves a touch of magic. With Sailors meticulously crafted solid gold nib, each stroke is imbued with purposetransforming everything from journal entries to grocery lists into inspired moments.

• 14K Gold Plated – Gold Nib
• Gold Trim
• Fill Mechanism: Cartridge/Converter (Sailor proprietary)
• Available in 1911 Large
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• Release date: February 2025

• Comes with a converter and a cartridge

Sailor was founded in 1911. The founder Kyugoro Sakata was given a fountain pen by a friend returning from the UK after studying at the Royal Navy. He was inspired and determined to start making fountain pens in Japan. Sailor became the first fountain pen company in Japan, and earned many more firsts in Japan — first ballpoint pen in 1948, first ink cartridge in 1954 and first brush pen in 1972, etc.

In the 1970’s, Sailor made a popular beginner fountain pen, “Candy,” that sold more than 15 million within a few years. However, the number of the fountain pen users were declining as ballpoint pens became more mainstream.

In 1981, Sailordecided to go in the opposite direction from their “Candy” pen and began focusing onproducing a higher standard series, which is the 1911 series we see today. Their focus on making a higher standard provides a great foundation for their later series of pens. Today, Sailor makes one of the most diverse lines of nibs, some of which are designed forspecificwriting purposessuch as writing musical notes toone that is best for character writing.

The 1911 offers a great balance and a smooth writing experience. The pen writes with a slight but satisfying feedback and it fits perfectly in the hand.

Lengths:

• Capped:13.5cm
• Pen only:11.7cm
• Posted:14.8cm

Diameters:

• Cap:1.5cm
• Barrel:1.2cm
• Section:1cm

Weighs: 16g