Sailor Fountain Pen Pro Fit Light Gold Trim Shining Blue Extra Fine 11-1038-140

I’m a fountain pen enthusiast and have several. I love Sailor inks because of their shading and interplay of colors, and have been curious about Sailor pens but it wasn’t in my budget. I was so happy to find this one. I typically go for fine nibs but here decided to get a bold nib to better show off the shading properties of my favorite inks - this does not disappoint! It is a very smooth writer and has good balance when posted. If there were more color options I’d buy another!

First of all, I'm a Sailor fan. I have a couple of their higher end pens that I have used for years. This is not quite of their quality.But I paid less than sixty dollars! For a gold nib of excellent quality. That's nuts.The pen is smaller than my 1911s, but bigger than the "slim" sailors by a touch. Slightly shorter than the Platinum 3776, similar though. It feels more plasticky than the fancy pens, but that disappears as soon as you start writing. Color is sparkly, subtle in the dark but very sparkly in bright light while not being garish.The nib is gold, 14K. The fancy Sailors use a 21K nib, but more gold is not necessarily better, just different. Even the 21Ks I have are firm, fine nibs, and firm is good when you want smooth writing on a fine nib. the 14K had the smoothness, the flow, the good feel, and is similarly tolerant of different inks where steel nibs might suffer a little. The 14K nib feels just right, and that's what matters.I got the xf, which is a firm, very fine nib. Ink flow is parsimonious, but consistent. It never skips, and I get a quick drying, needlepoint line. There is feedback, which is perfect for me, but it is feedback, not "scratchy" or anything bad. This is what you expect from a needlepoint nib and precisely what I wanted.Note that I can hand write with a calligraphy pen and think nothing of writing full speed with a Guillot 303. In other words, I have a light hand. If you have a heavy hand, or you want to avoid the feedback, stick with a F or M nib. My normal Fine nib Sailors are wetter with a noticably broader line, but smooth as a baby's bottom on the page .If you want a firm, fine, gold nib, you'll never find a better bargain.

Among Sailor’s 1911 (Profit) lineup, I wrote with Sailor 1911 Realo H-B nib, 1911L medium, 1911S zoom, plus a lower line Reglus fine. This being a broad nib, by far, for the value of the product, is the best of all. If I want only one Sailor 1911 with a gold nib, this is it! Doesn’t break my bank, and get the taste of all. Maybe a bit small in size (size of 1911S) for some (I also prefer the size of 1911L), but the value beats the rest. I don’t plan to sell the rest of my 1911’s, however, I find them collecting dust.

Amazing pen for the price. Writes perfectly straight out of the box, no tinkering or fussing with the nib required. Highly recommend.

I don't think this pen, for its price, for a gold nib, can be beat. First of all, it is a SAILOR. Super high Japanese quality. And they did not cut corners on this one, even at this price. You get a 14K, gold nib, in extra fine, that writes almost as well as their top tier Pro Gear models, of which I own a few. Insane how good this pen is for the price!Not all is perfect, however. Keep in mind, this is a relatively small pen. As in short. It reminds me of a Pro Gear slim. It can be posted, and keeps a nice balance that way. If you are not familiar at all with this type of pen, it is LIGHT. It almost feels cheap in a way, but it is actually very high quality and tolerances.The sparkly blue resin is downright pretty, in my opinion. The gold trim is nice, if you like that, I prefer silver/rhodium. The pen does NOT come with a converter, but does come with 2 black Sailor ink cartridges, which are a very nice black ink, I tried it out of the box.My example writes superbly, right out of the box. Fountain pen nibs are always sort of hit or miss, and this one, in my example, I'll go as far as perfect, right out of the box. Sailor excels in this area.And, lastly, if you are looking for a GLASS SMOOTH fountain pen, look elsewhere (think Pilot). Sailor nibs are known (and to me, cherished) for their fine feedback characteristics. This one is no exception. It feels a bit like a well sharpened pencil (and sounds kinda like it too) when writing.P.S. This pen is a Japanese export, so all the instructions and literature are in Japanese!

The 14k gold Sailor Profit Light <Broad> deserves more attention from serious fountain pen users. It offers the famous Sailor writing experience at a very reasonable price ($58 to $62), and the pen itself is well made and aesthetically pleasing.Pros:--Same build quality as high end Sailor fountain pens including 1911L and full size pro gear.--The 14k nib is smaller than the 21k one but easier to control (I honestly don’t understand the "bigger is better" logic, whatever perform well should be cherished alike).--The price is very beginner friendly (slightly higher than Platinum Procyon and almost the same as Lamy Studio which are equipped with the basic steel nibs; much cheaper than Pilot 74 and Platinum 3776, but performs equally well).--I have a medium sized hand and I enjoy the pen size when posted. It feels like the extension of my hand when writing.Cons:--The nib I got was a little too dry to my preference, but it can be easily tuned with a bit of patience and experience.--I don’t love the Sailor converter, neither do I appreciate Sailor's marketing decision of making us customers to buy converters separately.--It was shipped from Japan, so a longer waiting period is expected (usually 14 to 20 days).Overall, I highly recommend this pen to people who are considering a upgrade from steel nibs, or simply people who love writing. I love mine and I’m very happy about this purchase.