Sailor Fountain Pen, SHIKIORI Soraha Setsugetsu, Meigetsu, Medium Fine Point, 11-1224-303

This Sailor PGS has gorgeous shimmery ivory color contrasting with the black ends on the pen, and gold accents. The 14k nib is the same size and feel of the Sailor 1911S model. Pleasant feedback on paper if you enjoy the Sailor nibs. The body of the pen is slightly shorter than the 1911S. I write with the cap posted on both models and Sailor PGS is very comfortable in my opinion.

This is a wonderful write! I chose this as my first next level pen, also my first Sailor and first gold nib. I have a small handful of other fountain pens with steel nibs including a Lamy Joy, Kaweco Sport Classic, TWISBI Eco, and Noodler's Konrad. By comparison to those, this most certainly is the smoothest, significantly, so I find myself assured that I have made a good purchase in investing in a 14k gold nib (although my Kaweco is also an excellent writer even with an extra fine nib, however there is more feedback than the Sailor).I also ordered a converter which hasn't arrived yet and got started on the included cartridge (2 black ones come with the pen, no converter). There were no hard starts straight out of the box. There is also very little pressure needed and the flow is consistent with some line variation with up to double the stroke width if desired. The medium fine nib on the Sailor is ever so slightly stronger than my Kaweco Sport Classic extra fine (note to those who aren't familiar with Kaweco, although my photo shows a gold colored nib, it is actually plated steel). This is a bit exaggerated in my comparison photo with the Kaweco using a much lighter ink. Additionally you can see that there is a little more tension in my writing with the Kaweco. I will say though that I look forward to trying out a fine or extra fine gold nib from Sailor (or other Japanese brand) as I would have preferred either of those options to the medium fine. But, I have no complaints because this writes like liquid satin and is still relatively fine. I'm impressed with this pen which will now become my every-day-carry.The Pro Gear Slim is indeed smaller than an average full-sized pen, but it is not a pocket pen. My Kaweco is considered a pocket size but extends nicely when posted. By comparison, the Pro Gear Slim is significantly larger but still perfectly balanced in my small hands.This comes in the white box as pictured, not a blue box like most Sailor pens come in as I have seen on unboxing video reviews. There are retailers who sell this in the blue box with a converter but at a higher price than available here. I have seen this same configuration (white box, no converter) available from other very reputable retailers, so I am assured of its authenticity.Overall, I'm very pleased with my upgrade! The Sailor Pro Gear Slim is remarkable and the Meigetsu (autumn harvest moon) is beautiful to look at. I really love the blunt cigar shape and the contrasting black ends. The little bit of gold shimmer in the body coordinates so well with the with the 24k gold plated accents, and the gold logo inset into the black finial is the perfect elegant touch. I highly recommend this pen to anyone who enjoys European fine or extra fine nibs, or to anyone who desires a consistently smooth, fatigue-free writing experience for pages at a time.

This is my first sailor. I was expecting the medium fine nib but this felt more like a fine. I also thought sailors were supposed to have a bouncy feel. This definitely did not. I bought the white and green pens and both were scratchy. I was able to get my green one polished and tuned a tiny bit by a generous vendor at the pen show and it writes smoother now. The width is more like a twsbi fine.

This pen lives up to the Sailor tradition. Has the well known Sailor feedback without being scratchy. Good ink flow. With the cap posted, it is comfortable even for someone like me who usually uses much larger pens.

As anyone from the Fountain Pen community will tell you, Sailor is a very popular, desirable and expensive pen. The Sailor Pro Gear Slim often retail for $250-$300+. Hence you might be wondering why the price is so cheap here. Because:1) It's grey market. Sellers from Japan buy directly from there, then list on Amazon/Ebay to sell directly to consumer. No middle man / US retailer involved means price cut in import taxes, customer service, warranty costs, etc.2) Sailor or retailers are most likely clearing out inventory to prepare for the new launches.Hence, a grey market seller will not provide you with the warranty or the post-sale support that US retailers do.I've checked all the features I could and from what I can tell, it's 100% authentic. These pens do come in these white boxes. The insignia on the cap differs from the symbols that you've seen online because it's their new branding (they are slowly updating it within the past 2 years).I got this pen for $77 before tax, about $84 post tax. It's too good of a deal to pass up.- Make sure to buy from a reputable seller with many reviews.- Buy with Amazon Prime so you can return without a problem if anything goes wrong.

Caveat emptor, the listing has several errors:--The gold-shimmer ivory with black end finials is the MEIGETSU 名月 (or Autumn/Harvest Moon in English) pen, from the Shikiori (Four Seasons) series in the Pro Gear Slim model.--The dark metallic green is the MANYO 万葉 (or Summer/Abundant Leaves), also from Four Seasons.--These pens only come in the "Medium-Fine" nib, not the Medium.--No converter but there are 2 black cartridges.I got the ivory/Autumn Moon. This is my first Slim model to own but I'm familiar with Sailor nibs (and have a regular Pro Gear, with the 21K nib) - and this writes unpleasantly dry, no matter the ink. Slow, careful print with frequent pen lifts does better but it really cannot keep up with any fast, ligatured script. Will need to adjust the nib/feed. Maybe just luck of the gray market? Caveat emptor. Again.But if you're OK with all that, there is one good reason to get it on Amazon... much, much cheaper! For me, Pro Gears aren't really worth the markup in the US (180-395USD) but for $75? Sure. This one is quite pretty. Good luck!

Shipping was very fast and pen was brand new in box. Description says it is a medium nib but from reading previous reviews I expected a medium-fine nib, which is what this is. Popped a sailor cartridge in and it writes really well out of the box. Has a bit less feedback than another Sailor PGS that I have. Converter is not included and will need to be purchased separately. Not that I'm complaining though, this is a great deal.