Sailor 11-1219-720 Fountain Pen, Pro Fit Standard, Black, Zoom

great pen! i use it every day, I've bought several $50+ pens but this one is still my favorite, by far! sailor makes the best nibs, it's almost like using a freshly sharpened pencil on super-smooth paper. that tiny little "shhk shhk" feedback gives me life.i would recommend this pen to anyone who likes drawing, or anyone who takes notes. beware that this pen IS a wonderful pen, but it's fairly small compared to many other fountain pens in a similar price range. it's about the same dimensions as a pilot metropolitan, but a little bit lighter because it's resin instead of brass, but it still feels very high quality despite my brain's instinctive "heavy=expensive" reflex

Watch for the price drop. I got this under $80. It’s the bottom end of the Sailor Pro Fit series. A simple black resin barrel and nib housing. Gold plated trim accents. It’s a sleek, classy pen that writes very well. Gorgeous nib. Works great for handwriting and sketching.Some people don’t like the way Sailor pens drag across paper, but coming from a dip pen environment, I love them. This is a good way to explore the expensive Sailor ecosystem in a more affordable way.

The Sailor Profit Standard or Sailor 1911S is one of Sailor's flagship models. It's a glossy black, cigar shaped pen with bold gold trim that evokes the classic styling of the mid early 1900s but made with modern techniques and materials. It writes well with a distinctive toothiness (supposedly, it makes it easier to write Japanese characters with it), balanced in the hand, but a bit small for my taste.Sadly, it goes without saying: Fountain pens are a crapshoot and not even Sailor is perfect. I've had a few duds. But thankfully, mine wrote perfectly with a good sweetspot. This made it perfect to write on really cheap paper and fountain pen friendly paper. It's not the smoothest pen; you'll feel the nib and paper as you write. It's not a bad thing, but if you're used to writing with smooth pens, you might overcompensate your strokes. it'll feel a little scratchy though while doing curves, loops, and diagonal strokes. Same thing happens if you write with medium or heavy pressure.Ergonomics, it's a bit of a thinner pen. about 9.5mm that slightly tapers down. I can't write for too long w/o my fingers and hand cramping. The pen without the cap posted is just barely long enough for me to use. Posted, it feels great and the center of gravity isn't too far up. If you're used to writing with super light pens like Bic Crystals or Pilot G2s, you'll feel the weight a bit but it's not heavy. At worse, it'll feel a little topheavy when writing at really low angles.Despite its light weight, it feels surprisingly durable due to the dense PMMA plastic. It's a hard material but it's also brittle. It's going to shatter if it gets crushed. Picks up scratches easily though if you pocket carry like me. Not sure how its body will fare after years of constant pressure while sitting down in your pocket.Pen comes with 2 ink cartridges, no converter, a little device that let's your draw in bottled ink. It's proprietary so you'll have to get Sailor branded cartridges and converters.Personally, I think it's too small and has a bit of an identity crisis: Too small for larger hands, too big to be a pocket pen, and too expensive to be a quick note taker. $80+ is A LOT of dough for a writing sidepiece, no matter how relative it is.Overall, this is a fantastic pen if it fits your preferences: Classic, lightweight, and not slippery smooth for a sense of control. It'll require a bit of finesse to really get the most out of this pen though due to its distinctly Japanese way of writing.

I've been having so much fun writing with the Zoom nib, which is super broad and shows off fountain pen inks well. It definitely has the typical pencil-like feedback of Sailor fountain pens, but much softer. It kind of feels like writing with a felt tip marker more so than a pencil. It is the broadest writing pen that I have in my collection and I will be using it often, especially on some of my correspondence stationery that don't work well with pens with fine nibs.

The fine nib is pretty stiff, and puts down a line a slightly bit thicker than the Pilot Metropolitan F.The nib has a noticeable, satisfying feedback. This means that the nib isn’t glassy smooth, but is still very nice to write with.The pen did not arrive with a converter, so purchase a Sailor converter to use bottled ink.

I am perhaps offending Sailor pen aficionados. I had 3 different Sailor pen before. They are based on the 1911 Profit chassis, meaning they’re the same size. Well, sadly, they are built the same way-bad.Promenade, Procolor, and now 1911 Standard or Profit. The acrylic shell is not well made. It feels flimsy, cheap. It’s sinful to bring up competition. The $10 Pilot 78G has a better built shell. And then, the nib.F nibs are Japanese Crown Jewels. The just know how to make them. Sailor does not.I returned all two in the past thinking I had bad luck. Third time is the last draw. This nib suffers the exactl same malaise, dryness. This in turn makes it so scratchy that there’s no hope. I used the x10 loupe to check. The tines are perfectly aligned. So it is just a bad design. Just because one can insert a 14K nib in a pen doesn’t make it worth the price.I am giving on Sailor forever. Pilot, I am coming home!

I liked it

Good writing pen, although a little on the small side and my preference to a larger nib it works well.