Sailor Pro Gear Slim Shikiori - Fairy Tale Series - Grateful Crane

Sailor Pro Gear Slim Shikiori - Fairy Tale Series - Grateful Crane. This new Shikiori series is inspired by Japanese fairy tales that take place in four different seasons. The story behind Grateful Crane represents winter, with an image of snowy blue where the story takes place.

• Grateful Crane (機織り鶴)
• Nib: Medium Fine
• 14K Gold Nib
• Fill Mechanism: Cartridge/Converter (Sailor proprietary) 
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• Release date: 03/20/2020
• This series is available in Dragon Palace, Vega, Grateful Crane and Princess Kaguya

• 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, Sailor decided to go in the opposite direction from their "Candy" pen and began focusing on producing 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 for specific writing purposes such as writing musical notes to one that is best for character writing.

Lengths:

• Capped: 12.3cm
• Pen only: 11cm
• Posted: 14.3cm

Diameters:

• Cap: 1.5cm
• Barrel: 1.3cm
• Section: 1cm

Weights: 19.7g