Tag: Sailor
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Sailor Pro Gear King of Pens Winter Sky
AKA: the pen I love and would never recommend. I would call the Sailor King of Pens confusing in that it’s one of those fountain pens which you see get released, but I can’t say I see a ton of people posting about online, yet Sailor keeps releasing more KOPs with somewhat regularity despite this.…
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The Paper Mind Bank Paper Notebook Review
I’m always on the hunt for a new notebook to try and I was gifted a Paper Mind Bank Paper A5 Notebook for Christmas in 2023 and have finally started using it in the past few weeks and wanted to put in my thoughts! The notebook comes in three formats: Ruled, Blank, and Dot Grid.…
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2024 Pen & Ink of the Year
When I got my 5 Year Hobonichi, I knew I wanted to do something different with it, and so I decided to commit to one pen and one ink for an entire year’s use in my 5 Year journal. Picking an ink was easy. I knew I wanted to use Sailor Studio 731 clear back…
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In Pursuit of the Grail
Nearly every hobbyist of any kind has a grail, that one thing that just oozes perfection to them. In Arthurian literature, this grail is an elusive thing, hard to get or perhaps hard to earn depending on what it is that one is after. My grail has been The Mita Club x Sailor Pro Gear…
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Sailor Hocoro Dip Pen – Fine – Review
In late of last year Kimberly of The PenAddict posted a overview type review of a variety of dip nibs (go read her review, it’s really thorough!), one of which was the Sailor Hocoro, which I had never seen before. I quickly added it to my Christmas list and was lucky enough to get one.…
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Sailor Shikiori Waka-uguisu
Sailor is, hands down, one of the more confusing ink brands. Inks change name, change lineup, are released and then later re-released… And this one is no different. Originally part of the Jentle line, it is now listed as under the Shikiori line. It loosely translates as, “Young Nightingale” and was named after the Japanese…
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Sailor Pro Gear Lucky Charm
I will admit, I’m something of a silly Sailor Fan, which means I don’t really hesitate to buy a new Sailor when one comes out that tickles my fancy. And no, I do not own all the ones I want to own (sadly). The Sailor Pro Gear Lucky Charm came out in 2020, and was…
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