SAILOR Fude de Mannen Fountain Pen - 55 Degree Nib - Green (excludes converter)
| Origin | Japan |
|---|---|
| Design | Japan |
| Brand Series | Fude |
| Filling Mechanism | Cartridge Proprietary |
| Nib Material | Stainless Steel |
This pen is popular with urban sketchers becaue of the ability to experiment with line width. Works well with SAILOR KIWAGURO permanent (waterproof) ink.
The SAILOR Calligraphy Pen has a special curved nib (curved upwards at 55%) that gives variation in line width. You get a finer line with the pen held in a more vertical position and a wider line as you decrease the angle of the pen to the page. It takes some practice to use the pen, but it makes you draw more slowly, which improves your work and your ability to add expression to sketches. The 55 degree nib of this pen provides wider lines than the 40 degree blue pen.
The pen body is a green plastic and includes a clip. Takes SAILOR cartridges or converter (both sold seperately).
Details:
Body material: PP Resin - Green. Gold trim
Nib: 55 degree stainless steel with gold plating
Length: 169mm capped, 187mm posted
Packed in Japanese hangsell packaging with 2 water-soluble black cartridges
Made in Japan.
The pen comes with one cartridge of black watersoluble ink. You can buy blue cartridges. Any of these (except the one labelled Slim) here: https://www.larrypost.com.au/brands/sailor-pens/blue.html?cat=1033&refill_type=640
SAILOR Fude takes the standard Sailor converter (not the mini converter). The standard converter is available in a range of colours and you can use any of them.
A converter allows you to draw up ink from a bottle. This is helpful if you want to use waterproof ink as most waterproof inks are only supplied in bottles. For this pen the only compatible converter is SAILOR. There are Sailor cartridges that fit this pen, but only in water-soluble ink or water-resistant, not fully waterproof ink. Two water-soluble cartridges are supplied with the pen and you can use these up then syringe fill them with bottled ink.
Takes any of the Sailor cartridges (except for Sailor Slim cartridges). Plus you can use any Sailor converter (except the Sailor Mini Converter) if you want to drawn up ink from a bottle such as De Atramentis Document ink for sketching. https://www.larrypost.com.au/brands/sailor-pens.html?cat=1545
