セーラー万年筆 Sailor Fude De Mannen - Stroke Style Calligraphy Fountain Pen - Bamboo Green - Nib Angle 55 Degrees (11-0127-767)

I love the variation you get from fude nib pens. I’ve watched Paul Heaston use this pen for a while now on Instagram and his drawings are sensational! It’s very reasonably priced for the quality. Ink flow is consistent, I’m using DeAtrimentis at present. I can draw with the pen upside down for very fine lines with little flow issues which is great. Traditional look to it, shame it’s plastic but it can’t be perfect, but that helps to keep it light, it has a gold nib (assume it’s not real gold of course). I’d highly recommend getting this for sketching with, see example picture that I did. It’s great for Urban Sketching.

it is an excellent instrument for the price. the nib is smooth and flexible, shines with good quality black ink. I can imagine its as good for drawing as it is for your copperplate or round hand. it doesn’t take a standard ink cartridge and sailor cartridges are expensive so I recommend purchasing a dedicated sailor converter. The body is plastic but doesn’t feel cheap. definitely love the colour. Overall a great instrument, excellent performer, and Made in Japan !

I saw the Sailor Fude mentioned on social media a lot lately as an excellent fountain pen for sketching. It’s usually best not to believe the hype, but at £13 I felt it was a risk I could take. I’m seriously impressed with the Sailor Fude. The nib is very smooth and the ink flows well. I’m left-handed so this can be a bit of an issue. It’s designed to work like a brush, so the width of the stroke varies depending on the angle the pen is held and will take a bit of getting used to. I’ll probably order another so I can have a couple of ink colours on the go at the same time. Full marks from me, highly recommended.

This is a BIG pen - must be virtually the largest in my sizeable collection. The cap is quite small, so it doesn't lose much length when uncapped. I like fude nibs. Very handy for highlighting / underlining with the normal side of the nib on the paper and a useful fine nib capability for notes by rolling the pen on its back. Just needs ink that is deep enough to read the notes without making the highlighted bits illegible. I found a forgotten bottle of Atramentis "whisky" (INK!) just right (and smells good when wet). There was just a slight tendency to fuzzy edges when highlighting in books - a function of the paper, not a problem with the pen. The fine writing with the back of the nib was - well - fine! There is no clip, but a Kaweco one would fit with a slight squeeze if you want one - it is a bit too long for my shirt pocket anyway. I don't like leaving an inked pen laying flat - they function much better if stored vertically with the nib uppermost. I had one of those springy clips they sell for clipping pens and other things onto nurses' uniforms, so mounted that on the side of my monitor stand and away we go - the tapered end of the pen slides easily into the spring, keeping it ready for use. Do I like it? Yes, it is a good pen. Anything I would like to improve it? Yes - supply a converter with it. Sailor pens do not seem to be compatible with any other brand, so you are either tied into their cartridges or need an expensive converter. Whilst these are good in the context of the more expensive regular Sailor pens, they are a bit out of proportion costwise with cheaper pens like this one - hence marked down a star.

good pen

This deserves more stars … amazing

I not wont to leave regular reviews of the things I buy from Amazon but this Sailor Fude De Mannen 55 degree fountain pen is absolutely worthy of one. The ink flows like a dream and it feels buttery smooth writing or drawing on even the cheapest paper. Now you can vary the stroke writing at a more upright angle and that's just find and dandy but it really does come into it's own writing with the angles nib flat against the paper for the broadest strokes. This was the role I bought it for and I was very pleased to find it copes well in this mode with a soft flowing writing or drawing style and does not need a stilted, slow focused movements and regular lifts. All round very happy with the pen.

At first I was confused by the appearance of the pen, which does not look like the one here in the photo of the store (the brand name on the body is missing). But after googling a little and watching video reviews of famous sketchers, I made sure that this is definitely an original sailor pen. In terms of use, I can definitely say that it works as it should. I love this pen and its lively line. I also bought a converter for it, but haven't used it yet. The pen comes with 2 water-soluble ink cartridges included.