Ink Sample - Sailor Shikiori About Sailor: 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. Regular Sailor Shikiori ink bottles: Shigure, Tokiwa-matsu, Nioi-sumire, Miruai, Souten, Doyou, Yamadori, Okuyama, Irori, Yuki-akari, Waka-uguisu, Sakura-mori, Fuji-sugata, Rikyucha, Kin-mokusai, Chu-shu, Yozakura, Yodaki, Yonaga, Shimoyo Our ink samples will come in these tiny adorable glass bottles. They can hold up to 5ml, and you can pick either 3ml or 5ml of each color.These bottles are meant to be reusable. You can return your 10 empty bottles to us, and your next sample ink will be on us. Please note that orders containing ink samples may require an extra 2-3 days time as we make our ink samples to order.
