Our mission is to maintain our long heritage of over 100 years of quality, technical excellence and perfection.

We are very proud of our heritage and our reputation for the best quality nibs and we hope that we can satisfy your requirements and enhance your writing experience.

In 1911, Mr. Kyugoro Sakata, an engineer from the historic naval port of Hiroshima, was introduced to a fountain pen brought from England by a sailor friend. Fascinated by it, he soon became determined to produce finely crafted writing instruments in Japan with the highest specification and writing performance.

Mr. Sakata decided to call the company Sailor Pen in the expectation that the business would expand internationally like the voyages of a sailor.

The company thus became the first to produce Fountain Pens in Japan and it is still one of the oldest in the industry.

All Sailor fountain pens include a Sailor ink convertor.