Fountain Pen Friday #2

This week’s pen is the Sailor Clear Candy Fountain Pen (Jet Pens, Amazon). I got this one as a gift from my brother-in-law and his wife. (Sorry the pictures didn’t turn out better this week, we’ve had a lack of natural light and an abundance of rain.)

Pen in my hand with the cap on the back.

Sailor Clear Candy Fountain Pen with a correction tape dispenser, Necco Wafers, a Pilot G-2, and a Sharpie — Sailor Clear Candy Fountain Pen (bottom) with a correction tape dispenser, Necco Wafers, a Pilot G-2, and a Sharpie

This is another clear plastic fountain pen. Not too heavy, more of a standard sized pen. Screw on cap for traveling.

This pen does use a proprietary cartridge and converter. But the cartridges come in great colors and the converter means you can use any ink you want.

Various Sailor Clear Candy Cartridges in packaging, converter with box, green cartridge by itself above pen.

This pen is described as having a medium fine nib, and it’s about equal or slightly finer than a 07 ballpoint.

All but bottom line written with Sailor Clear Candy Fountain Pen Medium Fine Nib green cartridge, bottom line by Pilot G-2 07 in green.

Because it does write with a relatively fine line, it can be hard to get started sometimes, and doesn’t do too well if the ink starts to dry out and thicken. Also you won’t get too much color variegation in inks that have it due to the thin line. It is however, very good at writing in pocket moleskines and other narrow writing spaces.