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Sailor Profit Fude Nib Fountain Pen Unboxing and Review
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2024
- What is a "FUDE" nib? pronounced (foo day) and it is typically used by those who write hànzì
characters (Mandarin) or Kanji characters (Japanese) and many other eastern pictogram types of
writing. The nib looks like it has been dropped on the floor because it is bent back at the tip. It allows for some brush-like writing and you can get some crazy line variation out of them. This is my first Sailor pen and my first full Fude nib.
I unbox it, talk about the parts and features of the pen, provide some size comparisons and
measurements, and then do a writing sample. After the writing sample, I talk about what I like and what I don't like about the pen. Please feel free to use the chapters provided below to skip to various parts of the review.
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Chapters:
Start 0:00
Introduction 0:11
Unboxing 1:57
Parts and Features 2:58
Size Comparisons 11:40
Measurements 12:57
Writing Sample 13:12
Likes and Dislikes 18:10
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Another great, fun, and hilarious video, Mr. Doug! You never disappoint. Nice pen.
Glad you enjoyed it Ms Marianne!
very interested in the Fude nibs myself. thanks for sharing!
Ooooo, I'm going to need that. I have a Duke 209 fude pen that I like a lot. Fude nibs are nice for drawing b/c you can fill in large areas or vary thin and thick lines. They do take some getting used to though. Thanks for the review. Off to go shopping.
Right on! I'm not a sketcher but I know people who are and they love this kind of nib.
Douglas Rathbun You’re a musician aren’t you? I’m confident you’re a sketcher as well. You just haven’t tried it yet! I hope your fude pen will transmit the message to you: sketching is like playing the guitar, only different.:-)
Woah, those fude nibs look like they would be fun to draw with! I just started a channel, reviewing fountain pens from an art perspective. I was pretty inspired to start it based on watching/ commenting on your videos. Thanks for the supportive comments and for making great content and inspiring the community!
Oh cool! Good for you!
I have this same pen. Definitely blue. Got it for sketching, not writing, and mine reverse writes (or draws) pretty well. I never even thought to try that until recently. My only dissatisfaction would be that fude nibs ought to be paired with pens that hold a lot of ink, piston fillers or Japanese eyedroppers like Opus 88s. Right now I have a converter with Platinum Pigmented Sepia, and I should probably refill a cartridge to get some more capacity.
A sketch artists owns it now. :)
Great video as ever, Douglas. I have this pen, which I think is/was much cheaper in the UK (unusually!) and it was tremendous fun, I completely agree. The plasticky feel seemed appropriate for how little it cost. The higher priced Sailor pens have some amazing nibs, but let’s not go down that road!
Totally agree!
1. Fude nibs are great for expressive drawing. I'm interested by your enthusiasm for using one for writing.
2. As far as I can tell, fude nibs are exclusively a low-end product. Maybe this means they are mainly a curiousity for most of the market (writers).
3. I have a handful of fudes and they all work fine for reverse writing, broadening their range even further.
Thanks for the tips!
Hi, Doug. The writing on the packaging is in Japanese with its mixed system of kanji and kana (two phonetic alphabets). I have a Platinum fude de mannen that's not currently inked and which takes international cartridges instead of their proprietary ones in other c/c pens. It's one of those slim pens for small hands. In my corner of the world a fude de mannen pen can be found at your regular stationery store in the calligraphy section with brushes, brushes pens and calligraphy paper that doesn't fall apart when you put a wet brush to it. Since it's part of the regional cultural tradition everything can be bought cheaply, e.g. Platinum fude de mannen under 10 dollars, Sailor around 10 dollars US. I haven't looked for Pilot since my Chinese calligraphy is nothing to write home about.
I did get some decent reverse writing out of the Chinese pens (PenBBS, Jinhao 992). If only Long made EF mini fude nibs I'd be thrilled. I'm looking forward to an update on your fude adventures.
(Btw, my Moonman M100 with a Schmidt nib was drier than the Sahara on a July noon out of the box until a friend adjusted the ink flow. Now I actually like it.)
Yeah. I'm writing with this Schmidt in the Admok this week and it is pretty dry. I might have to tweak it before I film the writing sample I'm afraid.
Another terrific review. Your videos have so much information in them! And the entertainment value alone makes them worth watching! That pen just might be perfect for me...lightweight, small...now if only that reverse was better.
Many fude nibs write great in reverse. I found a couple Heros on eBay for maybe $5.
Thanks, J! And thanks for the little giftie in my mailbox yesterday! Stay tuned for developments.
Another great review! A vid of you performing a nib grind sounds very interesting. Thank you, Doug!
Thank you kindly, Jeff!
Thanks, Doug! Fountain pens offer so many ways to enjoy writing, sketching, doodling, etc. I've seen some vids in which fude nibs work well in reverse, so I think that's a reasonable expectation. Sailor sells one advertised as "Fude Mannen," that may be cheaper than the one you picked up.
Thank you, David!
Amazon has a five pack of Jinhao fude nibs that I found when I bought my five pack of Jinhao x750s to futz with after the Zebra G video. In total, the ten pack of Zebras, five pack of Jinhaos, and five pack of fudes came out to 40 bucks USD. I'm really impressed with the quality of the Jinhao fude nibs and they're specifically built for those x750/450 etc style pens! No muss, no fuss, seven bucks total for a nice, decently wet pen! If you're interested in playing around with fude nibs, try those!
Thanks, Mark! Bobby sells them on eBay too.
I've enjoyed fude nibs of many sizes. I have a Profit fude, $20 USD from Amazon many years ago. The size is very close to a 1911 standard or a Jinhao 992, which has the same butt plug. Medium is based on the angle of bend. I'm not aware of what angle is medium. Fudes are 40 or 55 degrees can be more or less. More bend wider line. I prefer a stub for easy line variation. Add an angle, cursive and/or italic & lines have more character.
Thank you, chris! I prefer a stub too. But, artists love the fude nib. That's why I gifted it to an artist friend of mine. :)
Lamy Malaysia includes the converter with any Lamy pen purchase regardless of from whom you purchase in Malaysia. Other pen companies in Malaysia, sell the converter separately.
Good to know!
Another wonderful video, full of all sorts of fun as well as sound testing. I'm guessing that your pen has the 40 degree nib, rather than the 55 degree version. I've also learned a thing or two about Sailor naming conventions from this video, as it appears that "Profit" (or 1911 in certain other markets) does not indicate any level of quality, but simply shape. What sort of machinery are you going to use in grinding? Just curious because I gave my bench grinder to my neighbor three years ago - maybe that was a mistake.
Thank you, Joel! And thanks for that information. I assumed it didn't mean "profit" LOL. I'm replacing my dead Dremel. I killed mine grinding some cow bone saddles for acoustic guitars. The fine powder got into the motor and it stopped. I have a bench clamp specifically for the Dremel tool so it will be an easy setup.
Nice precise review with just the right amount of humorous clips. Nice pen I'd like one in metal.
Thanks, Tony. I'll probably grab a few Jinhao #6 fude nibs as I have lots of pens that will take them.
@@InkquiringMinds More cowbell! (Guitar intro) enjoy your four days of summer.
@@anthonydavis4829 My Stairway to Heave into the other day was 1:20 long and took me three days of recording and editing. And three upload attempts (30 minutes each) to get it around the RUclips censor. So, more cowbell, every so often! LOL But thanks so much for your enthusiasm for the guitar work. It is close to my heart.
Acabei de comprar uma Sailor Profit Fude igual ao modelo que você mostra no vídeo. Comprei também na Amazon (Brazil). Achei que ela é uma caneta muito cara para ser somente construída em plástico, mesmo sendo uma Sailor....O design dessa caneta me agrada por ser bem prático e fácil de carregar no bolso da camisa, por exemplo. Ela é muito leve (até leve demais) e a pena fude M flui a tinta muito bem....mesmo que o traço da pena não seja totalmente regular sobre o papel. Para ser um traço regular você precisa forçar um pouco mais, ou seja, pressionar um pouco a pena sobre o papel (falo isso, considerando que estou usando uma tinta bem líquida da Pelikan...). Por fim, o que mais me incomodou mesmo foi a relação do preço da caneta e o material com o qual ela foi construída.
Muito obrigado por compartilhar!
I have the same pen and reverse write pretty well. I think it might the the angle you are holding is different from mine. It writes thin when i do reverse writing. Muji sells good cheap notebooks that doesn’t feather and bleed through.
Reverse writing varies wildly between nibs.
Thanks for the video. I am looking at fude nibs for my I Ching Kanji and Hexagrams. I wonder if the pen could be converted to eye dropper fill(as you say the converters are known to be bad) to avoid refilling the carts?
I gave this pen away. But I expect it might not be an eye dropper.
@@InkquiringMinds I wondered how y'all keep so many pens ;) I think you are correct if the end would leak. Not worth the 30$ risk i am afraid. I will not take the chance on the, known bad, sailor converters, and/or refill the cartridges. I was watching an artist draw with one: and they'd have to stop to refill often, in an hour or less? I am looking at the other options. Thank you so very much for the quick response. Thankfully YT gave me, and you, the notification.
Try the sailor Fude de manned. It is longer and about $10 usd.. looks like exactly the same nib.. check on eBay..
Yes. Comes in two fude angles, 40º and 55º.
Thank you for the fude tip, Eileen!
I bought a HongDian Black Army General because it had a Fude nib. It was an interesting novelty, but not for me. I swapped it out for the standard 0.5mm nib, and I am very glad I did, as it is a really really good all-round pen.
Incidentally, I found out for sure today, as had been my suspicion, that it is a close hommage to a Faber-Castell model.
An "hommage" hmm? Fancy words for a copy. LOL ;)
I'm loving my Jinhao and Picasso fude pens. I can get crazy expressive lines when drawing without even trying, sort of a woodcut look. It's like having different sizes of technical pens in one pen. And my print writing looks nice as well, like I'm writing with a brush pen.
The long Sailor fude de mannen pens were the hipster choice for a while, but the Chinese pens seem just as good if not a bit better for cheap. More body styles and weights, and the smoother bend means the feed won't hit the paper at low angles, so no ghost lines when you don't want them.
I found out about them through Teoh Yi Chie's youtube channel. He has a lot of fountain pen and ink videos from an artist perspective. He has some videos on the huge 3-tined Duke Confucius fude pen with the overfeed. The tip on that one is really long, like writing with a palette knife 😁
I can say with certainty that I'm in the fude gang now. I'm expecting my patch in the mail sometime soon lol
The Fude Gang! Sounds like a sit-com! LOL
@@InkquiringMinds Like the Food Gang or the Fudd Gang. I can hear it in my mind. I won't even try to explain it to someone that isn't into pens 😂
Nice fountain pen. I think looks like Jinhao 992, that even has a blob at the bottom of the barrel
I don't have a 992 but I thought so too! Only thing is the 992 is only a couple of bucks, this one was $40.
That's because Jinhao 992 is Sailor's knockoff...
I wonder if this sailor would have the same cracking problem as the jinhao 992. That considering both are made of plastic that feels kinda brittle
I love #5 fude nibs (I don't like the #6 fude nibs). I put on some Jinhao's for sketching. I want a Sailor!
Sailors don't seem to have entry points that are reasonable other than these cheap ($40!!) plastic student sized models.
@@InkquiringMinds I looked at the website of the largest pen shop in Taipei. NT$300 for a pen (40 degree angle, pink, white, brown and dark blue, 55 degree kinda olive green) that does look cheap. Their HighAce neo clear Calligraphy are stub nibs (1.0, 1.5, 2.0). Beyond that you land squarely in specialty nib territory, e.g. this 1911L naginata fude de mannen... for CAD 990.
www.sakurafountainpengallery.com/en/boutique/detail/naginata-fude-de-mannen-sailor-1911l-gt-specialty-nib-fountain-pen
I am a big Fude nib fanboy- Moonman T1,T2, Duke 551, Jinhao. Fude nibs are useful and a lot of fun.
Thank you, Andrew! :)
I was looking at these lower priced Sailor pens - they're sweet (felt a bit cheap in my hand), but just too small.too thin and too short for adult hands. While they can get away with the fact these pens are rather deeply posted (why don't all manufacturers do that?), there is no way getting around the lack of girth. Too bad, 'cause they're sweet.
I think the market for these pens has a majority of smaller hands. It feels like a student pen.
I do prefer the Chinese maker's fude nibs to these since those are bent at a curve compared to the step angle of the Sailor.
Thank you, zchen358!
Goodness, you're in public without a mask, that's a little risky wouldn't you agree. As for fude nibs I don't know if they're for me since I prefer a stiff nib and one that gives no line variation, but I think I may give one a try.
Something you brought up were pen companies manufacturing cheap converters and selling them while at the same time inflating the price for no reason and praise companies that use standard international. Personally I don't mind proprietary converters because some companies may add an extra feature that "could" be beneficial kinda like monteverde with the screw on thread that I'm guessing to create a better seal and stop the converter from rattling, and Lamy with those small dots that keep the converter in place. However I think the biggest problem is pen companies not providing a free converter to begin with because what's the point of using standard international if you're still gonna have to pay for the high price tag.
Edit: I know I rambled for a bit but I forgot to mention great video as always and I'm still intrigued on what you have to say about the pilot falcon.
Ummm NOPE. I was a good 500 feet away from any human being during that video. Plus, we both wore masks when entering and exiting the park which is patrolled and enforced to keep at least nine feet between groups of cohort families. This is outdoors. Inside a public space, it is mandated that everyone must wear a mask and say at least six feet away which I and my family have done religiously since the beginning of March.
@@InkquiringMinds my bad I wasn't aware of the whole situation since the only clip I saw was you without a mask, for a second I thought you were one of those people who refuse to wear a mask because "they don't want the government to tell them what to do", it was an honest mistake.
Thanks, I.C. There are plenty of those kinds of people here in Alberta and they scare the willies out of me!
The Duke 209 is a slim but nicely made, inexpensive Chinese steel pen that usually comes with two nibs, one round and one fude. I've had a lot of fun playing with that one. Duke makes other models, including the very large "Confucius" bamboo pen with a massive fude nib (and they all come with converters). I've seen the Confucius on Ebay for under $30 US and the 209 for around $12 with shipping. ruclips.net/video/YtN1V8-YnZQ/видео.html Demonstrates some commonly available fude pens.
Thanks for the info! Fascinating!
Stephen King, pens, sparkly ink? Subbed.
Welcome aboard, Shane! :)
Whoa! Where'd that Falcon come from? I'm assuming that's a new addition, right? Ironically, I have one coming tomorrow or Friday, so I'd be very interested in hearing your thoughts/seeing a review!
Yes indeedy, Dave! I got it last week. I will do a review shortly. I'm wanting to write quite a lot with it because there is a learning curve. Not that it is difficult to use, just having to find what kind of writing style to use; pressure, no pressure, quick or slow. I'm getting into a groove with it. Probably see a review next week sometime.
@@InkquiringMinds Looking forward! 😎
NO WAY, he got the Sailor you guys. All aboard the Anchor Ship!
Another slippery slope I'm afraid!
Sir @@InkquiringMinds, I have a Jinhao and I can buy those Fude nibs separately from an Online Store. After seeing your Video, I literally just bought one right now, as of this time. Thank you for the fun Reviews
Definitely blue.
It is obvious with the naked eye, not so much on video.
4 days of summer ,wow lucky you 😂
+Luc M LOL Got your lovely note today Luc! Thanks!
You going to try and swap that nib into another pen?
No, Dom. In fact, I just gave that pen to my pen friend Janice the other day.
I enjoy your videos, especially during these crazy times. But please don’t politicize them. Let’s keep this a safe place.
I, on the other hand, relish every chance to laugh at him.
Sorry you're offended. Carry on.
I purchased the Sailor Profit Rude Nib on Amazon for $23US. I re-examine it and you a correct. It does have a slight blue tint under a strong light.
The profanity is not necessary. My father once told me that the use of profanity is an indication that the speaker has reached an intellectual limit in their ability in a intelligent manner. You are more intelligent that that. Profanity diminishes you character.
Finally, I find that the political quips distract me from the message that you're trying to deliver. Try to keep your message apolitical.
Otherwise, I find you RUclips presentations among the better ones that I have viewed.
Thank you, Joseph McDonald!
Benny hill
LOL Yes. He was a perv, but funny.