In 1911,Mr. Kyugoro Sakata,a respected engineer from Hiroshima, Japan,was introduced for the very first time to a fountain pen. The fountain pen was demonstrated by a British sailor who was visiting Japan at the time. Mr.Sakata was so impressed by the design and function that he made the decision there and then to produce such fine products in Japan. He was determined to make the most elegant and sophisticated writing instruments with the highest level of specification and writing performance available anywhere else in the world. And so it was that The Sailor Pen Company was started in Hiroshima Japan where the factory is still to this day.

The Sailor Pen Company has proudly maintained this heritage of quality and technical perfection over the many years it has existed and still today it offers the customer a unique variety of writing instruments which are renowned for their quality and performance and carry the special lifetime guarantee of writing pleasure and excellence. Sailor pens are available in most countries through our network of distributor partners and are available at most fine quality pen specialists and stationery stores. The shape of a Naginata-togi nib is rather long compared with other pen nibs. The pen point is ground into a shape similar to the blade of a Naginata sword. This unique pen nib allows a broad range of writing angles and provides smooth calligraphy even when writing with light pressure.