Sailor Pro Gear Slim Mini Rencontre Fountain Pen - Gris Fer
This Sailor Pro Gear Slim Mini fountain pen features a marbled red resin body and a white cap and finial, and is complemented by gold-plated accents. The flat top cap features the Sailor anchor logo inset into the top finial.
This pocket-sized compact fountain pen comes equipped with Sailor's legendary 14k yellow gold nib in medium fine. The cap screws open and close, and can be pushed to post securely onto the back of the barrel when writing.
Rencontre is French for "encounter" and the name follows suit: Gris Fer means "Iron Gray". This series embodies the encounter between acrylic resin which offers transparentness and durability, with the elegant texture of marble patterns, born of Sailor's original technique. The marble patterned barrel is the iconic characteristic of this series and is manufactured with the injection molding method we normally employ for resin parts. Only under limited conditions can two colors form a beautiful marble pattern without blending too much into each other. Marble forming techniques have existed, but it was always considered difficult to create marble patterns with acrylic resin.
The Professional Gear Slim Mini fountain pen comes with a Sailor proprietary cartridge. It can accept a Sailor Mini Ink converter (sold separately), but not the standard Sailor converter due to the short barrel length.
The size of these pens makes them particularly convenient to have on hand in a jacket pocket or classy clutch so collectors can bring this pen along wherever they wish and enjoy the touch of Rencontre by Sailor.
Click here to shop all compatible Sailor ink cartridges.
- Condition
- New
- Brand
- Sailor
- Type
- Fountain Pens
- Color
- Silver/Grey
- Demonstrator
Whether or not the barrel of the pen is translucent, allowing you to see the ink and filling mechanism inside.
- No
- Body Material
- Resin
- Cap Rotations
For pens with a screw-cap closure, how many rotations it takes to uncap/recap the pen.
- 1.75
- Cap Type
How the cap is opened/closed from the barrel of the pen. Some common options include Snap-Cap, Screw-Cap, Magnetic Cap, or Capless (no cap).
- Screw-cap
- Compatible inks & refills
Which ink this pen will accept. Choices include bottled ink and various styles of pre-filled ink cartridges.
- Bottled ink, Proprietary Sailor ink cartridges
- Filling Mechanism
How the pen fills with ink. Click here to watch our video tutorial on common filling mechanisms.
- Cartridge, Converter
- Grip Material
- Resin
- Nib Size
- Medium Fine
- Nib Color
- Gold
- Nib Material
- 14k Gold
- Postable
Whether or not the cap fits securely onto the back of the barrel when open.
- Yes
- Retractable
Whether or not the nib/tip can retract into the body of the pen (usually for click or twist-open style pens).
- No
- Diameter - Body
- 12.1mm (0.48in)
- Diameter - Cap (without clip)
- 14.6mm (0.57in)
- Diameter - Cap (with clip)
- 16.7mm (0.66in)
- Diameter - Grip (mm)
Measured from the place most people choose to rest their fingers, which varies with each pen.
- 9.6mm
- Length - Body
The measurement from the back end of the barrel to the tip of the nib.
- 95.6mm (3.76in)
- Length - Cap
- 59.7mm (2.35in)
- Length - Nib
The measured length of the visible portion of the nib when it is installed in the pen, from grip to tip.
- 19.2mm (0.76in)
- Length - Overall (Closed)
- 109.3mm (4.30in)
- Length - Overall (Posted)
When the cap of the pen is posted onto the back of the pen body, this is the measurement of the entire pen including the nib.
- 136.4mm (5.37in)
- Weight - Body
If a converter is included with the pen, this weight is reflected in the total.
- 8g (0.28oz)
- Weight - Cap
- 7g (0.25oz)
- Weight - Overall (g)
- 16.0g
- Max Ink Capacity - Cartridge
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using a cartridge.
- 1.14ml
Customer Reviews
I this summer decided to buy a Mini. Ive actually started to pare down my FP collection I ink and carry to sailors. 1. They never leak 2. the ink cartridges and bottles are fascinating and endless - even when my colour scheme i'm i want to express changes its there for me. 3. sailors are the proper balance of heavy to light weight 4. QC for barrels and nibs never quits. 5. i got tired of the priority cartridge dance between brands so i simplified down to self filling or sailor. In a pinch during the if the pen runs dry a cartridge pulled out of the reusable white tri-holder can be done quickly without drawing attention to myself. I tend toward M-F and EF pens. The 21k of the 1911L and even the MF of the mini's are so nice, slight bounce, give, and and the pinnacle of " smooth- tooth".
yesterday i washed 10 pens. The three i didn't wash i kept are a Mini, a 1911 L & a vintage S American 1960's parker with an interesting steel fine nib.
Yikes i had 13 pens inked and had paired that downa month ago.
Back to the Mini. I love the Mini, I now have three. had been avoiding buying a Mini but astonishingly its my favorite. Its got a pleasant heft to it with its elegant brass threads. And its size is great see it posted in picture posted its longer than the unposted 1911 L or the unposted Vintage parker ( forgive me its another color mini not this stunning grey/ white).
The weight is same as 1911L!
Its very easy to carry almost anywhere.
The nib is perfect ( i now have 3).
The messy pile pic is 10 other pens washed. The picture 1 is all unposted. picture 2 Mini posted.
Did i mention the Mini is so cute too. The sailor logo on cap end is endearing .
