the sailor shikiori sansui nadeshiko fountain pen is NOT pink.
DISCLAIMER: No hate to the purple pens and purple pen lovers out there. We like what we like. 💜🩷
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In September 2023, Sailor released a new Shikiori collection of fountain pens called Sansui (山水).
Based on the promo pics, one of the pens called Nadeshiko looked like a cool-toned, lavender-leaning-bubblegum pink pen. Paired with a white section, the pen was love at first sight (online) for me.
Let this be your reminder that if there's a chance for you to see the pen in person, do it. Don't be like me who admired it online for months and bought it without ever having seen it in person despite having the chance to do so.
Because this whole time I was admiring it, I thought it was for it being a rather different shade of pink.
It's not pink.
It definitely leans more towards purple. 😭
It feels like the exact same shade as the bougainvillea in our garden, which is a saving grace for the colourway since I could ascribe a little sentimental value to it, but on its own I can't help but feel disappointed that it's not pink.
For colour comparison, here is the pen next to an Estebrook Estie in Punch and a Platinum 3776 Century in Nice Lilas respectively. You could see how the Nadeshiko looks significantly more purple than the latter two which are already quite purple-y themselves (though Nice Lilas is still unmistakably pink).
The pen is far from ugly, but it's not pink.
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