First Love, ProGear with a hand-finished steel nib

First Love, the fountain pen

The color of “First Love” is that beautiful
blue I will never get to see again...

The moment I saw Parker’s Penman Sapphire ink,
I fell in love with it immediately.

It was like the thrill of falling in love for the very first time.

The inspiration of the BUNGUBOX ink, "First Love", came from my desire to recreate this discontinued ink I liked so much.

When I hear the words "First Love", I think of the novella of the same name by the Russian author Ivan Turgenev.  It is a story about Vladimir, a 16 year old boy, falling for Zinaida, a woman 5 years his elder.

The story takes place in a lake town near Moscow, where wild roses bloom and the buildings are covered in ivy.  Vladimir's feelings for Zinaida grow stronger and stronger in this idyllic environment, only to discover...

With the third iteration of our "First Love" pen,
we were given the opportunity to make it with Sailor's newly developed "hand-finished" steel nib.  Sailor will be releasing a new line of pens with these nib in September, but we were fortunate enough to get early access to them!  How cool is that?

Sailor created this new line of steel nibs using a special steel alloy with a goal to provide the same writing experience as their renowned gold nibs.  Not only is this a steel nib designed for writing comfort, but each nib goes through the exact same manual finishing and tuning process that their gold nibs go through.  

While they write just like a gold nib, they aren't affected by the constantly rising gold prices, giving us the opportunity to offer you high-end pens without having to worry about raising their prices every 6 months 😁 

The barrel of the pen is a beautiful blue with fine glitter, and the nib has an engraving of a wild rose reminiscent of Zinaida.  The finial is of an ivy leaf in raden, and the cap ring has an engraving of the words "First Love"

I overlayed my feelings for Penman Sapphire ink with those of Vladimir's love for Zinaida as the inspiration for this special pen.

We hope you will "fall in love" all over again with this pen.

Don't forget to pair it with its matching First Love ink!

[Product Details]

Nib: Steel nib 
Pen point:Iridosmine – with gold pen level finishing. / EF, F, MF, M
Length: approx. 128mm (when capped)/148mm (when posted)
Diameter: Barrel approx. 13.3mmφ; Cap approx. 16mmφ (excluding the clip)
Weight: approx. 22g
Filling mechanism: Dual-use ink cartridge and converter
Engraving:  Nib - laser engraved wild rose
Cap ring - engraved ivy leaves and the words "First Love"
Metal furniture: Nickel-plated chrome
Barrel material: Blue high-grade resin with fine silver glitter　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Finial: Mother-of-pearl inlay of an ivy leaf
Accessories: Converter, 2 blue-black ink cartridges, instruction manual, warranty card.

※ For replacement converters and cartridges, please purchase Sailor manufactured products.