Unbox with Yoseka: Sailor Hocoro Dip Pens and Feed!
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Unbox with us Sailor Hocoro Dip Pens! Finally an option for dip pens that comes with a cap and allows you swap out the nib! You can even install a feed to make sure each dip lasts you a long time. In this video, I put the Hocoro Feed to the test to see how effective it is at supplying ink from just one dip. What's your favorite dip pen?
00:08 Intro
01:45 Hocoro Collection: Dip Pens, Spare Nibs and Feed
02:02 Hocoro Dip Pens Close Up
04:04 With Feed and Without Feed Options
05:11 Writing with Fine Nib Without Feed
06:25 How to Insert Feed into Hocoro Pen
08:06 Writing with Fine Nib with Feed
09:28 Testing Cleaning with Feed
10:35 Summary
Sailor Hocoro Collection
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Now that is shocking, getting so much writing out of one dip of a pen (with a snap-in feed), even while pausing for awhile!
VERY clever design, making it easy to change nibs and also flip the pen point for easy carrying ...
My old-fashioned cartoonist dip pens in 1973 could only write or draw for a minute or so.
I’m also blown away by how much writing one can do with the feed in and by how easily it cleans. Thank you for showing this, Daisy!
I picked these pens up as soon as I saw them on Yoseka, and they are as revolutionary for us ink lovers as you would suspect from Daisy's demonstration. Want to write long-form with an ink you aren't so keen on cleaning out of your pen? Toss in the shimmer and have at it. Nifty tip I picked up from "Inky Rocks" channel, have three glass jars of water to clean out your dip pen: first one gets the bulk of the ink out, second one gets the inky water from the first one out, third one truly washes out the pen with clean water. For those of us low-key leery about contaminating our ink bottles, you won't feel obligated to keep changing out the water you're using to clean the pen before you dip in your next ink!
3 glasses of water is a great idea :) Thanks Brian!
I have only recently discovered this pen and cannot wait to own one. I do a lot of journaling and love shimmer and sheening inks, but don’t want to put those inks into my pens. With this dip pen I will be able to write some with my inks without worrying that I am going to clog anything up. Thank you for the review!
Yes! These would be perfect for shimmering inks you are too scared to put into a fountain pen!
Wow, these pens are great. I bought the pilot dip pens, but these Sailors are next level with those feeds. Thanks for the demonstration!
Wow I'm stunned how much more you can write w/the feed. TFS Daisy.
Amazing the difference that feed makes on the duration of the ink supply!
I wish I had found these before buying a more expensive brass nib. I’m still going to get them because they are perfect for what I want to use them for, but I could have saved myself some money. 😅 I love changing colors for journaling but not changing out full cartridges. I also love swatching and having fun with samples of shimmer inks (which I’m leery of putting in expensive pens or cleaning out clogged feeds). Perhaps this pen set will help me overcome my love/hate relationship with OS Nitrogen. 👌
This is so cool! What a wonderful way to test inks. I just ordered around 25 samples, now I have to chase down this pen in Europe! Amazing and a great innovation for 2023!
I am so obsessed with this pen! An absolute godsend for someone with tons of inks they like to swap between or messy sheening/shimmer inks.
Even without the feed I find the medium totally usable and not frustrating!
OMG... that looks like my ideal pen... Thank you for the video!
In truth, one can use *any* fountain pen as a 'dip' pen. However, adding the feed to a Sailor Hocoro and desiring to write a brief note or letter - hint: #InCoWriMo - with a particular ink, without the need to fill a cartridge, converter, or barrel, the feed accessory is a definite plus!
So innovative - signed up for restock notifications! ❤
These are so amazing! If only I had watched your video first before ordering lol now I just ordered 2 feeds ... 2 of mine came with them and I definitely enjoy more ink at a time so this will be so fun -- thank you for the great tutorial!
Glad to see you share these. I snagged them and they are waiting for an ink swatching party soon 🎉
Thank you for demonstrating these pens! I recently ordered this dip pen in a fine nib, and didn't realize it had no feed. Not an issue since I plan on using it mostly for sampling inks, but the amount of ink it holds with a feed is impressive. Might have to pick up one on my next trip!
Thank you so much for your thorough review!! Thanks to you I decided to get a grip with the fide-nib (incl. a feed) and a spare fine nib instead of just a grip with a fine nib and getting totally frustrated by the low ink capacity until I can get my hands on a separate feed here in Germany 😁 Now I can go through with my plan of using a different ink each day for journaling next month ❤
So cool, thank you for the demonstration!! ☺️
The Sailor Hocoro is incredibly well thought out and designed: the way the nib stores within the body for protection, the variety of compatible nib units, and the available feeds that snap on to allow extended writing. The engineers and designers clearly spent a lot of time designing and iterating. The only problem is the nibs just aren’t very good. The Pilot Iro-Utsushi is probably the most lazily designed dip pen on the market. It’s just a cheap stick of injected molded plastic with a Pilot nib glued to the end. But the nib on it is fantastic, and that’s what is so frustrating. I would love to use the Sailor Hocoro, but the nib is just awful compared to the Pilot. So now my thoughtfully engineered and designed Hocoro sits ill-used in my drawer, while the lazy and uncreative Pilot Iro-Utsushi sits out on my desk used frequently. It’s very annoying. I really hope Sailor improves their steel nibs to be as good as Pilot, because until then, I’m stuck using the terrible yet great Pilot Iro-Utsushi.
Great review and that feed sure holds a lot of ink. :D
That’s amazing Daisy! I wonder if these will catch on in the American fountain pen community. Seems like a such a fun way to easily switch inks.
Just ordered one from Yoseka!
Thanks Cat! Hope you like yours!
Wonderful! Excellent content on the Yoseka channel.
Well. I didn't know you can invert the nib like that so it's essentially a cap. Learn something new everyday. PS The Sailor Hocoro nib feed has been sold out forever. Thank you.
I snagged some from their shop just a little over a week ago. So sign up for notifications. And you’ll know when they restock.
@@JustScribble Thanks.
I shouldn’t watch these vid’s: you keep introducing me to cool new stuff that I didn’t know existed and now want to try!: thanks, I think!:)
I'm so excited to try these!! Thanks for the Demo Daisy!!
Sailor Manyo Akebi is so pretty!
technically this doesn't seem to be a feed, more of an ink reservoir. I would have loved to try it' but not at the current prices with shipping from either Japan or the US (I am in Israel). I am waiting for more western shops getting it so I can find it with a reasonable price tag in Europe.
Yes ink reservoir is a good name for it!
Wonderful video. I really want to visit. Ill come from Seattle!
Great video & perfect timing! Just got this pen from you last week! Are the feeds easy to snap back out? I didn’t know about that feature, but have 2 pens 1 w/ & 1 w/o feeds in them; excited to learn can move the feed to the smaller nibs!!!
Pretty easy to snap back out the way they snap in pretty much, but you have to be careful when doing so. According to package instructions they are not meant to be removed once inserted. Of course, I've been doing it for weeks now haha!
Thank you so much for this detailed and thoughtful demonstration. I've just ordered one!
Nice dip pens ❤
Yes! I saw this on your story on Instagram and was gonna message you about them cuz i was interested in purchasing one for my ink swatching.
Super interesting!! So, I'm now trying to decide between the Sailor Hocoro and the Fonte glass dip pen, which also has a cap for portability. Would be great to have some overall comparisons between these two, and other dip pens. Thanks as always!!
Oh I’ll have to compare them soon. Both are wonderful.
I think the Sailor Hocoro is more consistent while a glass pen can be a little less predictable. If you're planning on actually writing words, the Hocoro might be a bit better. For just doodles or swatching, the glass pen would work :)
@@Yoseka wonderful points!
Was thinking of ordering one but was on the fence. I am now sold, might have to wait a bit for my wallet to recover before acquiring but I will have one!
Oh no 😮 I just saw this video and the feed is already sold out 🥺 Hopefully you will get restocked soon. I was just looking for dip pens with caps the day before.
Just wanted to ask if the feed behind the thicker line (2mm/fude) dip pens can be taken out and used on the thinner nibs?
New to dip pens, anyone have any suggestions for what to do with extra nibs when not in use? Thinking both storage and also portability/travel
Update: little makeup containers from Muji work perfect
Is it good for calligraphy?
Try the Fude nib!
Yes have been obsessed with that lately :)
I want a couple for my birthday 🙂Will you be getting a restock soon?
We just restocked some :)
Can you please share where you got your brown sweater? It looks so comfy..
Aww thanks!! In Taiwan almost 10 years ago hahaha
Question: With feed, are these usable with inks that are NOT fountain-pen safe?
I have, I think, an F, and also bought the feed. The feed, according to the instructions, is *not* removable, or one risks damaging the nib. But I won’t want to pull the feed. I will, however, want both the fude, and one of the stubs…!Eventually.
Wait, the feed is bought separately but it says not removable?🤔
@@kokolexx Yes. The nib is optional, but once in, is not apparently intended to be taken out. It may be do-able but the instructions that came with the feed indicate that one risks damaging the nib. This according to the translation of the text in item 3 in the nib instructions. (UA-cam does not apparently want me to share the screenshot.)
Thanks for sharing the translation Mary! I think you have to be careful to remove the feed but it is doable. Just like most manufacturers warn not to remove nibs from pens. The feed has a pretty simple resin construction and not a particularly durable design so I can definitely see Sailor wanting to warn against damaging the feed from removing it. That being said, I've totally been removing it over these past few weeks in between heavy periods of use.
I think if you're going to be using a non-fountain pen friendly ink, you'll want to consider removing it but doing so carefully. Hope this helps!
@@Yoseka This helps a lot. I think I probably just need another nib or two for my pen… eventually. I don’t trust my own self control enough to not damage the feed, plus the feed is itty bitty and I don’t want to lose it-less likely if I keep it installed. This said, I have no doubt that mileage will vary!
Does the fude replacement nib come with a feed?
Yes, it does come with a feed!
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Too bad they are all sold out :-(
Some were just restocked :)