Customer Reviews

Really great pen! It does as well as the Uni-Ball Signo Broad in white but good for spot work and half the cost.

This pen works twice as well as Pentel Sunburst Gel in white and Pentel Hybrid Gel pens but again, not nearly as costly. I've two and am glad of the investment.

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I have to respectfully disagree with lizardbethart and say that I like this pen better than the uni-signo. It does not have a thin less opaque line as one review on this site indicates. I love this pen and every product that Sakura puts out. They are an exceptional brand.

This used to be my go-to white pen of choice (before I discovered Uni-Ball's white pens). It has a nice consistent line and on plain paper it works very well; for most people who will only be using it to write on dark paper, they're excellent pens.

However, for what I use white pens for (drawing highlights overtop of marker colored drawings), often it would soak up the pigment from the marker underneath and turn a light shade of that color, rather than a flat white. If that's a look that you want (a lightly colored mark to match the color under it, instead of just flat bold white), than these work very well. However, if you want your white pen to be WHITE, no matter what, I'd try a different pen.

I've purchased two of these pens and found that in general, this is a good pen for basic work. For details it's not too good. The lines are inconsistant and it gets thin in places. Also, if you don't use it for a while it tends to dry out a bit and you have to work the dried part out before it will work properly.

I did not purchase this through JetPens, but from my local art store, so they could have just picked up a bad batch.

-Kat

The ink isn't really all that opaque. It's more a pen for sheen and texture, rather than for color.

It's got a shiny finish, but doesn't show up very well on dark paper.

Here's are some tricks I've discovered that will help the skipping. First off, the skipping will typically happen for me when I haven't used a particular color for a while. Put a tiny drop of water on some sturdy scrap paper and slowly doodle in little circles within that droplet. You're getting the roller ball moist again. Do this for a solid minute. If it doesn't work immediately, try it up to 3 times.

If THAT doesn't work, start but running the the same pen over a very fine-grit sandpaper (I use the little pad of sand papers I keep with my colored pencils for this). You don't have to do it much, just enough so that you would be able to "scratch" off any dried, built-up ink stuck to the entire ball surface. Follow by rubbing the tip of the pen with a paper towel to get off any scratched off bits. Next, do the water drop thing.

If even those tricks together don't work, and the following has only failed for me twice in umpteen years, bang that pen into a thickish wad of paper. Yes, the roller ball tip. It COULD ruin the pen for good, but it could also be the jolt needed to get the ink flowing again. Besides, at this point you'd be pretty frustrated and ready to toss it in the trash anyway :)

It's a decent pen. It writes smoothly and all but frequent use makes the ink skip. I've used other products from this brand and they seem to tend to skip. Overall an okay purchase.

I've never used a gelly roll pen that I didn't love! No matter the color, they write so well and makes writing more fun!

writes great, the purple color isn't too bright, and the 0.3mm tip makes the writing appear cleaner

This Sakura is just the one I used very often in my high school
The color is very pretty--like the pure blue, not the dark or navy blue.
very easy to write, not scratch at all.I think it seems like 0.4mm or 0.5mm, not like 0.3mm, just the type I like.
Strong recommend you to buy it!!!

I used to love these pens. I used them all the time in high school and college. But my most recent purchase left me wanting. The pen skips and is scratchy far too often for me.

I also found my very first Sakura Gelly Roll Gel ink pen in a college bookstore in the early 90's. After it was used up I could never find another one. It was one of the absolute best pens I ever used. I was thrilled when I found them here at JetPens. There are many applications: scrapbooking, journaling, note taking--the possibilities are endless. I love the way the ink looks and the fact that it does not skip at all. Love these pens! You won't be disappointed.

I really like these pens and this was a nice color.
However, I don't know if it was a defect pen, but the one i got tended to leak. As soon as i opened it, there was a whole mess of ink that gathered at the tip and every time i left it alone for a while, the ink gathered.

These pens are fantastic! I discovered these at my college bookstore as well, and after trying one out, I ended up buying four of them! They write like a gel pen, or rollerball pen, and are inexpensive. I think they are great for writing or drawing! Get some!

Very good pen. Smooth ink flow, with truly fine tip.

Great pen. Had these at our college bookstore. Tons of colors too