Thoughtfully Designed Zebra Sarasa Clip 0.5mm Gel Rollerball Pen Set of 5 Vintage Colours 1

A nice set of simple pens – Zebra haven’t allowed themselves to get carried away with design with these, as so often happens. The result is nicely minimal, while still packing in a good set of features. There’s a decently long rubber grip that adds comfort and grip however you hold your pen. There’s a big clip that’s sturdy and easy to operate. The whole barrel matches the ink colour, so it’s easy to grab the right one.

Speaking of colours, that brings us to the really interesting part of these pens – the ink colours. With most pens, the colours are bright and right in the middle of what you’d expect. The blue is Blue. The red is a bright Red. The green is a bright mid-shade of Green. But these are a bit different. The colours are a bit more muted, for a more vintage look. The brown grey is a dark, earthy brown. The red black is more of a burgundy – darker, and a bit less, well, less red, and more usable for many purposes. The blue grey is a bit darker than most, and, again, less saturated – not such a bright colour, but more interesting for it; while the blue black is a dark blue that could almost be mistaken for black in a fine line (and low light) while still definitely being blue. 

Fine 0.5mm tips write fine lines. 141mm long, 11mm barrel diameter, weights approximately 10g.

Fun Fact: the colours in this range come from an earlier pen called the Zebra Jimnie Antique. The dark brown Jimnie Antique was Nigella Lawson’s favourite pen, and she described it as a bitter chocolate brown, and the colour she was born to write in.