Sakura

The Sakura Corporation of Japan pioneered the use of gel pens at a time when talk of such a pen as the generation next pen was being bandied about the industry. Sakura developed gel inks with a water base attempting to recreate a modern version of the kind of ink used in fountain pens. Gel pens were much sought after by graphic artists and architects as these pens offered the best of both worlds ñ the feel of a ballpoint pen coupled with vibrant colours. The mechanism of the Sakura gel pen is interestingly pretty much the same as a roller type ball point. An important difference is greater viscosity of the ink in a gel pen as opposed to a regular ballpoint.

Gel pens soon gained popularity amongst art teachers who were all for using gel pens to put together posters on construction paper. Sparkles and fluorescent chemicals present in these pens let students try their hand at dark/light effects and black backgrounds. Even children took to using these pens in a big way. Gel pens work best on certain paper surfaces. Experimenting with all types of paper is a good way of discovering which paper types are ideally suited for gel pens. There are many models of Sakura gels pens to choose from ñ the Sakura gelly roll regular, gelly roll metallic, gelly roll dark metallic, gelly roll moonlight, gelly roll gelato, gelly roll shades and gelly roll gold shadow and more.