Platinum 3776

[stub]

Get the Green one.

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Also I have now decided on your behalf that you now like creamy peanut butter and not crunchy.

[RocketRyan]

Well I've got until the end of February to make a decision, or buy both lol.

[Blue Note]

Well I've got until the end of February to make a decision, or buy both lol.

Both is the only way to settle your indecision. I got the blue first with a soft fine and then the Bourgogne with a hard broad. Love 'em both, but if I could have only one it would be the Chartres Bleu, it's a little bit more transparent and the soft fine nib is a beauty. I'm thinking hard about the Nice demonstrator. Cheers.

[Nomdeplume]

I do have the clear/faceted and LOVE it...on a side note, the barrel developed some cracks but upon asking, I was sent a new barrel! Great customer service and a great pen!

[RocketRyan]

Get the Green one.

I wish I'm a sucker for green! Probably something to do with humans being able to see more shades of green thanany other colour... Or maybe I just like green.

[RocketRyan]

Well I've got until the end of February to make a decision, or buy both lol.

Both is the only way to settle your indecision. I got the blue first with a soft fine and then the Bourgogne with a hard broad. Love 'em both, but if I could have only one it would be the Chartres Bleu, it's a little bit more transparent and the soft fine nib is a beauty. I'm thinking hard about the Nice demonstrator. Cheers.

Ah now that is curious! The fact the red ones translucency is more subtle has pushed me in that direction.

[Brilliant Bill]

Watch this video, and you'll get a red one, probably today!

https://youtu.be/ycnS-2d3ubc

[RocketRyan]

I am leaning towards red.

[stub]

I am leaning towards red.

Go for it /slash/ shit or get off the pot already.

[mookie2112]

I got red. Oh, and btw, I see certain fines listed as "soft fine". is there really a "soft fine" nib designation, or are they really all "fine"?

[mookie2112]

I got red. Oh, and btw, I see certain fines listed as "soft fine". is there really a "soft fine" nib designation, or are they really all "fine"?

Oh....never mind. After watching that video, there is a "fine" and "soft fine" designation.

[stub]

I got red. Oh, and btw, I see certain fines listed as "soft fine". is there really a "soft fine" nib designation, or are they really all "fine"?

Oh....never mind. After watching that video, there is a "fine" and "soft fine" designation.

Yeah but in real life (YMMV) i found a suprisingly small difference between Platinum's F and SF.

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[Miss Fountain Pen]

Yeah but in real life (YMMV) i found a suprisingly small difference between Platinum's F and SF.

There's some variability in the nibs coming out of the factory. I have two Platinum 3776s, both with SF nibs. One of the nibs feels quite a bit softer than the other. The softer of the two is definitely "soft." The stiffer, well, reasonable people will disagree about whether it merits the designation "soft."

[SuperNib]

I write with blue inks daily. I bought blue. I like my pens to match ink on daily writers. I guess I may be a little OCD.


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[stub]

Yeah but in real life (YMMV) i found a suprisingly small difference between Platinum's F and SF.

There's some variability in the nibs coming out of the factory. I have two Platinum 3776s, both with SF nibs. One of the nibs feels quite a bit softer than the other. The softer of the two is definitely "soft." The stiffer, well, reasonable people will disagree about whether it merits the designation "soft."

I hadn't found that. I tried a half a dozen or so in Japan (Itoya, Tokyu Hands, Kinokuniya, various mom & pops). Half a dozen back home and have owned a few 3776s and still have 3 of them (admittedly no Soft nibs). I found the difference between soft nibs and regular much greater in Pilot than Platinum.

Could it be: that the variation is not due to manufacturing variations (which seems unlikely to me) but due to how how far the nib is pushed in?

I dunno. None of this means what you say is not true. Only that my milage varied.

[Runnin_Ute]

I first saw the Bourgogne online in November 2015 while looking for a M200 Cognac which I purchased. I fell in love with the color then over the blue. And I don't have a blue pen, but at least one in a red (Parker 45 burgundy, Noodler's Konrad Red Mesa Tortoise) I did see on FPN that a number of people were getting and raving about the Chartres Blue too around that time or in the previous few months. Did I lean away from the Blue because a lot of people were getting it? Perhaps. Perhaps not. But I eyeballed that pen for a year before I got it. Am glad I got the Bourgogne. Will I someday get the Chartres Blue? Who knows? I sure don't.

[RocketRyan]

I think the red one is the way to go. Hopefully I will get both eventually.
Thanks for all the reasonings , it has aided my decision

[matteob]

I have the bourgogne at the moment. That burgundy is a lovely colour. I hope to get both eventually too. They are much cheaper if bought direct from Japan.

[heraclitus682]

Get black (seriously). I have all three colours and prefer the classic black.