Scrawler (May 2nd, 2022)
In the long ago, Jon, when Mentmore decided to start a new range of economical (read "cheap") pens, they wanted to call them Platinum. The story goes that the powers that be told them that they couldn't use the name of an element so they went ahead and stuck a "g" in there, which has annoyed people ever since. Obviously the same rule did not apply in Japan.
Jon Szanto (April 30th, 2022), Prettypenguin (April 30th, 2022)
Sailor Kenshin (April 30th, 2022)
Quite so, Empty, but I'm not ignoring people, I'm ignoring a nasty unpleasant troll who is deliberately messing up the board.
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eachan (April 30th, 2022)
Hmm, I have a mysterious Platignum. I bought some NOS Platignum cartridges for it and they don’t fit. I’m kinda at a loss as to what carts would work for it. It’s an old thrift store find. If anyone can tell me anything about it, I would be very grateful (Sorry about the stained ink towel background).
, I have a mysterious Platignum. I bought some NOS Platignum cartridges for it and they don’t fit. I’m kinda at a loss as to what carts would work for it. It’s an old thrift store find. If anyone can tell me anything about it, I would be very grateful (Sorry about the stained ink towel background)
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Hey . The pen itself looks like one of their later models ….I’m by no means a Platignum collector, and really only know about the few I have, but they went on to make pens for quite a while after the 'shoddy' period …and that looks like it is one of those , albeit with a familiar italic nib.
My thoughts are that it’s unlikely that the company would have changed the specs for the cartridge/ feed interface, and then I remembered that sometimes, with other makes of cartridge too, you do have to actually push the cartridge in quite hard to break the seal ……
If one didn’t know that it could appear that the cartridge wasn’t going in ??? Just a thought .
Prettypenguin (April 30th, 2022)
My other pen is a Montblanc.
And my other blog is a tumblr!
And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CM2NGSSD
PP, super curious as to how you came across these nibs !!!! Apparently they were not even put into production, as I mentioned previously, so anyone with one of these pens has something very rare . Hang onto them !
Oh and from my research, the nibs in MT combos were all ‘ordinary nib' shaped , albeit usually with no breather …..
Prettypenguin (April 30th, 2022)
I found this in a store all the way in Portland, Oregon named Really Good Stuff. The store actually burnt down last year. It was in a bin of old fountain pens that I wish I had just bought the whole thing, as there were a few old pens in there that are probably gone forever. It was a dollar 15 years ago.
In regards to the cartridge, I will try again but it seemed like the bore size was too small for the part of the feed that pierces the cartridge.
catbert (May 11th, 2022), Prettypenguin (May 11th, 2022), Sailor Kenshin (May 11th, 2022)
I agree with your date, Rob. I had one very similar to your lower version but it was sadly cracked beyond compare. Like you, I take these pens to be the only examples of true Red Ripple apart from Waterman's. The Platignum version does not lose colour in the way the Waterman does.
Robalone (May 11th, 2022)
A lot of my British writer friends have fond memories of their Platignum "school" pens.
Robalone (May 11th, 2022)
I have and love Platignums and Osmiroids. When I was in school, my parents bought me -- ugh! -- Scripto fountain pens, that leaked, burped, scratched, had hard starts, stopped inexplicably, and the rest of the time REALLY misbehaved. Made me hate fountain pens for years; it's a wonder I ever found my way back. Here's a picture of one up on eBay right now for $15. Looks pretty, but AAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!
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Robalone (May 12th, 2022)
Yes, Scripto pens were undoubtedly worse! Also, there were very cheap Italian pens, mostly syringe fillers, around that time. They loved to break when you had a good fill of ink, destroying your homework and getting you into trouble.
So to follow up on my mysterious Platignum, it takes Sailor cartridges. It feels super cheap, but I like the way my writing looks with it.
Robalone (June 20th, 2022), Sailor Kenshin (June 20th, 2022)
I never laugh at Platignums or Osmiroids. They were my first "art" and "calligraphy" fountain pens way back once upon a time and I felt like the King of the Magic Writing and Drawing World.
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Prettypenguin (June 22nd, 2022), Robalone (June 21st, 2022)
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