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An Unusual Kultur

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These Kulturs are unusual, at least to me, because they are a hybrid between the Kultur and the Phileas. They have gold trim, gold-plated nibs and solid-colored bodies. They look just like the Philieas, but with less bling and with solid plastic instead of marbled plastic. When I bought the lot of three, I was planning to keep one and sell two, but now I think I'm going to hold on to all of them. They handle with the usual Kultur aplomb. This version of the Kultur may be very common in Europe, but it's the first time I've seen it. Anyway, I thought I'd share.

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Those are very tasty. I assume they omit the Phileas ring/crest thing towards the closed end of the barrel, which I find a bit distracting. A nice find; thanks for sharing.

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I got a bunch of them. It is like getting a cheep Phil...

 

You are wise to keep them..where did you get them by the way...

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I bought them on eBay from a vendor in Denmark. They came as a set of three, and it was the only time I ever saw this model of Kultur offered on eBay. The Phileas crest is a little "too much" for my taste and this pen does not have it. I don't understand why Waterman is dropping such a great pen that could attract a new generation of FP users to Waterman.

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I can't understand it either. Unless they are going to introduce a pen with an inlaid nib, a la the Carene for a price point at or slightly above the current Phil level.

 

Now THAT would be a marketing coup...and about as likely as political peace over on the Chatter part of this site...

 

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I've got the green one of those. Never could work out if it was a Phileas or Kultur as it didn't quite match either. I even asked on here what it was...

 

I got given it about 10 years ago, it was bought in spain, but I haven't seen any more of them around.

 

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Nice pens jonro and Congrats. I'm liking the red one. Did the vendor on E-Bay sell pens in general?

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