Kultur Klub

[Left FPN]

 

[pajaro]

From these beautiful pics, the Kultur is coming in gold tone accents, and the remaining difference with the Phileas will be the two-tone nib of the Phileas and maybe the metal tube in the barrel? Nice.

 

Oh yes, the gold cap rim ring isn't there.

Edited April 20, 2014 by pajaro

[Tasmith]

In translucent blue:

 

 

 

 

Edited April 21, 2014 by Tasmith

[Beckwith]

My father used to order the Kulturs by the dozen to give to clients... so those are some of the first pens I wrote with. I think there are still a bunch of them in a closet in my parents' house.

[Left FPN]

Thought I would reserect this topic because I have just snapped up a new, boxed blue for £10.

 

Sellers image,

 

[thmsjordan]

Just curious,

 

How do these compare with say, the Phileas from around 2003? Are the bodies the same form factor?

 

I posted elsewhere in the Waterman section about a busted Waterman I am trying to get fixed.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/296172-restoring-a-broken-phileas/

 

Do the nib sections on these pens interchange with the older Phileas barrels and caps? Odd question I know, but the parts for Phileas pens are getting expensive.

[Left FPN]

Kultur's come in many guises.

 

The Kultur's shown above have a two piece barrel with the plain barrel ring. The Phileas has a cigar band so the barrel has a small recess where the band fits. The end cap (tassie) is identical.

 

The sections are interchangeable, the only difference being the Kultur nib is either 100% gold plated or not plated at all.

 

The only difference with the cap is the lack of a band.

Edited August 29, 2015 by Force

[pajaro]

[pajaro]

[Left FPN]

And if foolish you could pay over the top for one or two.

Edited September 11, 2015 by Force

[pajaro]

. . . but they don't have a gold tone clip, clutch ring and two tone nib . . . for $29.99 plus spares . . .

 

. . . nor Lara Croft, Tombraider . . . foolish price that, though . . .

[ThirdeYe]

Does anyone else find that the Kulturs dry out too easily? They dry out much, much faster than my Phileas does.

[pajaro]

Does anyone else find that the Kulturs dry out too easily? They dry out much, much faster than my Phileas does.

 

I find that all my modern C/C pens dry out too fast, except one other brand. The Kulturs that I have used the most are the Tombraider ones, and I didn't think they dried out too fast. There is a difference in the feel of a Kultur fine nib with respect to the Phileas fine nib, though, so the Kulturs might also dry out faster. The Phileas feels softer and less sharp.

[TorPelikan]

Kulturs do dry out fast.

Their caps have no inner cap, and the air leaks from the cap-top.

 

Also, some of my Kultur's cap are loose fit.

They are not satisfactory sealed so the nib dry out fast.

 

I tried to seal the cap-top from inside and have to see the result.

 

 

Tor

[pajaro]

Kulturs do dry out fast.

Their caps have no inner cap, and the air leaks from the cap-top.

 

Also, some of my Kultur's cap are loose fit.

They are not satisfactory sealed so the nib dry out fast.

 

I tried to seal the cap-top from inside and have to see the result.

 

 

Tor

 

That's a good enough reason for the pens drying out too fast. Thanks for the info.

[TorPelikan]

Follow up

 

 

After sealing the air leak, I had my Kultur left unused untouched for a week.

To my surprise, it wrote immediately without any sign of condensed ink.

 

I used glue gun, but the clearance between the cap and the nib was so tight, I have to struggle removing the excess glue from the cap.

Only a little amount of sealant required if applied properly, I believe.

 

 

 

 

regards

 

[pajaro]

Thanks. I might take a Kultur and try to seal that leak with shellac. Shellac can be gotten out with alcohol if necessary. At work, when I was still using pens, I kept a small bottle of water at my desk so that I could wet the nib of any pen gone dry. This usually worked to get the ink flowing.

 

This has pretty much become academic for me, because I don't use fountain pens much now that I am retired. A Pelikan, Waterman or Montblanc ballpoiint bought to accompany a fountain pen in days of yore suffices now to tick items off of the grocery list. At least they are nice ballpoints.

[Left FPN]

A nice Kultur...in Ruby Red

 

 

Edited November 23, 2015 by Force

[pajaro]

A nice Kultur...in Ruby Red

 

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That's a really nice one!

[Left FPN]

That's a really nice one!

Hmmm, the colour in real light is a Coral Pink Orange/Red