Platinum #3776 Century Bourgogne Material Problem

August 30, 2015

I came across this thread after I ordered my early birthday present (yeah... I can rationalize a purchase pretty darn well). The pen arrived today, so I immediately checked for material and molding issues.The barrel of my new pen has the facets inside, just as others have mentioned, but there are no wavy bubbly defects in the material as shown above. The fit and finish is quite good... no off-center placement of the trim rings or clip. There are a couple of injection molding lines on the lip of the section, but they are very minor and I had to feel around to find them.

A really beautiful pen I hope to use for a long time.

The 3776 Century is definitely a nice pen, but I'm really disappointed with how easily the plastic Platinum uses picks up scratches. Just taking it in and out of a leather pen pouch is enough to get the barrel really covered in micro scratches. None of my other pens are that bad. The nib makes up partly for it, though.

August 30, 2015

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Well, YIKES.

August 30, 2015

I've seen this issue in multiple Bourgogne and Chartres pens including ones I currently own. On the one hand, it isn't that hard to ignore; you can't really see anything when the converter is in and the pen is inked. On the other hand, it can't be completely dismissed. I can't help but think a little less of Platinum because of it. They could and should do better.

August 31, 2015

I have the blue one and it has the same problem. I'm not that bothered though - I've had it for probably a year or so and never noticed it, and I don't think Platinum would either knowingly sell a pen at that price if it was likely to cause the barrel to break, or fail to be be aware of it when it's apparently pretty common.

Also, it is easily one of my best writers and no one can take it away from me. No one! My Precccciousss!