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What Happened To Platinum President?

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Does anybody know what happened to the President line from Platinum? I've had extremely positive experiences with all the Platinum pens that I have had, especially their President. However, it appears that they've stopped manufacturing those pens for some time --- Engeika doesn't have them in stock, Rakuten hardly has anything relevant, very few of these pens show up on amazon.jp... Whatever is wrong?

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its still in production... Platinum has made a statement yet about it

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/penroom/item/2944/

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/buneido/785412/

you sure you checked rakuten? pen-house in Osaka still has it for sale in black...

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My point exactly, Algester: if you try Rakuten, e.g., the links in the post above, you'll find that the "Fine" and "Medium" nibs are out of stock; if you try to get the pen in Blue, very little chance of success. After considerable search I managed to get one in burgundy with a Fine nib from amazon.jp, and it's a fantastic writer, and that was the last item in the Fine and burgundy combination on amazon.jp; that was some 4 months ago, and there's no improvement in supply yet.

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Massdrop has them for sale quite frequently... Latest last month if I'm not mistaken.

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Massdrop has them for sale quite frequently... Latest last month if I'm not mistaken.

 

Yes, and I was fortunate to get a Broad - request the drop and before you know it, there will be another!

 

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/platinum-president

https://massdrop-s3.imgix.net/product-images/MD-6480_20150424180835_4182f1963d90b539.jpgMD-6480_20150424180835_4182f1963d90b539.

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I picked up a "C" double broad nib Platinum President not too long ago through Massdrop.

 

http://www.fototime.com/584F83D3662827F/large.jpg

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What's the cheapest they've been sold for?

 

Sorry, I don't remember...

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I believe the last time Massdrop had them for sale, they were only $159...which is an outstanding deal.

 

Thanks. Yes, that is a very decent price. Much lower than the vintage models that appear on eBay from time to time.

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