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A Brief Rambling On The Platinum Curidas . . .

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Apologies, Socrates. I've broken your triple filter rule.

My feelings & thoughts are true, they may be useful to someone out there thinking of buying the Platinum Curidas, but they are not kind to the Platinum designers :blush:

My well worn Pilot Vanishing Point has nothing to fear from this fella.

 

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Nope. The Platypus Ornithorhynchus is cute.

I agree! :lol:

 

The pen really does nothing for me in terms of design, and you confirmed that I will [most likely] not be purchasing one. However, it is cool to have a new retractable pen, and an affordable one at that, on the market.

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I agree! :lol:

 

The pen really does nothing for me in terms of design, and you confirmed that I will [most likely] not be purchasing one. However, it is cool to have a new retractable pen, and an affordable one at that, on the market.

Oh, I agree. I'm glad this pen exists :). I love that our fountain pen world gets a little shake-up every now and then.

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FPN is at its most charming when contributors use Latin names of rare wildlife to describe characteristics of fountain pens, only to have their Latin corrected. A nicely composed first take, Tas. Adorable banter, Jamerelbe and Nibtip. The club just pressed your smoking jackets, and next brandy is on me.

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Thank you for the review! Awww, how disappointing.

 

I was totally excited about it, simply because the clip is removable. I have tried Decomo/ VP/ Capless, and just could not get over the dreaded clip... I will definitely try a Curidas before pulling the trigger.

 

Maybe Platinum will make a slimmer retractable pen eventually? Or Pilot will make a clipless VP/ Decimo??

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Well thats helpful to know! Guessing eyeing that Pilot Fermo isnt such a bad idea after all...

Sheen junkie, flex nib enthusiast, and all-around lover of fountain pens...

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FPN is at its most charming when contributors use Latin names of rare wildlife to describe characteristics of fountain pens, only to have their Latin corrected. A nicely composed first take, Tas. Adorable banter, Jamerelbe and Nibtip. The club just pressed your smoking jackets, and next brandy is on me.

 

:lticaptd:

 

Love it! No, not the pen - the banter!

 

When I first saw this pen, I knew it wasn't for me. It looks really, really cheap. No thanks.

"Today will be gone in less than 24 hours. When it is gone, it is gone. Be wise, but enjoy! - anonymous today

 

 

 

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The best part about that review is the review itself and the ink. And perhaps the paper :P

“I admit it, I'm surprised that fountain pens are a hobby. ... it's a bit like stumbling into a fork convention - when you've used a fork all your life.” 

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I was totally excited about it, simply because the clip is removable. I have tried Decomo/ VP/ Capless, and just could not get over the dreaded clip... I will definitely try a Curidas before pulling the trigger.

 

Maybe Platinum will make a slimmer retractable pen eventually? Or Pilot will make a clipless VP/ Decimo??

I find it interesting how many people dislike the clips on the Pilots. I think y'all must grip differently than I do. When I purchased a Kaweco I paid to buy a clip since it didn't have one.

 

I'm more bothered by the apparent girth and ungainly appearance of the Curidas, but I haven't gotten to try one yet.

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@ flyingfox and essayfaire -- I disliked the clip on the Vanishing Point. I found it made the pen even more cumbersome (I have small hands). But I have absolutely no problem with the clip on my Decimo.

@ bobje -- I tend to agree.

As for the the Curidas? I'll pass. Life's too short for an ugly pen (and I say that as someone who bought a Parker Vector with the picture of Puss in Boots from the Shrek movies, as "OMG -- I must HAVE that!" B)).

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I find it interesting how many people dislike the clips on the Pilots. I think y'all must grip differently than I do. When I purchased a Kaweco I paid to buy a clip since it didn't have one.

 

I'm more bothered by the apparent girth and ungainly appearance of the Curidas, but I haven't gotten to try one yet.

The old style Vanishing Point has a much more pleasant clip. The clip and nose piece are machined as one piece, so there is no discontinuity/seam between the clip and nose piece. It fits the hand more like a Lamy Safari/Al-Star section.

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When specimens platypus specimens first began appearing in the Old World (carefully preserved by taxidermists, not live specimens!), many people believed that they were a hoax - the bill of a duck sewn onto the pelt of a beaver (I think). I guess that's the sense in which the Curidas is like a platypus - a strange amalgam of seemingly incompatible pen parts? I wonder who's going to call it out as a hoax though... ;)

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Just received my green Curidas in the post.

 

Well folks. I like it!

 

It took a bit of squinting at the tiny instruction manual with its barely intuitive pictures to figure out how to get the included converter inside and cozy. And then it took more time and a bit of spilled ink to get it back together again.

 

But I like it! I dont hate the look of it. I think its kind of cool futuristic like the TWSBI 540s when they came out years ago. And the mechanism is kind of genius.

 

And it feels good in the hand. Even with the clip, which I also dont mind although I may remove it eventually since it is easy to do.

 

It writes decently. Not the best of my pens. But not the worst.

 

I like it and I dont regret my purchase.

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