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Does anyone have any information about the vintage Platinum Platinum?

 

All I know is that it was made by Platinum pen in Japan around the 1970s, the cap and barrel can be either sterling silver or a "gold/silver alloy" and that the nib is a platinum alloy.

 

Does anyone know any more about this pen, or can anyone point me towards a bit more information about it?

 

I've already seen the info given at Kamakura Pens and on Russ Stutler's website, so anything otherwise would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

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Probably Stan or other Japanese vintage pen experts can offer more info but they originally came out in 1966. At that time only the nib of the pen was platinum. They re-introduced new Platinum Platinum within the last few years.

 

Current Platinum Platinum

 

Some photos of　vintage Platinum Platinum in a Japanese collector's blog.

 

Found another site with pages from Platinum catalog On the page with several pens, the top two are Platinum Platinum (ones with silver-tone nibs). I like the top one...kind of reminds me of Lamy 2000.

 

Hope this helps a little :)

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Hi. This is a post to a similar request made on another board.

 

Let me tell what I know about Platinums vintage Platinum nibs.

 

1. As explained to me by several collectors in Japan, the nibs were promotional and contained small aounts of Platinum. If they were of a high percent Platinum, they would have been marked Platinum and the .950, or whatever, and not Pt Alloy.

 

2. A metallurgist friend saw one of my pens and thought the percent of Platinum in the nib was rather low.

 

3. I've had more than my share of Platinum pens with Pt Alloy nibs ranging from short stainless steel pens to really nice sterling models with Music nibs. All were very stiff. Platinum is a softer metal, suggesting the nibs were of a small amount of Platinum with other metals.

 

Mostly seen on the nicer pens, it could be a neat collection.

 

Stan

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Hi. This is a post to a similar request made on another board.

 

Let me tell what I know about Platinums vintage Platinum nibs.

 

1. As explained to me by several collectors in Japan, the nibs were promotional and contained small aounts of Platinum. If they were of a high percent Platinum, they would have been marked Platinum and the .950, or whatever, and not Pt Alloy.

 

2. A metallurgist friend saw one of my pens and thought the percent of Platinum in the nib was rather low.

 

3. I've had more than my share of Platinum pens with Pt Alloy nibs ranging from short stainless steel pens to really nice sterling models with Music nibs. All were very stiff. Platinum is a softer metal, suggesting the nibs were of a small amount of Platinum with other metals.

 

Mostly seen on the nicer pens, it could be a neat collection.

 

Stan

Haha

 

That was a reply to one of my posts on L&P. However, I had asked specifically about the nib on that post. Now, I would like to know more about the pen itself, not just the nib.

 

Thanks!

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The original Platinum Platinum was as in the pictures linked in a previous post by Taki. Platinum used the nib on a number of models from the era, including short stainless ones. Generally, the nibs are found on their top-of-the-line sterling

models, both with and without the nibs are considered highly collectable.

 

You might find more information about specific models on Russ Stutlers page of 'dead stock' Platinum pens. However, none of those for sale have the special Platinum nibs.

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You might find more information about specific models on Russ Stutlers page of 'dead stock' Platinum pens. However, none of those for sale have the special Platinum nibs.

By the "special Platinum nibs" I assume you mean the Pt. Alloy nib?

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The current production "Platinum Platinum" pens are regularly imported into the US and can be ordered from any authorised Platinum dealer. Nice pens!

 

http://www.tryphon.it/service/pla4.jpg

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The Original Platinum Platinum

 

Pictures of some of the nibs available. Note the Platinum Alloy marked on each one.

 

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/ryojusen_pens/Plat%20Nibs.jpg

 

 

A few of the pens in my collection that have the Platinum Alloy nibs. They came in numerous designs. The top and bottom pens are different sizes. The second from the top is Rhodium plated - A Rhodium Platinum Platinum?

 

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/ryojusen_pens/Plat%20Pens.jpg

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