Platinum (brand) Colored New Brush

[Renzhe]

This is a brush. (That's why it isn't in the Fountain Pen Reviews section.)

 

There are certain things that call for a brush. The strokes that a brush makes, fountain pens (even flexy ones) cannot emulate. So one day in Los Angeles, I picked up a little something for less than a dollar.

 

It says "白金牌 彩色新毛筆" on the barrel, which roughly translates to "Platinum Brand Colored New Brush." This brush holds its own ink. Also, on the barrel it says "å¯è£œå……墨水." "Refillable." It comes in different colors including red, blue, yellow, and green. I couldn't find a black one though, so I got a red one.

 

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It was a cell phone camera. Sorry.

 

Well... it's a hollowed plastic brush with a cap. The blind cap can be pulled off if you need to refill. It seems like it takes those spongy core things (Please excuse my lack of better terminology). The bristles seem to be made of nylon. They're about 1 cm long at the longest point and 3 mm fat at the greatest diameter.

 

I don't know much about brushes, but I'd say this is a pretty good brush for less than a dollar. The bristles were springy, and easy to control. But of course I didn't buy the brush for writing performance, I bought it because it was a brush that HELD ITS OWN REFILLABLE INK! :bunny1: :bunny1:

 

The red ink wasn't really red (not that I expected red.) Instead, it was a kind of fluorescent road-sign red-orange. Well, I couldn't stand that, so I pulled off the blind cap and syringed some Pelikan Brilliant Black in. I put too much in and ink ran out the other end. Fortunately I had plenty of paper underneath to catch it all. The original ink combined with the Brilliant Black produced a kind of brown... Ehh...just look at the scan.

 

*Warning. Bad Handwriting.*

Edited May 11, 2007 by Renzhe

[mmoncur]

Interesting pen! There are some other brush pens out there - I've seen the Pentel and Niji ones at craft stores in the western US. Those ones come empty and you add ink (or fill with water and use with watercolors).

 

HisNibs.com also has a Duke pen that looks excellent, it's a combination roller ball and brush pen.

 

Nice handwriting and excellent choice of sample text. For great justice.

[Nimrud]

Wait. Is that the All Your Base dialog in the original Japanese???

 

OK. Which characters stand for "All Your Base Are Belong to Us"? And how do you say it in Japanese?

[Taki]

Wait.  Is that the All Your Base dialog in the original Japanese???

 

OK.  Which characters stand for "All Your Base Are Belong to Us"?  And how do you say it in Japanese?

I think the line 「君達の基地は全てCATSがいただいた」was the part translated as "All your bases are belong to us."

 

Renze, your handwriting is very nice and clear including hiragana. But most younger Japanese kids can't read 旧字(繁体字)

 

I bought Platinum brush pen with Carbon black ink at Daiso (Japanese 100 yen store, similar to Dollar store).

Edited January 24, 2007 by Taki

[Cloud]

Where did you buy this brush pen?

 

I am looking for one to make a highlighter with noodler firefly!

[Renzhe]

I think the store was Soyodo Books. I wasn't paying attention.

 

I also saw some Heros (Heroes?) there. Maybe Duke. I forgot.

[CD7]

Faber Castell has a brush pen I picked up today that's pretty cool.

About $2.

Waterproof India ink.

It's no red sable but pretty neat.

[Latro21]

QUOTE (CD7 @ Jan 25 2007, 12:51 PM)

Faber Castell has a brush pen I picked up today that's pretty cool. About $2. Waterproof India ink. It's no red sable but pretty neat.

if you want more expressive bristles than the faber castell pitt artist brush pens, the sakura pigma brush pens are fantastic. i love to use them for sketches.

 

 

 

i really like this platinum brush. if i ever come across any, ill definitely buy up a bunch of them.

[nimrod]

if you want more expressive bristles than the faber castell pitt artist brush pens, the sakura pigma brush pens are fantastic. i love to use them for sketches.

 

I have one of those and it may be OK for sketches as far as I know, but it seems to be (bleep) for Asian calligraphy.