To All Platinum 3776 Century Owners

[Stowford]

Hi, this is to all Platinum 3776 Century owners. A couple of questions, 1) What do you think of your pen? 2) What nib size did you choose and are you happy with it?

 

The Century will be my next pen. I have some Pilots and decided, rather than another one, to branch off in this direction. I'd love to hear how you all are getting on with this pen.

Edited November 4, 2015 by Stowford

[Lam1]

In my opinion the Platinum 3776 C is a great little pen. My wife, my son and I have it (all M nibs) and we all love it. It is beautiful (my son and I have the Chartres Blue and my wife has the Bourgogne Red), relatively inexpensive and the nib is great. The medium nibs have a tad of feedback, which I like. The only thing you should be aware is that they are small pens - but they post really well (the 3776 and the Sailor 1911 are the only pens I use posted).

[Brian C]

Love them. My favorite is a broad in black but I have just about all the nib sizes.

[ScienceChick]

I have two, a Chartres Blue and a maki-e Sakura, and think they're two of my best-writing pens. Both have B nibs that have a touch of feedback and are wet but not gushers. I don't post and don't have small hands and the 3776 is plenty comfy and well balanced.

 

I think the B's are very close to a western M. You can't go wrong with a 3776, imo.

[ink-syringe]

Currently have 2. A Blue in M and a Sai in B. Both are very nice. 0 issues. Great wet writers. I find the M a tad too thin for my tastes but still happily use it.

 

The B nib is fantastic. I use it a lot. No issues. Great reliable writers. A joy to use, and easy to maintain. No nib dry out and a great pen for pigment inks dues to the cap's excellent seal.

[ISW_Kaputnik]

I've got two, a black with a fine nib and a Bourgogne with a medium. In between those two, I had bought a Chartres Blue with a medium nib, but when it arrived, it turned out that the nib and feed fit the section much too loosely, and came out when I was simply flushing the pen. So I sent it back. All three were bought from third party Amazon sellers who sold for considerably less than the stateside ones.

 

I had to tweak the nibs for both the ones that I kept slightly for smoothness, and in the case of the fine, to increase ink flow. They are both smooth, wet writers now; the nibs are very rigid, but I don't mind that. I like them mostly as travel pens, when I want something nice with me, but don't want to risk one of my real favorites.

[shawndp]

I have 2 3776's - a Blue and a Black. The blue is in frequent rotation and sees almost daily usage. I bought the black one as a backup and haven't used it yet. The M nib is on the finer side of the definition of M but works extremely well on cheap paper. It isn't the smoothest nib in the world but isn't scratchy either - just a hint of feedback that keeps my writing in check. The body is well balanced and I don't usually post the cap - overall a very comfortable pen.

[swanjun]

I have two also (I think it's telling so many respondents have bought multiples): a broad-nibbed Bourgogne and a "coarse"-nibbed Chartres Bleu (the equivalent of a BB). I actually haven't tried the latter yet, but the former is great.

[eliweisz]

I've got only one #3776 - it's a black one, with Soft Fine nib.

The nib is rather springy, more Extra Fine than Fine. It's a perfect writer straight out of the box, very reliable, ink-efficient and well-built. Using it as my daily writer - a little bit scratchy on low-quality copy paper but absolutely smooth on Clairefontaine and such. Can recommend it to everyone - and can happily use other Century nibs like M and C, highly regarded by the fp community.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Hi, this is to all Platinum 3776 Century owners. A couple of questions, 1) What do you think of your pen? 2) What nib size did you choose and are you happy with it?

 

The Century will be my next pen. I have some Pilots and decided, rather than another one, to branch off in this direction. I'd love to hear how you all are getting on with this pen.

 

I saw the Bourgogne version online, thought it was one of the most beautiful pens ever, and HAD to have it. It arrived...and I hated using it.

 

Unlike any of my Preppys and Plaisirs, he M nib was hideously scratchy, requiring several bouts of cautious smoothing. No, this was not feedback; I own a number of Sailors and appreciate a pen with some feedback. This was sewing-needle scratchiness.

 

I installed the included Platinum Black cart, but disliked writing with it. My bad handwriting was made even worse. I persisted, though, and because I hated the actual writing experience, even thought of selling it.

 

When I got down to about halfway on the ink in the cart, I added some JH Rouge Caroubier and MB Corn Poppy. I wiped the nib and the entire assembly popped out in my hand. Hastily replacing nib and feed, crossing my fingers that it would stay put, I tried writing with the 3776 once again.

 

And I loved it.

 

All it needed was this change in ink? Well, it is a big, beautiful pen. And it's your call.

[deepak23]

Wet, springy, nice grip, M nib with a wee bit of tooth. A bit small, but when posted the size is perfect. Postedd, the balance shifts a bit to the rear. Noticeable but not too much so.

[steelblue]

The 3776 is solidly in my top four pens with others that cost much more. It's one of those nibs everyone should try and especially early on. It really opened my eyes as to how much a good nib matters and is the pen I choose for gifts. I notice that even among those who dislike the plain or traditional looking pens they often have a 3776 because it's such a wonderful writer and value.

[Kataphract]

Century Bourgogne with SF nib. Wrote beautifully straight out of the box. A tad finer than my Pilot Falcon SF, toothier, and stiffer with a little less flex. The slip and seal cap seems to do its job with never a hard start (tested my Preppy for several months of non-use and it started right up, also). Nice natural bounce to it when I write. The Bourgogne is subtly translucent. As noted by many others, a little small - I can use it unposted for quick notes, but prefer to post for anything longer.

[Danny Kaffee]

I have a black and gold 3776 Century with a medium nib. I would not call this a "small" pen as others have done. I consider it a medium sized pen. That said, you can look up the measurements on Goulet Pens and compare it to other pens you own and draw your own conclusions. Because it's a fairly light pen I write with it posted and it feels excellent.

 

I love my 3776. The medium nib is tad springy and writes similarly to a Western fine nib. My nib was excellent out of the box. Just a small amount of feedback but not scratchy. No adjustment was necessary and I almost always smooth out the nibs of new pens I get.

 

This is one of my favorite pens (and I own several that are much more expensive).

Edited November 4, 2015 by Danny Kaffee

[bbycrts]

I have a black one, M nib. I bought a trio of big-name Japanese pens in the same class - Pilot Custom 74, Platinum 3776 Century, and Sailor 1911. The lines on all three were comparable (the Platinum and Sailor in M, the Pilot in FM). The Platinum was the springiest - it's a much flatter nib and I think that lets it have a little more bounce.

 

Of the three, the Pilot had the smoothest nib. There is more feedback in the Platinum, but not in a bad way at all - it's a lovely pen.

 

And then I went to the Pelikan Hub and now I'm getting around to selling all of them to fund a new passion.

 

But you can't go wrong with any of the three above; since you're considering the Platinum, I would say you'd be very happy with it.

[PAKMAN]

Got a fine nib, it was a great writer right out of the box!

[kronos77]

Can anyone tell me iof the nib writes smoothly on the reverse side?

[hbdk]

Can anyone tell me iof the nib writes smoothly on the reverse side?

Have a standard M - and yes it does write smoothly on the reverse side - much like a western EF.

 

It took me a while to get used to this pen (never had a springy nib before), but I really like it now. A bit of smoothing was needed when it arrived.

[Danny Kaffee]

Can anyone tell me iof the nib writes smoothly on the reverse side?

My M nib writes very smoothly. As noted above like a western EF.

[Kataphract]

The relative size of the 3776. I described it as "a little small" (which is kinda redundant when you think about it, but hopefully everyone figured it out). So, here with the pens aligned to the beginning of the grip section are a comparison so you can see how much ends up in your hand (the 3776 has a longer nib comparatively speaking, so aligning them from the tip of that doesn't give you a true comparison in terms of what your hand gets to hold). From left to right: Twsbi Mini, Pilot Prera (what I would call small pens, rather than running a little small), Pilot Falcon, Pilot Metropolitan, 3776, Noodler's Ahab. I think each dot on the cutting may is a quarter inch.

 

 

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