Question Re Platinum 3776 Century Converter

[Selmar]

I just received a new Platinum 3776 Century, M nib, and have a question and a couple of comments.

 

FYI, I'm a retired teacher, fountain pen lover and lifelong user, about to give up my remaining collection (high end Pelikans and some others).

I wanted to get something to use every day now, and be comfortable with. I really wanted a Nakaya but concluded that I'd be too anxious to carry it around outside.

I read many favorable reviews of this Platinum Century and watched youtube videos. I bought it on Amazon from a seller in Kobe who apparently has a stationary store, and responded nicely to my emails.

 

COMMENTS

(1) I selected an M nib because all reviewers said Japanese nibs "run small" and my experience with the Namiki Falcon (to be sold) agreed.

However, it doesn't ! This pen's M nib is quite M-ish to the point where I wish I had an F nib..though this will write small if I choose to.

(2) As reviews say, it flowed smoothly and easily from the first moment. It was like melted butter or sunlight. In fact, it is the smoothest-writing, effortless nib/pen I've ever used.

 

QUESTION

I bought a couple of Platinum converters, which don't come in the box, from the same seller at the same time.

The converter seems to fill only halfway. It's attached securely, and I tried several times. Anyone familiar with this pen--is this how it's supposed to be?

 

Thanks for your interest and any advice.

 

P.S. I will not give up my old Parker, used first by my father, and then myself---all through secondary school and college, many decades ago.

[Buzz_130]

You picked a great pen. I have 4 Platinum 3776 Centuries in F, SF, M, and B (all are the Five Lakes of Fuji limited edition pens), and I love these pens. The nibs are excellent, and all provide the perfect amount of feedback as I write. They are nails, but so are most of the pens that i use for day-to-day use.

 

As far as your converter goes, if I find a fill not taking, it's just a quick twist back down and then back up, and the problem has been solved. If you are worried about your ink, then you can always transfer the ink over to a smaller vial (like one of the sample sizes). The other option that many use is to use a blunt tipped syringe to fill the converter (or a cleaned cartridge) to the top and then replacing the converter or cartridge back into the pen. I don't use this method very often as I find the action of moving ink through the feed for filling and then writing keeps things moving the way they are supposed to work. Give the twist and extra try to two.

 

Buzz

[Algester]

either because your still sucking ink from the feed so there can be 2 ways to do this either fill straight from the converter or you fill the converter through the pen then turn it nib up and slowly remove the air from the converter then fill it back again

 

if the converter is leaking from doing the first method either the converter isnt well seal if that is the case the converter can easily be disassembled just unscrew the metal collar and apple silicone grease on the piston seal

[jar]

Are you putting all of the nib and the first part of the section under the ink when you fill the pen?

[Brianm_14]

Try the step of repeatedly cleaning both the pen's feed and converter with a few drops of Dawn in a couple of ounces of room temp water. Shake it all up. This will remove minute amounts of oily materials left over from the factory. Flush thoroughly (at least 12X) with cool tap water to remove traces of surfactant. This helped my lovely Platinum which exhibited the same symptoms. It would eventually happen by repeated fillings with ink, but this speeds it all up.

 

Then follow other suggestions.