Identification help - Platinum 3776 Celluloid, tortoiseshell

[duc_le_photography]

Here's a very rare Platinum 3776 Re Celluoid. I believe this pattern was released ~1992 and pre-dates the current patterns (e.g., Koi, Jade, etc.). A few noteworthy things with this version is that it has an ebonite feed, circular nib vent hole (versus heart-shaped) and the gold band around the cap is flat versus convex. Also, the grip section was black plastic versus having a matching pattern to the body. This particular pen must have been in a display case exposed to sunlight since the black plastic is discolored. Also, this particular pen was the exact same pen photographed in the book "Fountain Pens of the World." I got this pen ~1998 at a pen fair.

[stan]

It IS the pine needle desiign. Came in brown and black, the black being rarer. Platinum discontinued the model about 2000 when they changed their plastics formulation. They say due to environmental issues but, the barrels of the original ReCelluloid (the model name) pens tended to shrink over time making it extremely difficult to remove the barrel from the section. This can be easily fixed. Let me know if this is an issue on your pen. You have a great pen. Keep it. Use it. Does it have the 18K nib?

[Number99]

21 hours ago, duc_le_photography said:

Here's a very rare Platinum 3776 Re Celluoid. I believe this pattern was released ~1992 and pre-dates the current patterns (e.g., Koi, Jade, etc.). A few noteworthy things with this version is that it has an ebonite feed, circular nib vent hole (versus heart-shaped) and the gold band around the cap is flat versus convex. Also, the grip section was black plastic versus having a matching pattern to the body. This particular pen must have been in a display case exposed to sunlight since the black plastic is discolored. Also, this particular pen was the exact same pen photographed in the book "Fountain Pens of the World." I got this pen ~1998 at a pen fair.

As tertiary information with no confirmation around 2012.

 

We do not know when that was started or if this pen falls into that category.

As for the parts mismatch, several people have testified in the comments section of the blog post that the manufacturer's original variant, which was a combination of old parts from the warehouse of Platinum Fountain Pen Co. was sold at a Japanese fountain pen fair.

http://zeak.air-nifty.com/main/2012/08/post-a7e2.html

 

 

[stan]

The pen highlighted in the article was an early model 3776, probably 1979. It is in the catalogue so strongly doubt it was something cobbled together for a pen fair. There is no parts mismatch.

 

I have one of them in my collection and am surprised Plastinum didn't go in that design direction. It is a nice pen. Plat may have been thinking ahead to makie and celluloid issues that are better suited for torpedo shaped models.

 

All pen companies attempt to recycle parts to save money. Look closely at Pilots and Sailors. If it is put together from parts of other pens please provide images of those models. Also have you attempted to see if the parts are, in facvt, interchangable? Probably not!

[Number99]

I said at the outset that the information is tertiary information.

I gave a brief summary of the article, but did not claim any differently.

Did you scroll down and read the comments section of the blog post?

If you are referring to the pen in the blog post, it is mentioned in the comments section and the images are provided in the article.

The parts mismatch is a chronological mismatch, it is an ebonite feed and nib, they state it is a combination circa 2012, not at the time of release.

 

Addendum.

The contributor's explanation in the comments section of the blog post is not that he replaced parts of an old finished product, but rather claims that the pen was completed from the beginning by assembling old and then-current parts.

 

Edited July 16, 2023 by Number99