Help Identifying Platinum #3776 Century look-alike(or frankenpen?)

[wishthen]

Hi there! 

I am looking for some help in identifying this pen I bought (currently in transit to me) 

I've spent way too much time searching and I thought I'd ask for help so I can possibly continue on with my day!

 

It looks like a Century 3776 Body with a 14k 'wingfold' nib (idk if that's the correct term for this style but I'm going with it for now-feel free to correct me with the correct term!) 

 

The other really strange thing about this pen is the dome on the cap. It's not smooth like the #3776 pens...It seems to have ridges. 

 

Any information you could pass along will be much appreciated!! 

[terim]

You may be right about it being a frankenpen. I think the nib is from the 1970s ..... we had this sterling Platinum that had a similar nib, but the rest of the pen didn't look like a 3776.

 

There's sterling pen from 1978 in the Lambrou Sunami book with the same nib and metal collar, also nothing like the 3776.

[wishthen]

1 hour ago, terim said:

You may be right about it being a frankenpen. I think the nib is from the 1970s ..... we had this sterling Platinum that had a similar nib, but the rest of the pen didn't look like a 3776.

 

There's sterling pen from 1978 in the Lambrou Sunami book with the same nib and metal collar, also nothing like the 3776.

Thanks so much for your reply! Yes, I believe you're correct about the nib dating being from the 70s. It's quite the mystery! 

[A Smug Dill]

5 hours ago, wishthen said:

It looks like a Century 3776 Body with a 14k 'wingfold' nib 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, wishthen said:

Yes, I believe you're correct about the nib dating being from the 70s.

 

The still-modern Platinum Vicoh series pens, which have snap-caps, have nibs and gripping sections that look like that. I can't place when Platinum stopped putting gold-coloured (gold-plated?) rings on the front end of those sections for 14K gold nibs; the PTL-5000A has a visually incongruent silver-coloured section ring near its yellow 14K gold nib, and the manufacturer seemed to have reserved the gold section rings for more expensive models fitted with 18K gold nibs of the same design.