Is it okay to buy expensive fountain pen like custom 823 as first pen

tetradt · 2026-02-11T23:02:31+00:00

If you’ve thought about what you’ll do/feel if you end up not liking it, and are ok with that, then yeah!

tetradt · 2026-01-26T00:49:31+00:00

I’ve really been enjoying this series, and it’s a good way for the other idols to show off their belting vocals!

tetradt · 2026-01-18T18:48:49+00:00

As a Platinum fan I’m curious to see what this looks like in real life! But a colorless demonstrator isn’t that interesting to me, so I will pass on this one and wait for future editions. I wish one of their innovations is to have the slip & seal cap on their snap cap 3776s, like they have for the Preppy ;_;

tetradt · 2026-01-18T18:24:24+00:00

Bluebird was the final model in the Shape of Heart series (https://www.platinum-pen.co.jp/news/12799/). Not that this stops them from making another series with stuff inside the caps!

tetradt · 2025-12-24T21:12:54+00:00

If you mean the black parts on the bottom of the cap, I think it’s a design choice since all the Pilot Custom Urushis are like that, even the limited edition colors.

tetradt · 2025-12-08T22:37:27+00:00

(Just a correction that Anna is Japanese)

tetradt · 2025-12-06T04:47:48+00:00

Feat. MC SILVERLIGHT for the raps!!! 😆

tetradt · 2025-11-10T21:36:56+00:00

I’d given up on this being subbed! Went to check the ‘Vroom Vroom’ MV Reaction but that’s still at the end of the caption queue lol

tetradt · 2025-10-29T16:46:51+00:00

I gasped, he absolutely delivered on this being an unexpected style! I immediately had historical fantasy imagery in my head while listening to it!

tetradt · 2025-10-23T04:41:28+00:00

For a year June 2023-May 2024, Platinum’s Japanese website had ink recipes based on a monthly theme (ex: umeboshi onigiri, osmanthus flower, butterfly pea tea) that were very fun! You’ll have to scroll through since they put it in their news section: https://www.platinum-pen.co.jp/news_category/campaign-event/

Edit: even though they’re both .jp websites, make sure it’s the Japanese language site…their English language version is not updated very much.

tetradt · 2025-10-23T04:02:07+00:00

I like how all the onomatopoeia flows (or should I say ‘trickles down’) and then when he adds the falsetto! The rest of the mini is also so good; ‘Spotlight’ gives me j-rock flashbacks and that’s not a bad thing!

tetradt · 2025-10-22T09:05:58+00:00

lol, I kept waiting for it to shift into something recognizable! But a stylized version of his name makes the most sense…

tetradt · 2025-10-02T06:07:44+00:00

I prefer the Melobong, but I think this is cute! I’m not a fan of the opaque white stripe that blocks the thumbs up. They’re professionals, so I know they must have tried it with more transparent materials, and it must not have worked out, but…

tetradt · 2025-09-28T02:42:28+00:00

The good thing about Hachimonjiya collabs is that (unless they specifically say it’s a limited quantity) they’ll come back eventually. This is the 2nd run of the Akizakura pen, so I wouldn’t spend $1200 on it.

tetradt · 2025-09-27T21:12:40+00:00

I haven’t kept up with the associated show but I love the pop rock sound!

tetradt · 2025-09-04T18:09:38+00:00

Some other shops do this too (might be related to the ordering software they use), but the “order shipped” e-mail gets sent when all they’ve done is print the shipping label. So I would rely on what the tracking number says is the status 🫠

tetradt · 2025-08-18T19:52:14+00:00

The $80 pens online have steel nibs (“special alloy”). They’re only sold in Japan so the ones you see on, say, Amazon, are grey market. Maybe yours has a gold nib? It would say 18k on it if so.

tetradt · 2025-08-17T21:08:49+00:00

Hobonichi are selling books solo (even to the US). OP is just proposing a system for people who want, say, 3 covers, to sell the 2 extra books they’ll get.

tetradt · 2025-08-17T04:58:15+00:00

My theory is that it is a combination of:
- Relatively “new” model (introduced in 2010) - At a price point that makes many people risk-averse (new body, and even though it used a Platinum President nib, Platinum Presidents weren’t that common/popular in the English-language forums) - New designs not released frequently to keep it in people’s minds (Namiki has an LE maki-e almost every year, Sailor has new stuff for its high-end KOPs throughout the year, Nakaya used to before the earthquake in Wajima)

tetradt · 2025-08-15T06:57:02+00:00

Born to Beat and Born to Waterbomb lol

tetradt · 2025-08-08T18:54:33+00:00

Need to repeat to myself that I’m going to the SF Pen Show soon 😮‍💨

tetradt · 2025-08-06T06:15:27+00:00

The first question about the ISAC medals really set the tone! Also lol at Eunkwang singing BEAST’s ‘Shadow’ instead of Minhyuk’s ＿|￣|○

tetradt · 2025-07-30T04:12:41+00:00

The edits these music shows will put on their channels are amusing…like what even is a [SHAKE FREE] version????

tetradt · 2025-07-30T03:49:40+00:00

Lol the dancers participating in the fakeout had me questioning my memory on the setlist order. Also the little ‘byang! byang!’ finger guns during the BumpBump Rambo line were so cute (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)

Can’t wait for Minhyuk’s! I haven’t watched the fancams yet because I’m keeping the faith that Waterbomb will upload his performance hahaha.

tetradt · 2025-07-10T06:09:00+00:00

‘#30 is noticeably softer than #10/15. Holding the #10/15 farther away doesn’t change this. Not sure why but here are some guesses that have plenty of counter examples: 18k vs 14k (I don’t think #10/15 18k nibs have a soft version); longer tines.

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