Detailed Description

Here is an elegant Platinum Floral Scroll Pen with the original price tag.

In the 1970's Japanese long short pens were amazingly popular. These were modeled after the top selling Pilot Elite, where the cap was extra long and the barrel was extra short. When the cap is posted for writing, the pen is a normal sized pen, but when the pen is capped for carrying it telescopes down to a smaller sized, easy to carry pen. This was a huge craze in the late 1960's and early 1970's in Japan. Everyone who knew how to write had to have one of these pens. Since the short pens were so popular that not as many of these tall pens were made, and today they are much harder to find.

At first, nearly all of these pens were the traditional black resin with gold trim, but Platinum and Sailor tried to capture more of the younger market by offering brighter colors and metal overlay pens like this one here.

The pen has a gold scroll pattern with red flowers out lined in gold. An elegant pen.

The clip is the spring hinge type, so it easily adjusts to any pocket width. A nice little piece of engineering. I wish all my pens had this.

The inset 18K gold nib is very similar to the Montblanc pens of the 1970's. Japanese pen makers were never shy about borrowing names or designs.

 

 

Nib:	Nice 18K Gold Fine point nib.
Filling System	Cartridge or Conerter Filler. Cartridges Included
Working Condition	Perfectly Mint
Faults:	Not a single one
Payment	I prefer Paypal, but will accept International Money Orders from a post office or bank trasfers.
Shipping	Regular Airmail: $8 to anywhere in the world. Takes 7 to 14 Days. Unless the Customs people decide to inspect the item, and then it can take as long as three weeks. Express Mail $20 to anywhere in the world. This includes a barcode on the package and a tracking number. If the item is delayed, we can find where it is. Takes 3 to 5 days.
Note	If you have any questions at all, please send me an email at rd@kamakurapens.com Stay Well Dr. Ron Dutcher Kamakura Pens
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