New PLATINUM MAKI-E Phoenix M nib 18Kt Fountain Pen

Mythical Phoenix

18Kt Gold MEDIUM Nib Fountain pen

Brand new, never used, comes with original box and papers complete

Manufacture: PLATINUM

Product Number: PTL-12000M

Model: PLATINUM 18Kt  MAKI-E Phoenix

Nib material: 18kt solid gold

Nib size: MEDIUM nib

Filling system:  Converter included

Diameter: 13mm

Length: 139mm (cap closed)

Weight: 17.2gm

Made in Japan, 2009

Maki-e

Maki-e is an ancient Japanese art that combines intricate lacquer painting with a variety of surface decorations. It’s is a highly respected traditional Japanese hand applied decoration process with more than one thousand five hundred years of history. It is regarded as the top of the Japanese decorative crafts on many different materials. Precious materials such as Gold, Silver, Enamel, Abalone shell (mother of pearl) etc. are combined and applied by hand by specialized accredited MAKI-E artists with traditional Urushi lacquers to represent a variety of traditional Japanese art, and culture

Platinum

Platinum produces a variety of Maki-E pens, including lacquer carving, pearl inlay and pens with the Kanshitu-rough volcanic-type surface. In 1919, Syunichi Nakata, a collector of imported fountain pens, opened a small fountain pen shop in Okayama, Japan. His shop became very successful in a short period. In 1924, he moved to downtown Tokyo, adjacent to several pen manufacturers, and officially named his company Nakaya Seisakusho. The company exceeded earlier success and grew to nearly 80 employees. Later in 1924, Nakata changed the company name to the Platinum Pen Company. Platinum initially sold pens via mail order to office workers and teachers in small villages throughout Japan. Soon, they were exporting to Singapore, Hong Kong, and Java.During the mid-1930s, Nakata organized a group of commissioned Maki-E artists in order to create pens. Leading this group of artists was Rosui-Gyokusendou-Ohara, who many regarded as the top Maki-E artists of the period. Platinum produced a variety of Maki-E pens, including lacquer carving, pearl inlay and pens with the Kanshitu-rough volcanic-type surface. Some of these designs were enhanced by gold coins. In 1978, Platinum introduced its longest-lasting model to date, the 3776 fountain pen. Platinum named it in reverence to Mt. Fuji, which is 3776 meters tall. And in 1981, the New York Modern Museum of Art displayed Platinum's Z pen. The company has continued to grow from there. Platinum Pen, USA is a subsidiary of Platinum Pen, Japan, a manufacturer of fine writing instruments since 1919.

We attach PLATINUM converter , PLATINUM ink cartridge and adapter.(Please see picture.)If you take this adapter, you can use European size ink cartridge.(MONTBLANC?Pelikan?etc)
So you can  get and use common converter easily.