Platignum Visi-Ink

September 1, 2011

hi

Does anyone know anything about this awesome little pen. I picked a restored one up on ebay for coppers(very little to you non UK folks). I think its super cute, it draws ink up quickly and writes smoothly, it sounds scratchy but doesnt feel it. I know it was never a luxury pen and i am happy with it for the price, its much nicer than a parker vector or cheaper. Does anyone know when they were released, how much they cost etc etc? Mine has obviously been used, the plastic is pretty scratched but i like te used lived in look :-)

I can post photos if anyone is interested :-)

September 1, 2011

Please post pictures. I'm interested in this pen. Sounds cool. I have never heard of it before.

-gneezo

September 2, 2011

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt59/stabiloboss2/IMG_2526.jpg

Photo comparing the visi ink to waterman hemisphere, parker lady 17, parker vector, parker reflex, lamy safari , parker jotter and another platignum ... not in that order

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt59/stabiloboss2/IMG_2523.jpg

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt59/stabiloboss2/IMG_2522.jpg

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt59/stabiloboss2/Platignumvisiink.jpg

September 3, 2011

What a nice bulb filler. How does it write?

September 10, 2011

What a nice bulb filler. How does it write?

Really well :-) my pen was serviced before it was sold by somebody who has many of these pens. The nib is perfectly straight but rigid. It fills really easily and holds a tonne of ink compared to a cart or converter. The nib has no ink creep and this pen is really comfy to hold. Id say it out performs pens like lamy safari and parker jotter which cost more than this pen cost me. This pen is not scratchy like my other platignum but it cant compare to the smoothness of pens like my waterman hemisphere which is a beauty :-) id happilynuse this pen at work all day :-) hope this helps :-)

September 10, 2011

Hi Bekki

The pen is very similar to one of mine that I have been trying to identify for some time. The only markings on mine are 'made in england' plus a Warranted nib. my pen is in red vulcanite pattern.

Are you certain that yours is a Platignum Visi-ink?

September 10, 2011

I know that Platignum was an English company that made cheap to solid working pens. The comparison to Lamy sounds apt.

September 10, 2011

Hi Bekki

The pen is very similar to one of mine that I have been trying to identify for some time. The only markings on mine are 'made in england' plus a Warranted nib. my pen is in red vulcanite pattern.

Are you certain that yours is a Platignum Visi-ink?

Mine is a visi ink.

On the barrell that covers the bulb filler squishy thing it says presented like this:

Platignum

Visi-ink

Pat app for

Made in england

Its only lightly engraved so it could wear off :-)

And then the nib says

Platignum first quality m

Hope this helps?

I can measure all its dimensions if that would help you?

September 10, 2011

I know that Platignum was an English company that made cheap to solid working pens. The comparison to Lamy sounds apt.

I have another platignum and thats one of the cheaper ones but the visi ink is z much higher quality pen and i was looking for specific info abou it. Platignum pens are pretty horrendous most of the time imho. This is a little beauty and it beats the lamy imho :-)