Platinum Procyon Luster Modern Maki-e Nishikigoi Fountain Pen

Platinum Procyon Luster Modern Maki-e Nishikigoi Fountain Pen

A new model featurning modern Maki-e design, Procyon Luster. Named for one of the brightest stars in the night sky, the Platinum Procyon pen is designed to brighten your writing experience with its sleek body, convenient filling mechanism, and smooth nib. It also features Platinum's patented "Slip and Seal" cap design that keeps the nib from drying out for a year or longer without use. This makes it ideal for new fountain pen users and people who like to switch pens frequently. The Procyon was the winner of the ISOT 2019 grand prize for functionality.

The "Showa Sanshoku (Three colours of Showa)", "Taisho Sanshoku (Three colours of Taisho)" and "Kohaku(Red & White)". The popular varieties of Nishikigoi carps, are illustrated over the famous water pattern of Ogata Korin. Legend has it that carps can transform into mighty dragon by swimming upstream against the iver's strong current and leaping the "dragon gate". Therefore, the image of a carp jumping over the gate is considered a symbol of success.

In 1962, Platinum Pen launched Japan’ s first fountain pen that employed a pentagon-shaped gold nib. The same production knowhow for such a pen nib is also applied in the Procyon fountain pen. Its resiliency realizes a writing feel similar to that of a gold nib, in spite of being made with stainless steel.