Platinum 3776 with a Soft Fine 14k Nib • Is Gold Worth It?

Review of the Platinum #3776 with a SF 14k nib + a little Platinum trivia

I purchased this pen through Pensachi, a Japanese pen retailer.

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[Roughdraft]

I love Pilot pens, I just keep coming back to Pilot and most of my pens are Pilot. They are super smooth, nice pens, but the pen I recommend the most is the 3776. To me their medium writes like a fine depending on the ink, and while they are not as smooth as Pilot, they have the perfect amount of feedback and bounce to make them the perfect all-arounder. I have a 3776 SF and I didn’t like it at all. I was expecting some flex. I finally sent it to get tuned so we’ll see. In total I have 4 3776 and 3 are in medium. Pilots are super smooth but my handwriting suffers a bit, Sailor has a ton of feedback but they make my handwriting look the neatest, and platinum is an in between that I tend to go for most often. I also have a platinum president with a broad nib and to me it only writes like a wet medium so maybe a broad 3776 could be a daily pen if you want a smoother platinum still.

[williamhowland]

What a wonderful way to start the day! Thank you James, I laughed several times during this review! Always love your reviews, keep being you and doing what you do. God bless you bro 🙏

[derekdavis]

Great video. Platinum #3776 with the SF nib is a most successful pen. One of my absolute favourite pens. So good I bought it twice one of them is in the burgundy . Think that it’s quite flexible but not quite a semi flexible nib. Comfortable and without issues of the ink drying out. I regard this as a prestige pen at a competitive price against some better end pens with stainless steel nibs. I recently bought a Ranga with a stainless steel Ranga flex nib at about half the price similar nib but grossly inferior . The Platinum is well worth the extra money. I started trying to teach myself Copperplate not entirely successfully. But when I resume this pastime it’ll be the #3776 SF all the way.
Hoover once I resume this activity it’ll be the #3776?SF all the way.

[robmc]

So glad you didnt preach on about how it SHOULD come with a converter :p. The fact that it SHOULD come with a converter is secondary. All i'm going to say quickly is it SHOULD come with a converter. LOVE you humor in these videos as much as your honest review of the pen James. God bless you always!

[chrisrap]

Very accurate. I have a few 3776 nibs. They are not soft, a little bounce. I found the XF nib had more bounce than the SF nib.

[nicksg]

Nice pen, I like the color too! Have a wonderful day enjoying it🥰🙏✨

[anguswhite]

hi, James: agree with you about that lovely translucent blue resin which looks great with rhodium trim(the rouge Bourgogne looks better with gold trim: mine’s inked w GvFC garnet red which is just the best combination ever!): this is definitely one of my favourite gold nibbed fp’s (just to give you a heads up, if you buy this fp thro’ AliExpress, it comes w a converter as I should); one last thing: Platinum’s finest nib is their UEF which means their EF writes slightly broader than an EF from Sailor/Pilot:)

[stepheninks]

I’m glad you liked the 3776! It’s one of my favorite pens for sketching with! I gifted one to myself for my birthday in January. The fine lines are fantastic for drawing details and textures. Sometimes, however, I do feel like it’s not a fountain pen for die-hard fountain pen people. The lines are so thin that it almost feels like a dip pen that you don’t have to dip. I do often enjoy a slightly wider line, like on my Twsbi Eco, or my Hongdian Black Forest when I want those juicy fountain pen lines that give a bit of shading. When I started my YouTube channel a year ago, I was looking for the ultimate fountain pen for art... but I think now I’m more perusing the ultimate collection. There are so many different categories to appreciate. I feel like the 3776 is totally in a category by itself! I always get excited when I see you reviewing a pen that I own! Thanks for a cool video!

[sech]

Interesting experience with these nibs. I've noticed that their SF nibs produce thinner lines than the extra fines. The extra fine I have also writes way juicier than the SF.

[Fernandohe]

The way your camera got the blue color is so nice, looks really gorgeous. I do intend to buy a 'EF' in the black color in a few months.

[yuklimka]

Thanks for your review. This pen was my first gold nib one. I'm not sure whether I got a dud, but it was way too dry and scratchy on the upstroke. But after dedicating some time to it, it's become a more pleasant writer. I prefer the Platinum steel nibs over their gold nibs as I find them much smoother. My favorite gold nibs are on Pilot pens, because I love glassy smooth nibs. Sailor is my personal #2 among the Japanese nibs so far.

[MrAndrew]

I have a burgundy 3776 on order with a soft fine as I haven’t used many fine nibs in the past. I thought this was worth a try for the soft gold factor that may make it less scratchy.
I like the shape of platinum nibs as they are broad across the shoulder. The Music nib( stub) gives your lettering good shape if you use an upright position. Soft medium could be my next port of call.

[awaken]

I got this pen. It's a bit controversial, and not everybody probably will like it. 1) the nib is very toothy and feedbacky. 2) it produces too thin line out of the box. I adjusted gap in the nib a little bit 3). it is soft, but dont expect too much line variation. the main difference between this and hard nib is more bouncy feeling when writing, and more feedback. So it's not my favorite because of rough feeling, but it has it's application. particularly it's good to draw some tech diagrams and write very tiny lettering (most of Western nibs, even marketed as EF, are too thick for it)

[Johan-vkyd]

”It is what it is” Amen ( which might be the correct translation)

[milchpuder]

I recently got my first soft fine nibbed pen (Pilot 742) and like your experience the line variation is quite modest, but noticeable. The bounce is very welcome. I also want to try a soft medium

[outtabubblegum]

Platinum should really consider making a VAC version of the 3776.

[FountainPenNews]

Proprietary cartridges and converters are annoying, but I will say that the Japanese big 3 haven't changed them in decades. So I have pens from the 60s, 70s on up and I can still use modern cartridges. It makes hunting for vintage pens much less of a pain! 😊

[kevinlandon]

I have a few Platinum pens and they all have a bit of tooth to them. For that bounce, try Pilot and sailor from Japan and Pelikan and Diplomat from Germany, also Montblanc and Senator as well. Have you tried Veal/Chicken Cordon Bleu?

[FountainPenNews]

Your videos are always helpful and informative! Thank you! I have the pen arriving this weekend so I'm excited to try out the soft fine nib. This will be my fourth 3776 all with different nibs. 😊

[timothymay]

One of my favorite pens. I have this nib with gold trim. Love everything about it and the slip and seal cap really and truly does work on all Platinum pens. This is one of the few pens I always have inked up--that bounce makes it a pleasure to write with and is really noticeable if I've been using other pens for a while.