06 February 2023

Curidas' Second Chance

The Platinum Curidas (::1::, ::2::, ::3::) was launched in the early months of 2020. Its release was carefully planned and Platinum managed to raise some anxiety in the market. But the pen, after those initial months, did not live up to the expectations—frequent problems in the release mechanism and in the sealing lid did not help to make this pen a success.

The old Curidas.

And now, three years later, Platinum has announced the release of some new variations of the Curidas in the next weeks.

This new Curidas departs from the transparent look of the first models an adopts what looks like a rubbery sheath. The color options are limited to three –black, blue and red. The nib points are reduced to F and M, leaving EF for the original model.

The new Curidas.

The price of this newer version is higher—JPY 9000 vs JPY 7000, prices without taxes. However, the new package includes the converter and a 20 ml inkwell.

The new package includes the converter and a 20 ml inkwell.

But the important question now is whether Platinum has solved the problems present on the first model released in 2020.


NOTE (April 25th, 2023): This new release of the Platinum Curidas is called Curidas Depth. The package including the inkwell is a limited release.


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Bruno Taut
February 5th, 2023
etiquetas: Platinum, capless

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

What problem are you referring to? thanks.

Bruno Taut said...

Thanks, Anonymous, for passing by and commenting.

There is a common problem in the Curidas at closing the lid to seal the nib chamber. The result is a dry nib. It is associated to fails in the sliding mechanism to release the nib.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

BT

Anonymous said...

I have been using my Curidas daily for 2+ years. Works well for the most part. The nib dries out a little faster than I would like but otherwise very happy.

Bruno Taut said...

Congratulations, Anonymous, but I guess your drying problems might be caused by a deficient sealing of the nib chamber.

Thanks for passing by and commenting.

BT

Hastur said...

With the higher price this seems a lot less attractive to me. Might as well just spend a bit more and get a Pilot Capless.

Anonymous said...

No hole is deep enough to finally bury this impossible to kill monstrosity!

Bruno Taut said...

Thanks, Hastur, for passing by and commenting.

A lot better than the Curidas might be the Moonman/Majohn A1 I reviewed last December (https://estilofilos.blogspot.com/2022/12/moonman-vs-pilot.html).

Cheers,

BT

Bruno Taut said...

Anonymous, I am looking forward to reading your opinions on OTHER pens.

BT

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