Platinum Preppy Fountain Pen - Pink
The Platinum Preppy fountain pen is one of the best values for the money! This is a fantastic starter fountain pen, or great for lending to a friend. This pen features a translucent pink plastic body with pink accents, and a stainless steel nib. As a Japanese-made pen, the nib runs on the narrow side. The Preppy accepts proprietary Platinum ink cartridges (one pink cartridge is included) or a Platinum converter (sold separately) to fill with bottled ink.
By converting this pen to an eyedropper, you can fill the entire barrel with ink for maximum ink capacity! All you need to do is add an o-ring and a small amount of silicone grease to the threads (available separately).
Click here to shop all compatible Platinum ink cartridges.
- Condition
- New
- Brand
- Platinum
- Type
- Fountain Pens
- Color
- Pink
- Demonstrator
Whether or not the barrel of the pen is translucent, allowing you to see the ink and filling mechanism inside.
- Yes
- Body Material
- Resin
- Cap Type
How the cap is opened/closed from the barrel of the pen. Some common options include Snap-Cap, Screw-Cap, Magnetic Cap, or Capless (no cap).
- Snap-cap
- Compatible inks & refills
Which ink this pen will accept. Choices include bottled ink and various styles of pre-filled ink cartridges.
- Bottled ink, Proprietary Platinum ink cartridges
- Filling Mechanism
How the pen fills with ink. Click here to watch our video tutorial on common filling mechanisms.
- Cartridge, Converter, Eyedropper
- Grip Material
- Resin
- Nib Size
- Fine
- Nib Color
- Silver
- Nib Material
- Steel
- Postable
Whether or not the cap fits securely onto the back of the barrel when open.
- Yes
- Retractable
Whether or not the nib/tip can retract into the body of the pen (usually for click or twist-open style pens).
- No
- Diameter - Body
- 12mm (0.5in)
- Diameter - Cap (without clip)
- 13mm (0.5in)
- Diameter - Cap (with clip)
- 17mm (0.7in)
- Diameter - Grip (mm)
Measured from the place most people choose to rest their fingers, which varies with each pen.
- 10.0mm
- Length - Body
The measurement from the back end of the barrel to the tip of the nib.
- 122mm (4.8in)
- Length - Cap
- 59.7mm (2.3in)
- Length - Nib
The measured length of the visible portion of the nib when it is installed in the pen, from grip to tip.
- 14.5mm (0.6in)
- Length - Overall (Closed)
- 138mm (5.4in)
- Length - Overall (Posted)
When the cap of the pen is posted onto the back of the pen body, this is the measurement of the entire pen including the nib.
- 154mm (6.1in)
- Weight - Body
If a converter is included with the pen, this weight is reflected in the total.
- 9g (0.3oz)
- Weight - Cap
- 4g (0.1oz)
- Weight - Overall (g)
- 13.0g
- Max Ink Capacity - Cartridge
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using a cartridge.
- 1.43ml
- Max Ink Capacity - Converter
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using a converter.
- 0.98ml
- Max Ink Capacity - Eyedropper
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when filling the entire barrel of the pen via eyedropper.
- 4.33ml
Customer Reviews
I ordered intending to use black ink, which I am doing. I will try the pink one provided in the pen, but for everyday use will stick with the darker colors.
Note: I do find the cartridges difficult to push on. I always feel I am going to bend something and a bit of color flashes into the nib compartment when it finally breaks the seal. I am 79 years old and have always used Cross cartridges and it may just b because different style and brand. Love the pens, both blue and pink but wonder if all your pen cartridges have the same silver ball that gets pushed into the cartridge.
Perfect school/work pen that I don’t have to worry about loosing
Everybody always thinks I'm so fancy with my special pen but it's really just a platinum puppy that cost me about seven dollars. So wonderful to have a great deal in this crazy world. So wonderful to have a wonderful pen that writes well. I couldn't be happier.
These pens write great but the feature that attracted me was the eyedropper filling, which gets VERY messy when the body cracks... Which happened within 1 day of first use! I bought 3 of these pens and first started using them today, and just threw all of them away after the bodies of 2 of them cracked.
I bought this to test out eyedropper conversion and as a tinkering pen. While it works well and is decently reliable, this is a pen that I would consider a bit more kid friendly. I have found that it is a bit finicky with which angle you hold it at than most of my other pens. While it is smooth for the most part, I actually prefer the Jinhao Shark over these. For the value, they are great and don't use up ink too quickly.
