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Platinum Century 3776 Fountain Pen - Travia - Limited Edition Set

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Platinum Century 3776 Fountain Pen - Travia - Limited Edition Set

The Platinum Travia blends "Tradition" and "Via" (Latin for "path"), building on decades of #3776 Century heritage to express Platinum's modern design vision. Its black metal trim and ruthenium-plated nib create a modern look suited to professional settings.

The Travia features the FLAF ("Float Like a Feather") nib, which was first introduced on the #3776 Century Decade. The FLAF nib flexes with less force than standard #3776 Century nibs, allowing natural line variation while writing. Compared to both standard and soft #3776 nibs, the FLAF nib responds more linearly to pressure, meaning that the amount of flex is directly proportionate to the force applied. This makes the FLAF nib easier to control and fine-tune, as the line changes as intended with writing pressure.

Unlike other #3776 Century pens, the Travia features a long, flat-top body, similar to the #3776 Century Decade. A metal balancer component is integrated into the center of the barrel, shifting the pen's center of gravity closer to the fingertips for a stable, comfortable writing experience. The pen also features Platinum’s signature "Slip & Seal Mechanism," designed to keep ink fresh for extended periods and ensure smooth, reliable writing.

The first production run is limited to 2,000 sets worldwide and includes the commemorative booklet Ah, Fifty Years of Hardship by Platinum founder Shunichi Nakata, first published in 1966 and revised for this release. In the future, the Travia will be also available as a standard release.

Limited to 2000 pieces worldwide
Release Date: March 2026
Nib: Ruthenium-plated 14K gold
Size: 142mm (full length) x 15mm (max. diameter)
Weight: 29.3g
PFL-600 #1 Onyx Black
Converter and one blue black ink cartridge included
Also includes Ah, Fifty Years of Hardship (Revised Edition) Book
Replacement cartridges available
Compatible with Platinum converters

About Platinum & 3776:

Originally released in 1978, Platinum 3776 is one of Platinum's iconic pen series. Over the years, Platinum has added many colors as well as limited and special editions to the 3776 line. 3776 stands for the height of Mount Fuji, the highest mountain and when it was first released in 1978, it was awarded the "Good Design Prize" by the Japanese government. In 2011, the "Century 3776" series was released in honor of the approaching 100th anniversary of Platinum and was designed to maintain the quality standards defined by the original 3776 combined with the needs of a modern fountain pen user: new sleek design, comfortable writing balance, and smooth flow. Century 3776 employs Platinum's own "Slip and Seal Mechanism" that employs a spring in the cap to force an air tight closure around the nib, thus preventing ink from drying out in this fountain pen for up to a year.

An excellent evolution of the 3776 Century

The Travia is an updated re-issue of the Limited Edition Century 3776 released for the 10th Anniversary of the Century. I love my Platinum Century 3776 10th Anniversary pen, the slight bounce of the nib and the chalk like feedback on most paper are two things I really enjoy about the pen. This update to the pen keeps the best aspects of the Anniversary pen while adding a few tweaks.

First, the Travia has weight added to the pen body to move the pen’s center forward. The weight adds almost 10g over the 10th Anniversary pen and 12g over my Platinum 3776 Series B. There are actually two weights. The grip section is one weight, the metal band + body threads that connect to the grip is the second; the grip is the heavier of the two. When separated neither feels particularly heavy but together the weight is noticeable until the nib is about to meet the paper and then it disappears. I don’t know if this will be a positive or negative for long writing sessions but for my testing it made me more aware of the pen as I held it because every time I lifted the nib off the paper the weight at the front of the pen pulled at my grip - not in an uncomfortable way but in a “Hey, I am here” way.

The nib of the Travia has the same “softness” that the 10th Anniversary nib does but less of that feel of “writing with sharp chalk.” The writing experience with the Travia on Rhodia and Kokuyo Business Paper is excellent. The difference in the “feel” of writing between the two nibs, with that slight chalky feedback, is kind of like the difference between hearing bass on a mid/full range speaker and on a sub-woofer (the Travia being the sub-woofer).

What is FLAF? The Float Like A Feather “softness” is not a flex softness, it is more about not feeling a stiff firmness when you press the nib against paper. The “softness” of the nib is similar to what you would feel writing with a Pilot Custom 67 or Pilot Kaede. The Aurora flex nib is slightly softer, a Pilot FA nib is significantly softer. I can’t think of anything else I have that has the same kind of softness except the 10th Anniversary edition of the pen.

One last comment on the weight, the way the weight is engineered brings to mind the Nagasawa Sailor 1911L Realo FL. It has a brass grip which creates an effect similar to the Travia but my Realo is only ~23g vs the ~33g of the Travia.

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