Thank you both for sharing useful hacks across channels! As Wendi Sue recently said: the atmosphere of kindness and generosity in the fountain pen community is remarkable!
One thing that works for me and my Hongdian N7: simply unscrew the nib unit, make sure the piston is retracted all the way, and syringe-fill the ink chamber. Just be careful, it's easy to overfill and have an inky mess when you try to screw the nib unit back in!
That's why Low Ink Refill is a must. Real deal Pelikan M800 got LIR. Also, Wingsung Junlai 630 comes with LIR. The tube idea could be useful when the bottle opening diameter is too narrow for modern gigantic pens.
@buck-pucker 1. wet the feed 2. turn the nob with very gentle touch of finger tips 3. you will hear ink been happily sucked into the reservior. Mostly important : go buy a new Pelikan m800 first .
Some Hongdians has LIR too. i.e. 1866 model, realy nice feature for reasonable price. I guess the special feed does the real job here. I wonder why many piston fillers do not have that.
@@bartosz_do beacuse LIR is a function unaware of to most people, even enthusiasts. LIR requires redo the feed completely and extra investment. Why inest into some unawareness ? Let's just fool them !
Very helpful hack. I saw this used to refill a Pilot Varsity some years back. I can't remember who posted it originally, but I do remember Chris Saenz demonstrating it some time back. The added trick there was to put a syringe on the other (one that fits snuggly) and slowly push the syringe down so that it forces the ink into the Varsity's body. It works but I found that it wasn't that hard to just pull the nib and feed and eye dropper it.
I usually just unscrew the nib unit and dropper fill, saves the mess of dipping the nib in ink.. My moonmans and asvines all do this. Even my Wingsung 699 the nib unit/housing unscrews and i just dropper fill. Much cleaner.
Pretty cool! It reminds me a bit of the "ink miser" (sitting on my desk) or just removing the nib and filling directly from the syringe. I can't let my wife see this hack as she knows I'm a bit on the clumsy side!
I'm a little on the wild side I guess with my solution. I dump my ink into an ink miser and tilt it so the ink creeps up the side, then put the pen all the way in the ink miser with the filler hole down in the ink, and push the plunger, or vacumatic so the pen 'sips' the ink. Tilt the miser more as the ink goes down. For filling a piston filler, you have to give one hand more jobs. Hold the ink miser deeper in the hand & hold the pen in place, & tilt, while the other hand turns the piston. Not for the faint of heart. It kind of reminds me of pouring from a big jug of olive oil into a tiny bottle opening on an oil dispenser - instead of getting the funnel out. You can't show any fear or the liquids will know.😅
I bought multiple Pineider inkwells when they first came out and just recently decided to experiment with one. I cut the bottom off and now insert the pen and then pour the ink in. Once done I empty the unused ink, remove the pen and rinse out the ink well. Do I recommend buying one to do this, no not really, but if you have one you're not using its a thought.
Nice solution. Mine isn't that different than others: fill a fluted shot glass with the ink (or get specially made cones) and suck it up. Either way, any way, at some point, if, as I am, we are determined to enjoy it to the last drop, we're going to have to inject the remainder into the barrel, assuming that we can remove nib and feed.
Thank you both for sharing useful hacks across channels! As Wendi Sue recently said:
the atmosphere of kindness and generosity in the fountain pen community is remarkable!
Indeed!
One thing that works for me and my Hongdian N7: simply unscrew the nib unit, make sure the piston is retracted all the way, and syringe-fill the ink chamber. Just be careful, it's easy to overfill and have an inky mess when you try to screw the nib unit back in!
Extremely helpful, and so simple and also cheap. Thanks for sharing
Glad it was helpful! Thanks, Peter!
Thanks, Doug and Wendy Sue❤
That's why Low Ink Refill is a must. Real deal Pelikan M800 got LIR. Also, Wingsung Junlai 630 comes with LIR. The tube idea could be useful when the bottle opening diameter is too narrow for modern gigantic pens.
LIR is not real
@buck-pucker 1. wet the feed 2. turn the nob with very gentle touch of finger tips 3. you will hear ink been happily sucked into the reservior. Mostly important : go buy a new Pelikan m800 first .
Some Hongdians has LIR too. i.e. 1866 model, realy nice feature for reasonable price. I guess the special feed does the real job here. I wonder why many piston fillers do not have that.
@@bartosz_do yes, the S2 feed with HD inhouse magic material.
@@bartosz_do beacuse LIR is a function unaware of to most people, even enthusiasts. LIR requires redo the feed completely and extra investment. Why inest into some unawareness ? Let's just fool them !
Very helpful hack. I saw this used to refill a Pilot Varsity some years back. I can't remember who posted it originally, but I do remember Chris Saenz demonstrating it some time back. The added trick there was to put a syringe on the other (one that fits snuggly) and slowly push the syringe down so that it forces the ink into the Varsity's body. It works but I found that it wasn't that hard to just pull the nib and feed and eye dropper it.
Thanks John!
great idea, thanks
You bet!
The Ink Miser is also.... maybe $7? and solves this problem nicely.
That’s what I use.
Cool idea. And, perhaps, another way for me to spill ink. 😂
Have fun!
Very good idea that I am going to try...let's see if I can avoid disaster with this type of load...Thank you very much Doug and Wendy.
Great hack
I usually just unscrew the nib unit and dropper fill, saves the mess of dipping the nib in ink.. My moonmans and asvines all do this. Even my Wingsung 699 the nib unit/housing unscrews and i just dropper fill. Much cleaner.
What a novel idea. Thank you and Wendy for the tip.
Will the MaJohn P139 fit on the wider piece of tube?
Yes!
Pretty cool! It reminds me a bit of the "ink miser" (sitting on my desk) or just removing the nib and filling directly from the syringe. I can't let my wife see this hack as she knows I'm a bit on the clumsy side!
Then do it over the sink! 😊
I'm a little on the wild side I guess with my solution. I dump my ink into an ink miser and tilt it so the ink creeps up the side, then put the pen all the way in the ink miser with the filler hole down in the ink, and push the plunger, or vacumatic so the pen 'sips' the ink. Tilt the miser more as the ink goes down.
For filling a piston filler, you have to give one hand more jobs. Hold the ink miser deeper in the hand & hold the pen in place, & tilt, while the other hand turns the piston.
Not for the faint of heart. It kind of reminds me of pouring from a big jug of olive oil into a tiny bottle opening on an oil dispenser - instead of getting the funnel out. You can't show any fear or the liquids will know.😅
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
They can always sense my fear, always.
@@bernadmanny LOL 😆
Ink seems to be like coffee. There's always an unexpected splash somewhere & most times it's a mystery how it happened.
I bought multiple Pineider inkwells when they first came out and just recently decided to experiment with one. I cut the bottom off and now insert the pen and then pour the ink in. Once done I empty the unused ink, remove the pen and rinse out the ink well. Do I recommend buying one to do this, no not really, but if you have one you're not using its a thought.
Interesting idea!
Do you happen to have a link to that syringe?
They don’t seem to make the large one anymore. But you can find smaller ones on AliExpress.
May I ask how many pens you have? Do you know?
I don't know precisely. My guess is about 150 to 200.
I thought I was being self indulgent for owning more than one! Thanks, you just made me feel a whole lot better. Enjoy!
Nice solution. Mine isn't that different than others: fill a fluted shot glass with the ink (or get specially made cones) and suck it up. Either way, any way, at some point, if, as I am, we are determined to enjoy it to the last drop, we're going to have to inject the remainder into the barrel, assuming that we can remove nib and feed.
But drawing down instead of up guarantees a full fill.
Oh! Yes, it does! Bravo!
I have never had any luck with these tubes someone sent me one once and I tried it and needless to say I was a smurf for a week
Mine worked like a charm. It depends on the section and how good a seal you can make.
@@InkquiringMinds I mean if you're gonna go through the process why not pull the nib feed and use a syringe it's cleaner
Now that the holidays come, you should gift 1 fountain pen to your followers
?This is a variation of a Varsity refill technique.
Yes.
Oh, that is clever.
Thanks to Wendi!