Ink Convertors & Cartridges of Fountain Pens (Quick Guide)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- Here's a quick guide to ink convertors, cartridges and ink refill systems of fountain pens.
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A newbie fountain pen user - using the Platinum Preppy... bought the multiple pack from Amazon after watching one of your older videos about them! I actually enjoy the process of using the needle to refill the cartridges with different colored inks. Great video as always, Teoh. Two thumbs up!! :)
Oh how funny! Started to watch this and I yelled out loud "Teoh's pen"!!! before you opened the case!!! So glad you found you fav pen!
I don't own a fountain pen yet. My birthday is in September, it is on my list!!!
I've been wondering where that pen went 😂
I recently got a syringe because I don't like throwing plastic away. I love using converters, though. I'm going to look at your favorite fountain pen, the Pelikan M200. Thanks for a great video!
So glad you found your pen!!!
had my hopes up there - I've been looking for a converter for the pentel brush pens for ages too!
That was very good and helpful information. 👍 Great that you found your Pelikan M200. 😃
Thanks for this review 😊
Welcome :-)
This is so informative. I too love to use my fountain pens with converters, but have a Pentel brush pen with cartriges. What ink do you use to refill that? Does is matter what kind of ink it is? Thanks for making these great videos!
I like to use watercolour with ink lines so I go for waterproof black ink such as Noodlers Bulletproof Black, Sailor KiwaGuro, DeAtramentis Document
I have the same question! I heard that some inks might mess up with the barrel of the Pentel brush pen so I'm scared. Also there are few inks where I live. I only can find Rotring rapidograph ink and Pelikan drawing ink (in the small square bottle) easily. I just buy a bundle of cartridges for my old trusty brush pen and hope I can make them last but I'm on my last one and haven't been able to buy another bundle. Hmmm. So, I was thinking if instead I could try ordering something online that is guaranteed to work great with my Pentel without damaging it. What can you recommend?
When I got my LAMY Al-Star, I chose to get cartridges instead of the offered converter. The reason was that the converter held less ink than the cartridge. I can always refill the cartridge as I have been doing with my Platinum Preppy.
Have you ever eyedropper converted any of you plastic pens? My Preppy isn't and I'm not so sure that I will in the future. I use my TWSBI Eco much more often and it is a piston fill pen. When filled, it holds a lot of ink.
I've not tried eyedropper before. I'm afraid of spillage.
Great insight, Teoh! I'm quite new to fountain pen, so I bought one that's fairly affordable--a Pilot Kakuno. And I'm still using ink cartridges up until now since I'm not sure how to use ink converters 😂 so thank you, this is very informative and helpful!
Nadiyah Hasnada I have a pilot kakuno (that I love!) but there are no converters that fit it yet, pilot only made that particular pen with cartridges only. Not sure if they've changed that, but I just refill the cartridges by syringe anyway!
You put the tip of the converter in the ink bottle, like a syringe and you fill it and put it in your pen :-) hope it helps
The Fairfax Curator they have a converter compatible for Kakuno. It's the Pilot Con-40
Lourdes Ortega yes, thank you 🤗
Pilot Kakuno can use Pilot CON-50 ink converter
Ohhh so useful 🤩 I had to buy a box with disposable ones but I don't like throwing away plastic !!
What's your favourite waterproof ink bottle to refill your fountain pens? Noodlers?
Thank you !!
I use Noodlers' Bulletproof Black. It's supposed to be waterproof although there are people who say it's not. Paper matters.
You can always take a syringe or a pipette to refill them!
Maggie Zou yes! I learned that thanks to this video 😄
Hi I have a Parker vector and the converter is broke, it's the piston push n pull one. Does Parker sell them in open or any other company replacement? That might fit Parker vector
Thank you this is very helpful! What is the name of the plastic case you keep your cartridges and converters which you showed at the beginning of the video?
It doesn't have a brand. Just a generic plastic pencil case.
Ooh, I hope someone in the comment section knows about a compatible converter for the pentel pocket brush pen. I'm looking for one too!
I have a qyestion. I have a fountain pen with cartridges but i wonder if it is possible to buy a converter and use that instead of cartridges? I dont feel like using syringy to fill those, syringies scare me
Hi Teoh. Thanks for the information ^_^ I use converters mostly, but like cartridges for travelling, but have found that most of them are not waterproof. I do have Pentel pocketbrush cartridge refills though, which are perfectly waterproof. How can I test if this cartridge fits other pens that I own (not Pentel ones) - do you just size it up manually? What should I look for when testing the fit?
You can research online and find out what's the right convertor for your pen. Those Pentel pocket brush pens don't have convertors as far as I know.
I believe they now do a different converter for the Kaweco sport.
I've read. Finally
Teoh do you still find you use the syringe refill method even with some of the converters? Some of the twist converters such as for the Lamy Safari, I just find easier to use the syringe anyway, as otherwise I can't get them above about half full!
I only use syringe for those pens that I can find convertors for
Congrats on finding your Pelikan M200 :)
Great videos! I'm really envious because I can't draw at all. Could you give us the model name of the push converter that you like? Is this a Standard International converter?
Some brands would use their own specific convertors. Some brands use generic convertors that are shared by other brands.
Which is cheap converter that can fit in platinum preppy???
Platinum converter
Sir can you tell me which converter is suitable for pilot metropolitan fountain pen?. Con 50 discontinued. So can i fit platinum converter on my pen????
Platinum converter is only for Platinum fountain pens. There are other Pilot converters that replace the CON-50. Can't remember which though. Or search ALIEXPRESS for CON-50 which may still exist
Will platinum gold convertor fit into pilot metropolitan?
Great video...I've watched a bunch and look forward to watching more!
I have a couple questions ... hope that's ok 😳😬 I'm just learning out how to use a fountain pen (probably too old at 49 i know🙄). I love to sketch, ink and watercolor...I've always used the microns, but the tip is very sensitive and doesn't love the texture and I have to be extra careful and they dry up....I also have rheumatoid arthritis and in doing research I've seen that you don't have to hold the fountain pen straight up like I do with the micron and that there's no hard pressing, even if I'm just writing, so less stress on my hands. But, I know nothing. I need waterproof ink, which seems to not be what comes in the pen cartridge, so a friend just gifted me an inexpensive fountain pen to try (Amazon basics) which came with cartridges but reviews said the universal (think that's the term) converter would fit so she got me a set of 2 converters plus platinum carbon black ink.
One of my questions is this...when I went to put in my converter, it is really tight, but I am also terrified of breaking something so it scares me to use force. But I finally got it go on and the bottom black part of the converter (it looked clear of yours but is black on mine) went in but then there is a band of silver after the black and I'm not sure how far I should push it on and don't want to break anything but also don't want to fill and have ink go all over :/
So any help is greatly appreciated!!!!
One more question...
I just LOVE the look of sort of messy loose ink lines with my watercolor. The nib it came with is fine, I'm wondering if I should also get (only when I can afford it) a pen with a Fude nib? Or are there better, but still very affordable, pens with all those nibs? Sorry for so many questions...I'm super excited but SUPER nervous to do it wrong :)
Thanks again for the help!!!!
Ink converter is supposed to be tight otherwise the ink may leak.
Don't worry about damaging the ink converter. You can't push it beyond the point that it's allowed to. And even if you damage the ink converter, a replacement is inexpensive.
That ring of silver is just for decorative purposes. As long as your ink converter isn't loose, and doesn't fall out on its own, it's tight enough.
You can use waterproof inks in ink converters and with fountain pens. Just make sure the waterproof inks you buy mention specifically they are safe for fountain pen use. For recommendations, watch this th-cam.com/video/5StYNJi7-hU/w-d-xo.html
And for fude nib fountain pen recommendations, watch this th-cam.com/video/YtN1V8-YnZQ/w-d-xo.html
@@teohyc hi!!! Thank you SO much for your help! I really appreciate it!
I've watched both of those videos you suggested a ton...an embarrassing amount😊 I'm older ad my brain doesn't retain to well.
I had asked you in another video which pen you used, just to get a frame of reference of what it looks like sketching and you said the Duke d2 fude nib...so would that be the same as the Duke 209 with fude nib? I just haven't found one with that exact d2 title and again, just don't want to mess up my choice as money is tight, well, real tight, but my husband knows my love and need for art so will find small ways to splurge for me when he's able, so don't want to buy the wrong one. And they seem to change color or look so what I see now seems to be a bit different. But I'll have to look on ebay as well, didn't think of that.
Ink that someone gabe me is the platinum carbon black...is that ok??
I just over your videos, your art is amazing and you explain things well and give so many options.
I can't thank you enough! I'm sorry for these extra questions 😊 but I appreciate the help more then you know!!!! 😊
@@jadedenthusiasms Platinum Carbon works alright. It's expensive though. Compare prices with SketchINK, DeAtramentis Archive, Sailor KiwaGuro too
@@teohyc thank you so much! Yea, I noticed that, it was a gift that's the only reason I have it :) I typically buy off Amazon mainly since we do the free prime shipping thing....but are there better prices I should be looking at elsewhere for these ones you mentioned? Are they waterproof? Do colors come waterproof as well? Seemed like waterproof wasn't as easy to find as I expected it to be. But if not then I'll learn how to use it as a bit of a wash in the piece.
Thank you for all your help and your videos, I truly truly appreciate all the hard work you do to share your work and help with us!!!! :)
@@jadedenthusiasms Here are my recommendations. www.parkablogs.com/content/waterproof-fountain-pen-inks-drawing
Get the brand that's easy or cheap for you to replace when you run out of ink
Would you by chance have a converter to fit a 20 year old sheaffer pen. The pen has a red transparent plastic barrel. I have a new never used converter I bought for the pen. It fits the nib but will not go into the barrell of the pen. If you have a converter that you think will fit would you have any interest in a trade? I will send this converter to you so you can look it over.
Not sure what converter that pen uses. Maybe contact Sheaffer?
@@teohyc I'll give it a go. If no help there I'll convert it into a dropper. What do I have to lose? Thanks for the suggestion.
I haven't used yet the fountain pens. What I've noticed though is that they have different nib angles 40 or 55% - 0_o Could you explain that?
Which models? Usually pens that are angled are to create specific strokes.
White Rabbit mentioned one pen in her vlog from Porto and I went looking. But then I found a video you've made about pen nibs and many things became clear. Thank you!! :)
Anyone know if I can put a converter in a zebra v301
Which one can be replaced by con-40?
Pilot ink convertor openings have a specific size. It's best to just buy the Pilot ones.
I may have a look at a new one then thank you, but no they certainly don't stay in mine, they drop out when you straighten the pen so not great for sketching 😂
Some useless but interesting information, I was told by Cult Pens this was for the same reason as the smiley face on the nib, it's an entry level pen to encourage younger teenagers to use fountain pens. They decided teens would not use a converter but only easier disposable cartridges, so made it cartridge only. Other sketchers were already using it though, so it could easily be different now 😊
I feel like a crow, eyeing that box of yours...
Sir can i get your email I would like to get some help with my fountain pens.
These little piston converters waste half the volume with the screw and piston mechanism. They only hold about half a ml which is tiny. Why not just large empty plastic tubes? You can get empty international long converters that I believe hold about 1.5ml. It just seems completely absurd to me that the empty plastic tube is not a more common system. About the only such system I've seen for sale is the Noodler's 308 empties, which hold a wopping 2ml - which is about what most piston fillers hold. But they only fit the Noodler's pens with push piston fillers like the Ahab. I mean, an empty tube is dead simple, no seals or fancy moving parts, can be refilled with a syringe, and like with prefilled cartridges you can carry a handful of them and swap them out if you ever run dry. And unlike piston, vac, or eyedropper pens, the ink cartridge is insulated from your hand heat, so very unlikely to warm up and burp ink.
The problem I find with most ink converters is that they don't hold enough ink.
The alternative is to get those fountain pens with huge ink capacity. Like the Pelikan or TWSBI fountain pens.
Hai Teoh... do a Schmidt converter works with sailor fude de mannen? or a sailor converter only work?
Only Sailor convertor work with Sailor fountain pens
@@teohyc thanks a lot