Filling a piston cartridge-converter fountain pen

[cxkozel]

i recently ordered a pen online and it has cartridges can i use a converter and where can i get one and where can i buy ink?

[hisnibs1]

@cxkozel You can search for 'fountain pen ink' and for 'ink converter' and you'll find hundreds of locations. Whether or not your pen will take a converter depends upon the pen. I would suggest contacting the online location that you purchased it from in order to find out.

[cxkozel]

@hisnibs1 k well i bought it on ebay and it is a schneider fountain pen.are most pens able to use a converter?

[hisnibs1]

@cxkozel *Most* pens, yes. Even though you purchased it on eBay, you can still contact the seller and ask them if this particular Schneider pen takes a converter, and if so, which kind.

[iMaKeUsHoOk]

@cxkozel You should try the inks sold at His Nibs (the site belonging to the uploader)...great inks by the name of Private Reserve

[rustyshackleford1996]

Can you put a converter in a Cross Aventura fountain pen? I am sick of buying cartridges every week.

[hisnibs1]

@rustyshackleford1996 Apparently, according to the thread entitled 'New Cross Aventura in Staples' (search that string, which will take you to the Fountain Pen Network) one of the Cross converters will fit...but there's some controversy as to which one, as you'll see from the discussion. I'd suggest calling Cross directly.

[JellyBellyMystic]

I know, it feels like I "caught" something and now I am all of the place looking at what to buy. I can't seem to get enough...

[hisnibs1]

@JellyBellyMystic You'd better stay away from my Delta page on hisnibs then! :-)

[JellyBellyMystic]

Delta pens are beautiful. I have just discovered them today. Pure beauty.

[hisnibs1]

@JellyBellyMystic Yes, Delta has come out with some terrific pens over the years. Their flagship Dolcevita pens are iconic.

[hrehowsik]

i've gotten hooked on fountain pens in the last year or two. your videos and tips have proven very helpful. thank you.

[hisnibs1]

@hrehowsik Thanks very much for the kind words. There's no help for you now. Once you're hooked, you're hooked! :-)

[hisnibs1]

@hrehowsik Thanks very much! Somehow, I missed seeing your post until just now. My apologies.

[endymion84]

Great video. Really clear explanation of how the piston converter works. Do you prefer these to the "squeeze" style converters? Also, since it's a bit hard to see in the video, how much of the nib do you submerge in the ink?

I also assume when you empty the ink out of the cartridge, you're doing it with the nib submerged. Is that correct?

[hisnibs1]

@endymion84 Thanks for your kind comments! I'm much more concerned, personally, with the nib and overall design of a pen than I am with the filling system. However, if I had to choose, I guess I'd say that I like an integrated piston filler best of all.

You should submerge all of the nib, and a bit of the section, when filling a pen. That insures a proper draw of ink, and you can just wipe off the section when finished.

Yes, you want the nib submerged throughout the entire process.

Norman

[TaviYamato]

I LOVE FOUNTAIN PENS ! ESPECIALLY META CHINESE ONES WITH 2 EUROS !

[rubikscube10111]

why not just take the cartridge converter off then fill it that way instead of dumping the nib in the ink

[hisnibs1]

@rubikscube10111 Because drawing up ink through the nib/feed has a cleaning and lubricating effect. That's why bottled ink is superior to using a cartridge.

[rubikscube10111]

@hisnibs1

i have an X750 BÜLOW FOUNTAIN PEN 18K GOLD NIB, i have been filling it by by taking off the cartridge converter, filling it and putting the en back together. so i have a couple of questions, do i dump the entire thing in there? or 1/4 hmmm.

[hisnibs1]

@rubikscube10111 As I mentioned to your earlier post yesterday, drawing up ink through the nib/feed has a cleaning and lubricating effect. That's why bottled ink is superior to using a cartridge.

[rsmspencer]

The Monza is such a beautiful pen, one of my absolute faves.

[Onomonomeea]

His voice is soothing in a strange way. You should watch these videos when you are falling asleep.

[inkmama]

Just found it--never mind!

[hisnibs1]

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[inkmama]

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[hisnibs1]

Thanks much. I've *just* put up a Facebook page. After the regular Facebook address, just add /pages/His-Nibscom/78639347704

[inkmama]

I tried accessing it but no luck!

[rch456789]

Hey! I have the same ink! just bought it yesterday :)

[EZGROOVEGIRL]

THANK YOU So VERY VERY MUCH! Your instruction was SO VERY HELPFUL!

I have had a used Montblanc Meisterstuck 146 kicking around & never figured out how to fill it with ink. Tried a # of times just not getting the order of this procedure right. When i listened your your concept of the piston & followed along, my seemingly "endless BLONDE moment" was over!

Much appreciated.Thankyou! MUCHO Gracias. Danke, Merci, Mahalo, Arigato!

GOD BLESS ya. Elizabeth from Vancouver, BC CANADA.

[hisnibs1]

Hi Elizabeth,

My pleasure (I only know how to say that in one language). :-)

Regards,

Norman

a/k/a His Nibs

[amaka56]

wow that helped so much

thanks a lot

i just got a mont blanc fountain pen as a gift

when i opened it, it looks kinda the same as yours

it has a black screw on the top and the piston goes up and down

but it also has a spring

is this also a piston converter, and do u fill it the same

and also, should i put the whole pen tip in, or just the very tip?

also, do u have any recommendation for ink?

im sry that this is a long message, but i would appreciate the help

[xmodmaster97]

not so sure about what u mean by spring, but about filling, dip the nib COMPLETLY in ink and then fill however method needed

[froofree123]

Awesome! This video is so cool and you're even cooler! I never thought I'd find something to actually get this pen working. And well, get me to understand how to get it working! :) Thanks a million! :D

[hisnibs1]

My pleasure. Enjoy your pen!

Norman

[froofree123]

I have a question. My pen has in the converter a spring. Does that make it a cartridge converter or a piston converter? How am I supposed to fill it? My pen is a Daniel Steiger is that should help.. :) Thanks!!

[hisnibs1]

Hi. I'm unfamiliar with your particular pen, but it sounds like it's a cartridge/converter (it's a converter if the filler is removable so you can put a cartridge in it...hence 'convert'). If there's a loose spring inside, that's an ink agitator, so that the ink doesn't adhere to the sides of the reservoir. If it filler has a twist knob, then this video is appropriate as an instruction guide.

[hisnibs1]

If it *does* have a twist knob -- and is removable -- then it's a piston cartridge/converter.

[SabraDulkin]

Thank you, thank you thank you!!! FInally I know what to do with the converter!! I has been years!! Thank you!!!

[hisnibs1]

My pleasure!

Regards,

Norman

[thibaulthalpern]

I have a Rotring fountain pen, contemporary design with a piston cartridge converter. I love it too. I love extra-fine nibs because my hand writing is small.

[dinasaur2]

It's wonderful that the fountain pen continues to gain more fans.

[dinasaur2]

How and when do you clean this pen and do you use water?

[hisnibs1]

Yes, room temperature water is the appropriate substance for cleaning a fountain pen. You'd use a combination of rinsing under the faucet, soaking the nib and converter in a bowl of water, and placing on a damp paper towel to wick out remaining ink. The idea is for the nib/converter to run clean of one color, before you use another.

[dinasaur2]

Thankyou-I enjoy your tutorials about the fountain pen. I have a collection but there from China and they are beautiful and still use Celluloid for the body of the pens. They are cheap etc but surprisingly they are good to draw with. Sir, you can see the results of my "fountain pen drawings here at youtube-google my id "dinasaur2" if you like.

[hisnibs1]

Very nice! I've subscribed to your videos and look forward to viewing them all. My brother is a cartoonist, and draws very well. It's *not* one of my talents! :-)

[dimputhegreat]

which brand of fountain pen is that fat pen and whats the length with cap posted?& cost?

[hisnibs1]

Thanks for your comment. As mentioned at the beginning of the video, that's a Delta Monza. They were a limited edition and are no longer available.

[SongwindGlobal]

Do you dip the pen in all the way to the section? My previous pens were Sheaffer inlayed nibs. I just got a Libelle with a "normal" nib for the first time, and when I filled it earlier I couldn't seem to get it to draw ink through the nib. I ended up filling the converter directly, but that left the section completely empty, of course.

[hisnibs1]

Hi,

Yes, except for a Sheaffer Snorkle, I submerge the nib and a little bit of a pen's section in the ink. If you didn't do that with your Libelle, then it's likely you were drawing in primarily air. :-)

[SongwindGlobal]

Thanks. That would do it. I thought you just had to cover the breather hole.

[lolo2556]

how much did that pen cost?

[hisnibs1]

Hi,

My recollection is that these retails in the $400-500 range.

[kameecookie]

Thank you so much! I'm one of the young kids who grew up on low quality pens and this is my first time handling a fountain pen. I had absolutely no idea how to work it and thank goodness for this video or otherwise i would have been lost! *smooches*!

[hisnibs1]

My pleasure...and thanks for your kind words!

[sharonspens]

Very helpful! I have a number of C/C pens, but I have never caught the idea of filling the converter twice to make sure I have expelled the air from it. Duh!

[hisnibs1]

Hi,

Thanks for the kind comments. Filling a converter twice is not something that's particularly obvious...and I've never really seen it suggested in user's manuals! :-)

Regards,

Norman

[keeponkeepingon]

Thanks Norm (Your Nibness)

...Excellent tutorial... I recently given

a son-in-law with his first fountain pen and

I will recomend your video.

Please do one of the Conklin Bladder filling

Mark Twain pen..

Your loyal subject from Western Pennsylvania

doug

[hisnibs1]

Thanks Doug! I don't have a Conklin Mark Twain Crescent filler in my collection to demonstrate, but you'll see quite a few other filling systems in coming videos. :-)