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Post by schnacks on Apr 13, 2019 21:15:28 GMT
But my new favorite pen is the Kaweco Sport, and I'm loving using them with ink CARTRIDGES!
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Post by although on Apr 13, 2019 22:08:30 GMT
Get the torches!
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Post by penguy on Apr 14, 2019 2:34:44 GMT
Oh, horrors...a Kaweco Sport! Don't tell anyone but I have one too, use it for drawing
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Post by PhotoJim on Apr 15, 2019 4:12:56 GMT
I rather like my Kaweco Sport. I even got what I think is a cartridge converter that will fit it, but I won't know for sure until I finish the ink cartridge in it.
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Post by distractedmom on Apr 15, 2019 13:18:59 GMT
I just ordered a bunch of cartridges to use with my Diplomat Magnum. Cartridges are so convenient. I am a little wishy-washy about my Kaweco Sport. It's cute and fits nicely in my pocket, but mine is a bit of a dry writer.
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Post by radellaf on Apr 15, 2019 13:42:47 GMT
I'd say go ahead and enjoy the cartridges, maybe order some Diamine ones if you want "real ink," just save the empties to refill later when you just gotta use something from a bottle. I only ever use refilled carts in Kaweco sports and my one Lilliput, and the Karas Ink Mini. I have a (monteverde?) mini converter but why bother. I find I fill converters with a disposable pipette or syringe anyway, these days. Keeps the nib cleaner, and I flush the pens with a rubber bulb when I change ink anyway (so don't need the cleaning action of ink going the opposite way in the feed).
For fun, if it's a blue cartridge, you can add a bit of red once you've used a few drops and have a purple. Or if yoi have otherwise pretty useless yellow ink, make a green. Black is nice with red added, too, but hardly noticeable unless you're mostly through with the cartridge before you add it.
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Post by schnacks on Apr 16, 2019 14:01:25 GMT
When I bought my 2nd Sport, I ordered a selection of ink cartridges. I got some J. Herbin (which come in delightful little tins), Graf von Faber-Castell, and a Diamine multi-color pack. And I did buy a syringe so that I can refill them. I spent some time looking for empty cartridges online but they don't seem to be available to purchase empty. I will be doing a fair bit of travelling for the next few months so the convenience of the cartridges will be good. But I do look forward to filling some of empties with bottled inks one day!
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Post by radellaf on Apr 19, 2019 4:32:37 GMT
You can get packs of 40,70,100 cartridges on eBay at prices where you could just dump the ink (or save it in a vial). I've never seen empty carts for sale other than vintage (Waterman CF?). I have way too many boring blue and black int'l carts just because I kinda like playing with a whole pile of them.
The coolest packaging for them I think is Viscont's little plastic containers. Same idea as Herbin but tighter fitting. There's also a round dispenser thing, but it's more amusing than practical.
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Post by MKB on Apr 21, 2019 5:03:47 GMT
I fill a cartridge that's in my Pilot Capless. It holds more ink that a converter, and the Pilot cart hole is huge, so it's easy to fill with a cheap dropper. I bought a pack of yellow carts and dumped one out specifically for use with this pen. (Yellow, since I figured it was the easiest to fully wash out of the cart.)
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Post by radellaf on Apr 22, 2019 16:14:56 GMT
Good for you.
In the future, if they're cheaper, blue and black are really easy to wash out as well. The only thing different about black (Pilot anyway) is that after 5-10 years (more? IDK) the plastic gets a bit yellow tinted. Doesn't affect any ink you fill it with, just an aesthetic thing... for an item you don't even normally see.
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Post by eunice on Mar 23, 2020 22:21:26 GMT
I have a Kaweco sport. It's a cute little pen, and has an italic nib, which I love. I had been using cartridges, but as they're single-use plastic, I decided to switch to a convertor. So I bought one from Cult Pens. I's a wee, teeny, tiny thing! I haven't used it yet, but I don't know how I'm going to fill such a miniscule thing!
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Post by voiren on Mar 23, 2020 22:27:34 GMT
The Kaweco Sport converters are known for not being the most useful of things! I'm in the refilling cartridges with a syringe camp
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Post by motsamicaux on Mar 24, 2020 2:03:21 GMT
There's no time like the present, and no present better than a refilled cartridge.... It's like getting a new haircut, immediately after getting an old haircut. But, you know, I can see waiting for the right moment.... ...But I do look forward to filling some of empties with bottled inks one day!
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Post by penguy on Mar 24, 2020 6:01:54 GMT
Eunice and Voiren, One thought about how to improve on the Kaweco Sport converter is to make your own that will hold some ink. Now I haven't tried it but it should work. Cut the end off of one of the cartridges and find an ink sac that gives a tight fit over the cartridge and overlaps about 3/16", cut it so that there is about 3/4" (long enough so it goes up into the barrel and doesn't quite hit the end) above the cut off converter, use some sac shellac on the cartridge and slip on the ink sac. You will have a converter that is larger than the kaweko converter holding more ink. Just squeeze the sac with the nib in the ink and give it enough time to fill and carefully screw on the barrel (don't accidentally squeeze the sac when you are putting on the barrel or you will have ink all over)
Basically you are using the cartridge as a sac nipple. I have a Kaweco Sport and will try it with mine. I've been refilling the cartridges and purchased a converter (one of those useless things) and have pen sacs and shellac and intend to give it a try.
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Post by voiren on Mar 24, 2020 9:43:39 GMT
I've come across that before - the cartridge ink capacity is fine for me! Sounds like a fun project though
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