More Ink For My Duofold Centennial

[MTS2]

My first fountain pens were from Parker and one of my favorites was a golden brown vacumatic. The pen held tons of ink and would go almost a week and a half between fill-ups(ok maybe not that long). When I bought my first modern Duofold Centennial I overlooked the small size of the converter. Well after a few weeks I was noticing how often I had to refill the pen so I started to look for a solution to have the pen hold more ink. I knew I could not just eyedrop the pen, and I didn't want to fill cartridges, so I started looking for a bigger converter.

 

In my collection I remembered a Parker 45, the very first fountain pen from my father, that had a squeeze converter. After dusting off the pen I unscrewed the barrel and took out the converter. I inserted the 45 converter into the Duofold and it fit like a glove. So now my refills have become less often and I have a whole new appreciation for my Duofold. Also the flow of the pen is now perfect. Before I would have to put pressure on the ink in the parker deluxe twist converter when the flow of ink got too thin or air bubbles would not move.

 

I hope this little discovery will help others that find their Parker Duofolds are not holding enough ink.

 

 

 

[Gerd W]

Congratulations to your idea and success! I myself like to fill cartridges but I'm glad, that you have found a solution, which does satisfy you. Good to hear about your whole new appreciation of this famous pen!

[idazle]

Hi, very useful information. I like my Duofold Centennial, but get annoyed every time the line gets thinner as a result of flow discontinuity.

 

Could you upload a pic of your Parker 45 squeeze converter or else say if it's like one of these below?:

 

 

 

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Hi idazle

This is the ONE.

[idazle]

 

 

Hi idazle

This is the ONE.

 

Thanks!!!

[richardandtracy]

I have also found that the squeeze convertor above has helped with a number of less well flowing Parkers I possess.

 

I must admit I haven't used one in my Duofolds yet, but it sounds like it would be a good idea. My International in particular has a problem, so maybe that'll cure it.

 

Thanks,

 

Richard.

[Xenomorph]

You can get a ink syringe from the goulets and use it to clean the cartridge with clean water and then fill it with the ink of you choice.

[Romagno]

You can get a ink syringe from the goulets and use it to clean the cartridge with clean water and then fill it with the ink of you choice.

 

Yes, I too prefer to refill cartridges with a syringe and needle rather than use a converter - I find that the cartridge yields the best ink capacity.

[inkstainedruth]

I think that the Parker 45s are the first ones that took cartridges, so I'm all that not surprised that the squeeze converter fits (I don't know the length of the barrel of Duofolds vs. 45s, but I suspect that they're roughly equivalent).

I'm not swapping out the filler on my 45 for a cartridge, though....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[wangwei]

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[Johnnyjr]

Hey guys : regarding ink, what are u using for your parker duofold &/or duofold centennial fountain pens ?

I am presently using the iroshizuku murasaki - shikibu ink (purple) and it is fabulous .

 

Note : The duofold centennial pen (blue black metallic squares) that I wanted was not available in the USA , so I ordered from England.

Then , having sent the pan back for adjustments, the ink flow is fabulous.

[jhataway]

I am currently using a Parker squeeze converter that came with the 75 pens in my Duofold International, and the ink flow is perfect. Flow was not reliable when I used the current piston converter. Sometimes going backward is a good thing. I also refill Parker cartridges, as that provides a lot more ink. They work fine in my 75 pens, but not as well in the Duofold. Just my experiences.