Did I Get The Wrong Ink?

[Ylvan]

I bought cartridges in a pen store for my m90 but when I was about to use one ( it's a mixable colour package of 22 cartridges) I read on the back of the package "this cartridge is exclusive for Pilot Parallel pen. Fo not use it for other writing insyruments."

Hm? I went in to this luxuary pen shop and showed them my pen. Can I trust to use the cartridges?

[Uncle Red]

I was about to say yes you can use them. The first issue is that they are Pilot cartridges so they should fit your pen. I don't see any reviews of these inks yet. The Parallel is more tolerant of thick inks than most pens but I don't think these inks are really think. Nothing I've seen on them would indicate anything special about them except that you can mix them in the parallel pens.

I'd go ahead and try one.

[Joker4Eva]

Don't think it's a problem. With my limited experience with inks, especially Pilot inks, I'd say "Just go for it!".

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but although Pilot pens have different converters, their cartridges still are the same, and can be switched around. Hence, there shouldn't be a problem with different cartridges, just beware of their converters.

[Tberry010]

Certainly not an expert nor chemist and don't have the M90 but have used these in several other Pilot pens with both gold and steel nibs and no problem. These inks are perhaps a little 'thinner' than regular Pilot ink and have just about zero water tolerance.

On the other hand, they blend really well and can produce some interesting results.

Should be no problem in your pen.

[Ylvan]

Thanks for your replies!

 

What do Tberry010 mean with water tolerance?

Edited December 30, 2012 by Ylvan

[Uncle Red]

Yivan, the regular Pilot inks, especially the Blue, are water resistant. If you spill some water on a page some of the ink will stay on the paper so you can read what was written. Tberry010 is saying the mixable inks are not water resistant at all and your writing will disappear if the page gets wet. It also means that the ink will wash out of clothing easily.

[Tberry010]

Sorry to be late but Uncle Red has it just right. Have fun with these inks but don't write your last will and testament with it.

[RMN]

Reviving this old topic.

 

In the replies above people did not seem to have much experience with these inks. Does anyone now have more experience with these?

 

I bought a package with 12 assorted colours, and 3 packages with 6 blue blacks. Blue black is my favourite ink-clour, and alas Pilot has no regular cartridges in this colour.

 

The packages state "exclusive for Parallel Pen" And "do not use for other writing instruments."

 

I had bought the inexpensive Kakuno pen to use these in, but the Kakuno I get in the Netherlands has a standard international connector, (just as my MR2) and does not take proprietary Pilot carts.

 

So I would like to know if I will damage my expensive Pilots with these? The fact that the ink is not waterproof is not interesting to me, my concern is the pen. (just as I had problems in the past with Parker Penman...)

 

Thx.

 

 

D.ick

[Icywolfe]

Use them nothing is wrong with them.

 

It's like Pilot's way of making people choose IRO colors than cheaper colors.

Edited December 20, 2014 by Icywolfe

[Arkanabar]

My mix blue turned my 1.3mm Viewpoint from an annoying pen into a nearly unusable pen, with hard starts, skippiness, almost zero off-cap time, and general unreliability. My Parallel is able to handle my mix blue entirely without issue. It also runs a LOT more transparent with inks besides the black cartridge that it came with. Only full-strength Borealis Black has come close to the saturation that the Parallel cart had.

 

The Parallel's feed reminds me of my old Precise V5 rollerballs, but smaller. I have no idea how it compares to your more expensive Pilots, or to a Varsity. The nib is a doubled piece of flat sheet metal spot-welded to itself, and the ink runs down the middle by capillary action. The Pilot carts will not fit my Platinum Plaisir (which shares its nib and feed with the Preppy).

 

I think the Parallel inks are going to be very heavily saturated, probably more so than anything else in your ink wardrobe. But I also suspect they'll clean up pretty well.

[Algester]

looking at the cartridge they are very thin... but has a bit of "mix resistance" due to their design I havent used these inks yet for reasons I'll be having a hard time acquiring them if I like how they "play"