Searching Ink Converter For Vintage St Dupont Pens

[Axel63]

Hello,

 

I have a few numbers of ST Dupont fountain pens from the 70s and 80s, mostly "Classique", "Gatsby" and "Montparnasse".

 

As ink cartridges ares till available for these pens, new converters offered by ST Dupont or other retailers are ususally only suitable for newer ST Dupont pens.

 

So I was thinking about trying converters from an other brand, that might fit into an old ST Dupont pen.

 

Has anyone made any experiences in finding suitable converters for vintage ST Dupont fountain pens?

 

Many thanks in advance

 

Axel

[serpent]

If you have an empty cartridge use that as a guide to compare opening and length. You can always cut down an old cartridge and shellac a sac, making your own converter.

[londonbooks]

If you have an empty cartridge use that as a guide to compare opening and length. You can always cut down an old cartridge and shellac a sac, making your own converter.

 

Would love to know what the process is using a cartridge and a sac. How is that done?

[Axel63]

Thanks for your replies.

 

I vistited some jewelers during the last days an I found one, who had a Dupont converter left from the 80s and gave it to me for free.

That was nice.

 

I also found a jeweler, who gave me a current ST Dupont converter, I haven seen jet, and surprinsingly that one also seems to fit.

[viclip]

Thanks for your replies.

 

I vistited some jewelers during the last days an I found one, who had a Dupont converter left from the 80s and gave it to me for free.

That was nice.

 

I also found a jeweler, who gave me a current ST Dupont converter, I haven seen jet, and surprinsingly that one also seems to fit.

 

Current Duponts take the standard international cartridge/converter, the latter having been around for years. If the current converter fits your pens then I suspect that standard international carts will also fit your pens.

[opus7600]

Modern Parker cartridges and converters will fit the vintage Duponts.

[DavidD62]

I apologize for resurrecting this older thread, but I am also trying to sort out a converter problem for a vintage Dupont. Mine is a Saint-Germain, c. 1990. I started a thread about it over in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop, but maybe this is a more appropriate area. That thread:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/323432-dupont-saint-germain-converter-problem/?p=3856395

 

I have a genuine vintage S.T. Dupont converter that holds ink without leaking, but seems about 3 mm too long to fit in the pen. It is about 75 mm long. Yesterday I tried a Parker converter at a local pen store, but it did not seal properly. It looked like the opening was of a similar size, maybe 3 mm or so, and therefore much larger than the international standard, but it did not grip the feed.

 

Should I just try another different Parker and hope for the best?

 

Thanks in advance for suggestions.

Edited May 27, 2017 by DavidD62

[mitto]

Standard international converter would fit. Not Parker.

[speculator]

Since it's been some time since the last posting on this topic, I thought I'd ask whether anyone has had any fortune locating the old-style converters for these pens. Here's a photo of my Saint-Germain. I've been writing to pen shops, high and low.
Suggestions are welcome.

Merci!

Edited February 26, 2019 by speculator

[emetoyer]

Hello!  I had some success with the Parker slide converter and the short Parker cartridges.  Lovely pen the St Germain!

Bon Chance!