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Hello all Waterman fans :)!

I am soooo close to a purchase of a Waterman Perspective Time Edition Light Blue and I was wondering what cartridges you can refill it with other than with Waterman's.

Thanks so much!

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Dingan

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I'm not 100% but I'm pretty sure only Waterman this is because even though the Waterman cartridges look exactly the same as standard international they are slightly slimmer and I think this has been the case since the late nineteens Waterman have been making the inner diameter of the grip section (where the cartridge goes) slightly slimmer so only there cartridges work in there pens. However as standard international pens have a wider inside diameter of the section Waterman cartridges will still fit.

 

It's quite clever as ultimately by doing this they make there ink cartridges compatible with a wide range of pens but at the same time they only make there pens compatible with there cartridges.

 

Please correct me If I'm wrong Force, Dick etc

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I have a Kultur and another School pen, both can use Standard International Cartridges/Converter

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Blue Knight is mostly right. Some Watermans will suffer other makers' cartridges-- I've had Diamine and Pelikan in a Hemisphere. Others won't allow it, and it seems to be a function of how much they cost.

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For the life of me, I can't get the little Diamine carts to work consistently in my Carene. They seem to fit, but the flow eventually stops.

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Yep, as Ernst and the Blue Knight have said: some do and some don't.

 

I don't have a list which pens take international shorts.

 

There is even a difference between different brands of int shorts. The nipple is "almost" identical, but the bottom on the int shorts flares just too much on some.

 

My Carenes have no problem with the short int. My Charleston does not accept them, same with the Expert II. However these accept the LONG Pelikan Edelstein carts.

Don't have my other Watermans near.

 

IF it fits when there is a brass ring inside: DO NOT try to ride a spare in piggyback, likely you won't get it out. Carene would be no problem.

 

I do not own a perspective, so I can't tell you there.

 

 

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