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Hi all,

 

I've just taken delivery of a Pilot MYU and I have a question about its innards. I'm not very familiar with C/C pens, having last used one in school, but I think there is something missing in this pen. When I look down the section, I can see the clear plastic feed/cartridge holder with a semicircular collar, as can be seen on teardowns of the pen. However, within the collar I can just see the flat end of the feed. I believe there should be a little tube here to pierce the cartridge, and indeed if I insert a cartridge it remains unpierced.

 

I have tried to take a picture with my phone but it is pretty crummy.

 

Could anyone who has one of these pens help me out? What should this region look like, and is there something missing here? If so, is it something I have a chance of fixing? If there isn't, I guess I'll have to see if I can send it back for a refund.

 

Thanks!

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Hi,

 

I'll take a look into mine later on to compare with your photo.

 

But, just checking, are you using the Pilot IC-50 cartridges?

 

Regards,

Pedro

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Huh. Just had a look, and no, I'm not. The seller sent a bunch of unboxed cartridges with the pen that I assumed were correct, but they do not look like Pilot cartridges. I think they are international cartridges. That probably explains it.

 

I have a Pilot CON-20 coming so I can test if that fits.

 

Thanks for the help!

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International cartridges will not fit.

CON-20 works great, that is what came in mine.

Nevertheless, I like the blue Pilot puts on those IC-50s and that is what I normally use on the Myu.

 

Regards,

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Hello.

 

Yeah, I concur. Difficult to photograph with a phone.

But, here is my attempt. Blurry and indistinct, yet you should be able to make out the same configuration as your's (more ink stained, though - pen is in use)

 

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af351/shoulderhead/myuspike_zps272ef28a.jpg

 

I'd say that your pen is as it should be. Hold tight until your CON20 arrives.

As pmn points out: International cartridges will NOT fit.

 

 

Congratulations on your 701. Fantastic pen. Hope you get many years of pleasure and use from it.

 

Enjoy.

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CS388: Thanks very much for that, it puts my mind at ease. I just had a horrible sinking feeling that I'd got a dud when I shoved the cartridge in and nothing happened - I'd been waiting for ages to get one of these!

 

I constantly read people grousing on here about proprietary cartridge designs, you would have thought I'd know better than to just shove any old cartridge in without checking that it was correct... At least now I get where they are coming from.

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