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Ah ok, didn't realize that. Attaching one now.

The slimline converter was introduced around the time of the uber-thin Parker 180 (c.1975) IIRC. I suspect that the majority if not all of the Parker models that followed were designed around the slimline converter and its similarly skinny descendants. The Parker 35, Parker 50, Parker 85, Vector, Parker 88/Rialto, Arrow/Parker 95 all will not take the broader converters, for instance (I have just checked). The barrel of the c. 1983 Parker Premier is broad enough to accommodate the wider converter but I wouldn't like to try my luck and tighten everything up! The good news of course is that the narrower converters should be backwards-compatible thanks to Parker's forward-thinking many years ago.

I managed to clean my pen and get the piston to operate again thanks to these instructions. What a great source FPN is.

Oh, it will definitely have the proper engraving, every special edition has had this as an option and you've always gotten the proper engraving (even buying a Petit Prince that was out of production for 3 years at the time I bought it had the benefit of the correct nib engraving on the swap, though it took longer than normal to get that), but I don't believe you would get your original nib back, just that the replacement nib will look the same visually.

Same section, which is where most of the problems pop up. But they can be REALLY ugly. I mean really ugly. I've seen them.

A green Sunderland Mk1 with an Ohto Ceramic C-310 1.0 blue-black refill.

Do you know anyone/anywhere that has one of those for sale? In my experience, they’re about as easy to find as a heartfelt, genuine apology from a politician 😉

Not an uncommon style for 40s or so era celluloid. Here's a Moore in an interesting model, and they had the striated celluloid in silver/grey, brown, and a brown/copper mix.

Thank you.

I have an order for the 149 with BB and a Classique with OM. Even though I didn't believe the rumors, I specifically asked the German retailer if it was true that any nib other than M would not have 100th Anniversary engraving: the retailer assured me this is not true, that then entire nib range is available and said that MB would never go through the trouble of creating a special pen only to spoil it afterwards with a nib that doesn't belong to it (which, makes a lot of sense).

I suppose if there is an air leak your CON-70 could be the problem. But I would simply make sure it's all the way inserted and then move on to other possibilities. I like @HowardC's suggestions. How well do you wipe down the drenched feed after you fill the pen? I always use a cloth and absorb as much as can easily be absorbed. Another idea: after unscrewing the cap do you quickly yank it off the pen? That can cause a vacuum and pull ink out, although I can't imagine that causing ink drops in the cap. Also, don't overestimate the frustration with the CON-70. It's human nature that we complain more than praise, and the internet and search engines exacerbate that. If a converter works really really well I would expect to hear very little about it. The CON-70 also has usability issues that are not at all apparent. Is it a shortcoming in the product if it requires training to use it? Actually for a converter, when the alternatives/competition require no training, I think the answer is "yes". A shortcoming of the design, as opposed to a flaw in the execution.

Provided that you are fairly sure of not having it filched, why wouldn't you?

The benefit of a clear is to avoid an edge that will catch wear. I will be very surprised if anybody who has a nib swap gets their original nib back. Maybe what they meant is the nib you get back will have the same engraving.

Yes, the CON-70 is certainly harder to fill when held at an angle. I think that is not understood by some people, which can lead to frustration. And of course the natural thing to do when trying to fill from a nearly empty bottle is to hold it at an angle. Pilot somewhat addresses this by having ink fill from the front of the feed instead of at the section, but that only goes so far. And most people seem unaware of that design feature, too; or else they just don't appreciate it. I try to sneak it into a conversation when I can, but probably just come off as obsessed nerd. 😛

Five years? You waited five years? An epic romance.

Without a writing sample it’s nearly impossible to tell.

Any idea where I can find that patent? The illustration says "PAT. NO. 410661.424210." Maybe that's two patents and the "." is a separator? Either way, I'm not having any luck. I could search by those numbers and find something that looked like a patent, but they had nothing to do with pens.

This colour would have been more suitable for a late romantic composer He's a phoenix this one You never know

Thanks for the information but I plan to be gentle with my lacquered pen. As you say there does not appear to be a clear-coat but I don’t know why it would be necessary. Even though I intend to use it I won’t be going swimming with it (not like Ripley in the Netflix series 😅). Cheers.

Yes, a very good friend has sent his for OBB and EF and was assured he would be receiving the original nib. Also my Boutique has assured me not to worry but I can’t part with it for more than six weeks which I would think very unreasonable given how busy MB is at the moment. I’ll probably modify my M to an italic (only from the bottom so it won’t show). Today received a restocking notice for the 149 MST 100 but was told that all the pieces that arrived were already allocated for previous orders and none in Canada and only three showing in the US.

The Pilot Precise V5 (black) has been my daily writer for many years. Today is no different. However, I admit that I've never even considered finding a nice, refillable roller ball pen. I guess that needs to change.

@Number99 I apologize for not replying sooner, but I wanted to spend time looking at them, especially with a separate window and deepl because the translators I was using were not helpful. Thank you very much for both of your posts about the CON-70. Those are helpful to me. I know I have a disassembled CON-70 somewhere. If I can find it (and that's a big "if") I'll sit down with those drawings and the parts and work my way through it. The little hole in the tube is something I recall seeing but just dismissed it. I obviously shouldn't have done that: the fact that they bothered to put it there means it's there for a reason.

it hard to say..it looks like a medium nib tip, regards.

I would not use Tamiya polishing compound in my practice. It's great stuff, made for scale model construction, which I also do. Tamiya nails it for polystyrenes in everything they make. But it's, my view, a bit rough for pens. I don't use Novus with pens either, prefer sunshine rags and Micro Finishing compounds. Tim

Hello, I'm very new to the MB journey, and trying to identify the nib size on this pen. I wrote with both Medium and EF in the local store (their floor sample), and they insist that mine is a EF. But to my inexperienced eye (by how much ink it puts on the paper) it appears to be a M. I don't want to go through a nib exchange if it is indeed an EF, but I wanted to check if there is any way to be sure what size it is? Thanks!