http://www.instructables.com/id/E7GVNRZ7N0EXCFDVN1?ALLSTEPS

I like this person's ingenuity, but I could've sworn there was a less strenuous way of doing this.

Doesn't really seem worth the trouble, does it?

Yikes! Much ado about nothing... spend a few bucks extra and get a $10 refillable pen!

Y'know... after seeing that picture, I remember I used one of these back in high school. I remember it writing pretty well.

Yes- some of the Chinese and Japanese pens are decent performers for their price, and not a whole lot more than a couple of those Varsities.

Someone should buy him a real fountain pen...

If you look at some of the Duke and Hero pens on isellpens.com , even a Pilot Varsity seems to be a waste of money at times

give me a piston filler over that pen any day

Pull the section out rince out fill with ink put section back into pen Vers simple
Also works with a lot of the other pilot ink pens. Fill a lot of them with my own color of ink.

Chris

Here are other ways to fill that pen:

http://hans.presto.tripod.com/nibs/refill_varsity.html

Oh, well, we are told people climb mountains just because they are there. Someone had to try to figure out how to refill a Varsity. I have thought about trying it myself just to do it.