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I'm new to FPN as of today. Am trying to find out if there is a fountain pen with the following features:
1. large capacity for ink (international standard cartridges do not last me very long, not even the long ones)
2. a main ink reservoir and a smaller backup reservoir
3. If you are in the middle of writing-say in a meeting- and your main reservoir runs dry, you can do some sort of simple manipulation to change over to the backup reservoir that will keep you going for a few more hours.
4. in current production and costs less than, say $75.


I have looked for something like this on other web sites that describe the history of fountain pens. I looked at the patent list elsewhere on this FPN site. I was overwhelmed by the number of patents; skimming over halfway through the 500 or so patents and looking for promising titles did not turn up anything.

Hello... New user here!

I have some old Wearever fountain pens, and I'd like to find some ink cartridges for them. As most of you know, Shaeffer Scrip cartridges are too wide, etc. Can anyone point (pun intended) me in the right direction to find some? The empty cartridges in these pens are genuine Wearever - 2 1/4" long with a metal band on the bottom end.

Any help is greatly appreciated..

Thank you!!!

Steve G.