Targa 1002

[PEN FREAK]

Hello Gang, I have a Targa 1002 med. Can I use the Auroa king size cartdriges with it. or which ones can I use.

Thank You

[PenHero]

The *correct* cartridge for a Sheaffer Targa is the cylinder shaped Sheaffer Skrip cartridge.

 

You might be able to cram something else in there, but it might not fit and it might leak.

[PEN FREAK]

Jim, do you mean the regular Sheaffer Skrip cartridges? I don't understand when you say "cylinder shaped"

[PenHero]

Yes:

 

http://www.penhero.com/PenSale/SheafferStore/Pics/SheafferCartridgesBlue.jpg

[Gerry]

Jim, those cartridges do not appear to be interchangable with the older cylindrical cartridges that have the two ends the same. Is that true?

 

Gerry

[PenHero]

They are single ended, unlike pre-Slovenia carts. The flat end should be punctured. They fit all the Sheaffer standard Skrip cart pens I use.

 

Is it possible that your Targa is a Slim Targa? Those carts are different.

[UltraCollections]

If it is a slim model, you might be able to use/modify other carts, however as Jim said, chances are very strong that the pen will be a mess maker. Slim carts and converters are getting pretty tough to find.

 

Edit note: fixed the html tags for ya... Keith

Edited April 2, 2005 by Keith with a capital K

[Keith with a capital K]

Hey Darrel...good to see you made it!

 

On those carts, the standard Targa takes regular sized Sheaffer carts and I would not use anything else besides these except a convertor and as far as I know, Sheaffer still has squeeze convertors available in the US for sale.

 

The new Sheaffer carts can only be punctured on one end and the the redesign of the cart is actually quite nice as the inset on the other end allows one to carry the cart inside the pen for travel as the deep inset prevents the cartridge from being punctured.

 

Now... if they could just go back to using the inks I grew up with in those carts I might use more of them. I really think I have enough NOS Sheaffer carts here to last me a few lifetimes since they are so rarely used anyways.

 

I also have some thin Sheaffer carts that I was considering converting into Squeezac fillers as this might be a solution for those thin Targa loving folks who are having a hard time finding refills.