Filling Pilot Vanishing Point

[CatBookMom]

Are you using the original squeeze converter with your older Vanishing Point? According to richardspens.com (no affiliation, etc.), if you use the piston converter the mechanism won't work quite right and can cause the nib to dry out (at the bottom of the Vanishing Point page).

 

Thanks, Tyr, I'll check that out. It could be the problem; I might just go back to cartridges - I've got a syringe for refilling - and see if the nib dries out with the cart.

[NedC]

I would use the con-20 converter if you haven't tried. It's much more efficient than the con-50 piston converter.

 

Now I just got myself a Vanishing Point Decimo ànd a CON-20 converter and... the CON-20 doesn't fit. It's too wide and slightly oval-shaped. Is this a faulty converter or did I make a classic rookie mistake in thinking that the Decimo wouldn't be all that different from the 'regular' VP? *sigh*

 

It's a faulty converter. It should be round. I've got a CON-20 inf my décimo and it fits just fine.

[NedC]

I have noticed that some inks I use don't seem to play well with piston converters, especially Noodler's Polar Black and La Reine Mauve which tend to bubble and foam when I fill a converter with them. OTOH Noodler's Luxury Blue gives me no trouble at all and none of the Lamy inks nor Platinum Carbon have given me any trouble with foaming.