Empty Ink Cartridges?

[StrawberryJam]

Does anyone know where I can buy empty MB short ink cartridges?

 

My Etiole came back from its nib swap (YAY), but sadly the monteverde mini converters do not fit as the neck is still too wide and the end does not fit snugly.

 

EDIT: I may have solved my converter problem. The Monteverde mini does not fit, but the regular international size converter seems to fit fine. Note that the standard K5 schmidt converter will not fit because the neck is too wide at the front, but for some reason the Monteverdes are working out for me.

 

My original question still stands though - anyone know where you can buy a supply of empty MB cartridges, or am I stuck with making my own by emptying out a few?

Edited June 30, 2015 by StrawberryJam

[Pentulant]

I don't know where you can buy them. However, any international short cartridge will work and there are loads of inks available in that format.

[graystranger]

Since I usually fill empty cartridges with bottled ink, it never bothered me to empty and flush a full cartridge and re-fill it with the ink of my choice.

 

No one to my knowledge sells empty cartridges of any type.

 

I recently got a new pen (a Kickstarter pen) that uses the short international cartridges and is too small to take any converter. I had no qualms about emptying some filled Pilot or MB cartridge that I've had sitting around for several years. Life it to short not to use an ink of my choice because it doesn't come in cartridges.

[athar201]

hello

 

there i can give you mb empty dried up cartridges please mail me back if you need them

 

ali

[tinkerteacher]

You can buy empty international short cartridges off Ali Baba and eBay.

 

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Eco-friendly-Fountain-Pen-Ink-Office_1418513157.html?s=p

 

Unfortunately, most of 'em are only available in lots of thousands. Every once in awhile though, a Chinese manufacturer will have an overrun, and offer up a couple dozen or hundred for fractions of a penny each.

Edited June 30, 2015 by tinkerteacher