Anyone Has Turned A Namiki Falcon Into An Ed?

[Oldtimer]

I am not that fond of the smallish volume the pen carries, it's the shortes one there is and difficult to fill.

 

I am thinking If I could. Turn it into an ED or buy another cartridge that fits it. What's it's name?

 

Many happy new years all!

[Algester]

without knowing about the metal threads on the Elabo I can't be too certain you could probably give it an ED body if thats what you fancy contact payton? street pens if they can have Ranga manufacture you a body or Edison

[Oldtimer]

I was thinking about using the same body as I don't see any metal parts, though I have to check again. One caveat though, is that I don't like EDs that are not transparent; so yes, a new barrel with the same shape could be a great idea. I wonder if i am "uglyfying the dame" instead of improving her.

 

Thanks for the advise, it looks like something doable- (when I have the means) if i dare. She is right now sleeping the sleep of the unused on a nice penvelope by F-C for this reason.

[Peppers]

My resin falcon has a metal ring at the end of the body. It means that the body has a cap of its own, so it is not completely sealed. Things can go very wrong with that. It can leak and get rusted.

[Oldtimer]

BOk, its a no-go. Thanks, folks!

[tragique]

I haven't considered turning it into an ED but I've considered sawing the bottom part of a cartridge off and shellacing a latex/silicon sac on the other end, so it would be kind of like a bulb-filler and could maybe hold 1ml+.

[Icywolfe]

You could turn it in to an ed if you found a way to cover the metal section threads. Maybe a buttload of grease?

 

You can just refill the carts for 1 ml of ink.

[jar]

I haven't considered turning it into an ED but I've considered sawing the bottom part of a cartridge off and shellacing a latex/silicon sac on the other end, so it would be kind of like a bulb-filler and could maybe hold 1ml+.

The Pilot cartridge hold about 0.9ml of ink so how much would you even gain?

[Peppers]

You could turn it in to an ed if you found a way to cover the metal section threads. Maybe a buttload of grease?

 

You can just refill the carts for 1 ml of ink.

 

Have you tried removing the cap above the metal ring? I am not even sure that is possible without damaging the finish. My pen is too pretty for that.

[Icywolfe]

 

Have you tried removing the cap above the metal ring? I am not even sure that is possible without damaging the finish. My pen is too pretty for that.

It looks like it's a single piece of injection moulded resin.

[hari317]

 

I am thinking If I could. Turn it into an ED or buy another cartridge that fits it. What's it's name?

 

I think it is best to go with refilling the standard Pilot Cartridge.

[Oldtimer]

I think it is best to go with refilling the standard Pilot Cartridge.

if you mean the atandard long Pilot cartridge, that may be the solution. I do not want to damage,the exterior which is really nice, with the other solutions. Since i always use the converters and disregard the cartridges on all my pens, I didn't realize that the regular long Pilot cartridge would be fitting and that I probably came with one or two which I must have which thrown in with others in a box or drawer. It can hold more ink than the converter I suppose since they are longer than the converter it came with. Injecting ink is easy and quick.no damamges to finish. Thank you! Edited January 4, 2016 by Oldtimer

[Icywolfe]

if you mean the atandard long Pilot cartridge, that may be the solution. I do not want to damage,the exterior which is really nice, with the other solutions. Since i always use the converters and disregard the cartridges on all my pens, I didn't realize that the regular long Pilot cartridge would be fitting and that I probably came with one or two which I must have which thrown in with others in a box or drawer. It can hold more ink than the converter I suppose since they are longer than the converter it came with. Injecting ink is easy and quick.no damamges to finish. Thank you!

The Con20 holds equal to the Cart, but it's not see through.

[hari317]

The Con20 holds equal to the Cart, but it's not see through.

Con20 holds 0.5ml as per Pilot:

 

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OTOH, the Pilot cartridge holds approximately 1.0ml of ink.

 

HTH

Edited January 5, 2016 by hari317

[Icywolfe]

What. Ever since some list shown con20 = cart I never cared to check. My mind is blown. Like my brain is now in the earth's atmosphere.

 

Also where to buy the con40?

[Algester]

CON-40 will start circulating later this month so it wont be soon... question when will that reach the US when the CON-50 and CON-20 stock might be long dry

[Mon34480]

CON-40 will start circulating later this month so it wont be soon... question when will that reach the US when the CON-50 and CON-20 stock might be long dry

 

 

You can always order directly from japanese retailers and/or use a forwarding service like tenso since most retailers refuse to ship internationally. It's normally ~3$ extra for the service fee so it's nor that expensive

 

Think most people are "stocking up" on con20s more over than the con50 tho seeing as it is the preferred for more ink and fits the vintage pilots well.

Edited January 5, 2016 by Alteyz