Waterman Carene With Parker Refills

[gincake]

I've decided to buy myself a Carene fountain pen, but I already have a few boxes of Parker Quink Ink Cartridges. Will the Carene take these or will I need to buy some of their own refills too?

 

Thanks

[RMN]

No, Parker and Waterman refills are incompatible.

 

You can get away with using a standard international cart in your Carene, but not a Parker.

 

 

 

D.ick

[gincake]

Thank you, saved me from ruining a very expensive pen!

[RMN]

Thank you, saved me from ruining a very expensive pen!

 

Good thing you asked.

 

When in doubt: ask here first.

 

 

 

Oh, and ehhh, welcome to FPN.

 

 

 

D.ick

[aeba]

I should visit grocery store but it's snowing and what ever so I just tried.

 

Seems pretty unlikely that you would have destroyed your pen. Since Parker cartridges are quite a bit wider than Waterman cartridges or international cartridges, it snags pretty far from the nipple. Also, that collar supporting the cartridge is metal.

 

I am not saying that one couldn't possibly force a Parker cartridge into a Carene, but that would need some effort.

 

(Now, putting a international / waterman cartridge into a Parker... but that is another topic)

[Mike 59]

Hi, Better still is to buy a Waterman cartridge converter (CC) if it will fit the Carene, then you can use an ink of your choice.

I have a W. Hemisphere and it does take the very common 'international' cartridges, which work out a few pence each if you shop around.

The Parker cartridges are much longer overall, but the big 'problem' is the end fitting to the section, it's much greater diameter, say 150% of a Waterman cartridge, so it's most likely that it would leak ink out all around the cartridge. I would think the Carene deserves the real thing !

Actually you can transfer the ink from the Parker cartridges to a Waterman CC by using a syringe, it works well.