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I have been having some bad luck recently with Laureat I and Laureat II and the newer Waterman converters with the black snout. Every one leaks from where the converter plugs into the section. They leak quite a bit and I notice it when my hand gets all inky. The older converters with the metal ring don't do this. Also these converters don't do it either:

 

http://www.ipenstore.com/converter-fits-waterman-kultur-fountain-pens/

 

I put that link there so you can see what converter I mean. I don't have trouble with the other Waterman pens leaking with the newer Waterman converters. I am wondering if anyone else has noticed a problem like this.

 

My first thought today when my red mottled Laureat II leaked red ink all over my hand was "I'm done with Waterman." An overreaction, but I was seeing red. Then I checked my other pens to see what converters they had.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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The problem is that Waterman changed the seal from rubber to plastic (moulding) and it is too hard.

 

One of the early converters, Item 12 here, had a mouth piece of a very similar material and I do not think the version was around very long. I have one to hand now and you cannot flex the mouth like the chrome ringed models...because they are a rubber compound.

 

All I can suggest is that you bin the black snouted culprit and source a few early versions.

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Thanks for your reply and the insight. I found a few decent converters of the older type to put in the three Laureat IIs I have. The cheap converters in the link work well also. The newer converters seem to work OK in Kulturs and Phileas. Since you can only write with one pen at a time, I could move a converter from pen to pen, or just unload the Laureat version ones.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Pajaro, the converter you link to is not original Waterman.

 

I think it is just a cheap (probably Chinese) SI converter. Nothing wrong, nothing fancy.

 

Do you have any standard SI converters, like the Schmidts, a Pelikan, or Visconti, or Faber Castell?

I am sure they will work, much better than Waterman's current little black number...

 

What you could do with the black Waterman converter is put the black mouth under a hot tap and then seat it (uninked) and make sure you press it home well, and then turn it around for a bit. Let the plastic cool, turn again a few times, and then fill. Chances it will sit better. (Mind you, I don't own a black one from Waterman, I think I have a Parker one..)

 

 

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Pajaro, the converter you link to is not original Waterman.

 

I think it is just a cheap (probably Chinese) SI converter. Nothing wrong, nothing fancy.

 

Do you have any standard SI converters, like the Schmidts, a Pelikan, or Visconti, or Faber Castell?

I am sure they will work, much better than Waterman's current little black number...

 

What you could do with the black Waterman converter is put the black mouth under a hot tap and then seat it (uninked) and make sure you press it home well, and then turn it around for a bit. Let the plastic cool, turn again a few times, and then fill. Chances it will sit better. (Mind you, I don't own a black one from Waterman, I think I have a Parker one..)

 

 

D.ick

 

That's a good idea about heating the black tip of the converter. I will try this. I'll have to watch it loosening up over time. Those other converters you mentioned are worth trying too. I have also thought about using one of the older converters in a Laureat and then just moving the section from pen to pen as I feel like using a color of pen. Most of the pens are fines.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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