Lost Feed - Cross Solo 90's

[Espada4u]

Hi everyone, hopefully someone here can help me find where I can buy a cross solo feed from the 1990's.

Its the classic black with gold plated trim. It was my first FP and we lost it down a drain a few months back when cleaning it.

Not sure which other pen feed would be a match.

I also would like to get a converter for it and I'm not sure on that either.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Roger

[Tweel]

Unless you luck out with someone who has a Solo feed in their parts box, you'll have to buy another pen as a donor. Pilot made the Solo for Cross, so there may be some Pilot pen with a feed that fits, but your best bet is another Solo. All versions (e.g. Solo Classic, Solo Sport, Radiance) use the same section, nib and feed, so you can concentrate on the best price.

 

The Solo uses Cross' green push-on converter.

 

Good luck. A Radiance was the first fountain pen I'd bought (around 2003-4) since I was a kid in the early 70's. It's a good pen, and still a mainstay for me.

[Espada4u]

Tweel,

Thanks so much for the info.

It gives me somewhere to start in regards to the different models that would work.

 

I did not have a converter for it, so now I know which one to get.

 

 

I see the Radiance is very similar to mine.

 

They are such good workhorses. I was so amazed when I had left my Solo in a drawer for a good 2 years with a cartridge of ink and it still started writing without a hiccup.

I wonder why more modern pens in the same price range don't work like that anymore?

 

Again thanks for the info.

Roger

[Tweel]

You're welcome, and I hope it helps.

 

Two years? Wow. The inner caps on mine aren't that good.