Can Long International Cartridges Fit In The Pilot Mr?

[shivaji_singh]

Note that I am asking specifically about the Euro-spec MR and not the Metropolitan, which only uses Pilot proprietary cartridges. I'm wondering if larger standard international cartridges such as the Pelikan 4001 Giant Ink Cartridges can fit in the Pilot MR, given that that the MR's body tapers down away from the grip section.

[mbankirer]

The European Metro doesn't use the Pilot carts? Hmmm? Did not know that!

If the body is the same length as the Metro I have, it does look like it will accommodate the Waterman long cartridge.

Edited February 10, 2017 by mbankirer

[shivaji_singh]

The European Metro doesn't use the Pilot carts? Hmmm? Did not know that!

If the body is the same length as the Metro I have, it does look like it will accommodate the Waterman long cartridge.

Yeah, my European Metro aka the MR was shipped with a short blue ink international cartridge. I read elsewhere that Pilot could not keep the name Metropolitan for the Euro-spec version due to some copyright issue in the UK.

 

For posterity's sake, people should note that the Euro-spec version is sold in South Africa, and not the Metropolitan. As such, the MR does not come standard with a converter.

 

I will try my luck with some long cartridges, and I will update this topic with my findings.

[Emthigious]

Just tested it, and I can confirm it accepts Long International cartridges. Weird thing I just noticed; the Waterman long cartridges seem to have as much ink as a regular international one. They're only half filled.

[tamiya]

Don't have any long stds but I'm currently using Herlitz dualfit (Lamy/Std) carts in my MR, think they're as long as a long Std.

 

The Lamy tip at the unused end is probably chunkier than a std carts blunt end; fits fine under MR tail.

[awa54]

Waterman long carts are supposed to come filled to near capacity as you'd expect from any other brand of ink cartridges... You must have gotten either very old stock that had dehydrated significantly, or cartridges from a batch that snuck through QC with only partial fill.