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Charles Skinner

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This will seem like a silly question from an "old time" fountain pen user, but here goes. --- I have put converters INTO pens before, but never actually removed one. The ones I put in the pens were just the "push in types." As I understand it, some converters are threaded. So, how can I tell if it is a "push in" or a "threaded" if I did not actually install the device? If threaded, I certainly could cause damage if I put too much pressure on it trying to remove it. Thanks for your answer.

 

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The obvious suggestion is to twist gently and pull gently. That will unscrew a screw-in converter and do no harm to a push-fit converter.

 

I own only one pen with a screw-in converter. The metal sleeve that receives the converter has extremely visible screw threads. I don't know if that's equally true of other such pens, but it's an indication to look for.

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Hardly any converters are screw in now. Montblanc current version is, and the old version of Waterman is. However, as the previous poster says, if you twist gently and pull gently you will be fine.

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It is the internal version of using some pens with slip or clutch caps, some with screw caps. If recognition is not immediate then make a habit of slightly "tightening" the cap before removal. If it moves, pull it off, else unscrew it. Same same.

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The only pen I own with a screw in converter is a Cross Verve (and they were only on the market for about 4 years, apparently). Even my other Cross pen, a Solo, has a push-in converter (and I hesitated to get it until I found out what model it was so I knew which type of converter I would need.

But now you've got me curious as to what brands/models take screw-in converters....

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Some Kaigelu 316 are screw-in, some arn't. I have one that isx and one that isn't. The convertor itself is threaded but sometimes the section isn't.

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I have a threaded converter in a Cross Apogee but it can use a "push in" one. Also owning the Conklin Duraflex that comes with a "screw in" converter but it can use a normal cartridge.

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I just noticed that my Waterman Phileas has a converter that has something that appear to be threads, but may not be. I have always just pushed it in without issue. Perhaps they are ridges to just help it not work its way loose. I really don't know. I bought this one from jjlax10 in December 2012, I believe it is a mid 2000's model. The one I bought in the 1990's (and no longer have) had a different converter. (no ridges)

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