Sheaffer Noob: Nononsense Vs Connaisseur

[ENewton]

One other thing: I've got loads of cartridges, which are all from the 90s. The one I've tested seems to work fine, but are there any known problems with old cartridges, like sediment forming and clogging up the works?

 

I don't want to throw them away needlessly, but obviously, I can easily buy some more if necessary.

 

A year or two ago, I went through a set of Sheaffer cartridges from the 90s, and the only problem was with a cartridge of Sheaffer brown, which was not brown at all but an unattractive pale green. A scribble did not reveal any problem with the texture of the ink, but because of the dramatic discoloration, I discarded the cartridge to be safe. All the other cartridges of that vintage were fine, and I wish some of those old colors were still available.

[benpenny]

 

You can put a Prelude nib in a NN section. I've done it. You can't put it in a pen with a gold nib though because the gold nibs are thinner. You can't knock the feeds out though. Try, and you'll kill the feed. Wiggle the nib out first, and then you have a better chance of getting the feed out.

 

Can you put a NN nib in a Prelude? My Prelude is quite scratchy and the flow is poor, and my Vintage NN nib is lovely. Am I likely to destroy both pens trying?