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Converter, Converter, Converter ....

Started by Mech-for-i , May 12 2019 13:28
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#1 Mech-for-i

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Posted 12 May 2019 - 13:28

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Check that last one ... just when I think converter is just converter ...


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Posted 12 May 2019 - 14:27

Second from top is interesting too! Kinda a thumb slide...to my eyes. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted 12 May 2019 - 15:06

I like the bottom one.

Inspired by the TWSBI Go perhaps?

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Posted 12 May 2019 - 18:51

Second from top is interesting too! Kinda a thumb slide...to my eyes. Thanks for sharing!

 

 

To me it looks like the Parker slide converters.  And probably works almost as well -- that is to say not very....  :( 

The bottom one is kinda neat.  Looks like the insides of a TWSBI Go, from the pix I've seen of those pens.

But I tend to use pens that if c/c fillers, tend to take proprietary converters (mostly Parkers, but also stuff like Waterman, Cross. and Pilot).  The only pens I think I have that are International Standard are a couple of cheapies that I think are Reforms (from when I took Richard Binder's nib class at my first pen show), the 1980s Pelikano (which means I can finally use my cartridges of Edelstein Amethyst from my first Pellkan Hub  :thumbup:, and maybe the Rotring Art Pen (which already had one installed when my friend gave it to me).

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Posted 12 May 2019 - 22:22

Yup, the second converter is used mainly by Parker (their cheapest offering) and I believe the converter that comes with FPR pens have that slide mechanism.

Many people lament it since you could easily get accidental ink horror show with that type of converter.

 

That last one though is an improvement on the second one, not sure whether that was inspired by the GO or the GO was actually taking inspiration from past model of this kind of converter. But it is by far the most convenient compared to the others in my opinion.


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