Another noob question about Lamy Safari converter

[jmkeuning]

I notice that the converter does not meet the little fins on the inside of the pen that push the shoulder of the cartridge and seat it in place. Is this that way the converter fits? Or did I get sold the wrong one?

 

It just seems to me that the converter should take up all the room that it can, so that can hold max ink. Not only that, it seems like it would be better if it hit the little fins so that it was held more securely.

 

Does anyone have a safari with the proper converter who can tell me if your's is short?

 

Oh yeah, of course, you need the Vista to do this! Or you can just measure the converter and cartridge. Actually, this also suffices, if you have the proper converter can you give me an overall length?

 

 

EDIT: This picture answers my question I suppose. But it also demonstrates what I am talking about.

Edited June 25, 2007 by jmkeuning

[inkysmudges]

Actually there are several versions of the converter that "fit" the Safari, but only one fits it properly.

 

The one you want is Z24, the red-topped one, which fits the Safari, Vista, Joy, Smile and Al-star:

 

 

For me the converter fits very snugly into the Safari body: the two little pins on the side of the converter have corresponding slots on the lower body section of the pen. At first it might not appear as if this is correct, but look again:

 

On the lower body section just above the threads there are four slots cut into the plastic. There are two wide slots, much bigger than the pins on the converter, and these are the ink window slots.

 

The other two slots are much narrower and, in fact, fit the pins on the converter perfectly. If you push the converter pins all the way down in those slots you'll feel it snap into place. After that the converter isn't going anywhere accidentally.

 

All the converters have the came capacity: about 0.6 cc of ink (to the fill line), 0.7 cc if you insist on maxing it out.

 

The cartridge holds about twice as much ink, 1.2 cc.

 

PS. For what it's worth I've had shops sell me the wrong converters for the Safari. Technically the others fit, but they're either the Z25 with a threaded bottom intended for the Lamy Accent or Persona 23, or they're the Z26 with the stainless steel band and are intended for the Studio, Logo, ST, Linea, CP1, Alu, or Lady models. In neither case to they have the side pins, so as far as I know if you've got those pins on your converter then you've got the correct one.

Edited June 25, 2007 by inkysmudges

[jmkeuning]

Very cool. I had not noticed the pins, but I just snapped mine into place - I guess I have the correct one! Thanks for the capacity info, I will keep that in mind.