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It seems like the majority of FPNers strongly prefer the piston fill mechanism over convertors.

 

I actually like the convertors better. Sure it doesn't hold as much ink, but it's easier to switch ink colors and there is no risk of staining the barrel of the pen.

 

Am I nuts?! :unsure:

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You're within the normal curve! I appreciate them for their own merits.

 

I'll take an Aurora, please. Aurora black.

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No, you're not crazy.

 

Here is another benefit of converters: Since converters don't hold as much ink you'll get to refill with another color sooner.

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I like converters a lot. Pistons next. Sacs the least, because they go bad.

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Sacs are for suckas. I mean, really, why? Makes no sense! I mean, except that you have to, with many pens. But that's not the point of this.

 

A few weeks (days? Internet time is strange) ago I made a similar post, but since then I've realized many piston fillers have screw out nibs/sections, and are thus easy peazy to clean. Also, I'm trying to stick to fewer inks and for longer periods, so that makes a difference.

 

Converters make the pen seem more fragile, more complex, unscrewing the barrel, revealing the inner workings. Pistons involve dunking the pen as once piece, like a big crazy sucking machine, and then madly whipping it out and scrawling your crazy words, ink flying everywhere, a look of possession on your face. I mean, these things are brought to mind, when you spend too much time alone with said mind.

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I have replaced most of y converters with long (where it is possible) cartridges and refill them with a syringe. Fast, clean and easy.

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Converters are very functional but they are boring and lack the purity and soul Self Filling pens (especialy pistons) has.

 

Why change ink and colours :blink: .

I have 2 kind of inks blue and black.May makers but they are all blue or black so I dont need even to clean the pen before switching inks.

 

I say PISTONS RULE :thumbup:

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My piston for a horse.

 

The filler does not matter. The only thing that matters is what the nib does with the ink.

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The filler does not matter. The only thing that matters is what the nib does with the ink.

 

+1. That's the ultimate truth. But, I think piston fillers and c/c fillers are both boring systems. I'd take a snork, touchdown, vac, or vacumatic filler any day.

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Converters are very functional but they are boring and lack the purity and soul Self Filling pens (especialy pistons) has.

 

But most converters function exactly the same as piston fillers!

 

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The filler does not matter. The only thing that matters is what the nib does with the ink.

 

+1. That's the ultimate truth. But, I think piston fillers and c/c fillers are both boring systems. I'd take a snork, touchdown, vac, or vacumatic filler any day.

Snork rocks too but for everyday a piston is still king.

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But, I think piston fillers and c/c fillers are both boring systems. I'd take a snork, touchdown, vac, or vacumatic filler any day.

When it comes to filling systems, there's much to be said for boring. The less excitement to be found in a filling system, the better, in my view. Robert Hughes' levitated core hydrodynamic lensing implosive filler is an interesting application of the technology, and it must be admitted that it can (briefly) get an impressive amount of ink into a pen. However, some aspects of the design are considered dual-use and are subject to various antiproliferation treaties, and the potential for an accident to contaminate wide areas of the country with iron gall 90 makes it a risky proposition at best.

 

I'd much rather keep the excitement for other aspects of a pen's design.

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