Converter to use Parker Gel / BP refills in Lamy BP Pen?

[tanalasta]

Is there a converter available that allows me to use Parker-styled (e.g. Parker gel BP) refills in my Lamy 2000 BP which accepts the M16 refills?

[Zeroblade]

I've got a Parker IM and a Lamy 2k, and unfortunately, both refills aren't even the same length, so unless you somehow engineer to L2k to take shorter refills, or the Parker to grow another centimeter, I don't think there's a plausible way to get the two to work.

[addappt]

I have modified my Lamy 2k BP to fit the Parker gel refill. Very simple mod which involves very slightly opening up the whole in the tip section of your 2k (I used a flat head screw driver that I had that was the same width as the Parker refill tip. Just twist it through slowly. Careful it's brass and will crack if your not gentle.) Once it is big enough to fit the Parker through it all you then do is grab some pliers and pry out the black plastic cap from the back of your old lamy refill ( no mess so dont worry ) and slide that into the barrel. That's it. All done. Slip in your Parker refill and enjoy.

[Jimmy James]

That's brilliant. I wonder how well that would work with a Safari...

[mazinger55]

I have modified my Lamy 2k BP to fit the Parker gel refill. Very simple mod which involves very slightly opening up the whole in the tip section of your 2k (I used a flat head screw driver that I had that was the same width as the Parker refill tip. Just twist it through slowly. Careful it's brass and will crack if your not gentle.) Once it is big enough to fit the Parker through it all you then do is grab some pliers and pry out the black plastic cap from the back of your old lamy refill ( no mess so dont worry ) and slide that into the barrel. That's it. All done. Slip in your Parker refill and enjoy.

 

I want to do the same? you have photos ?

[TicketToWrite]

Revisiting this old topic...the modification mentioned above does not work because the extend/retract mechanism of the Lamy ballpoint refill relies on the plastic component near the tip, not at the top of the refill as with the Parker refill. Any new ideas on this? 

[TicketToWrite]

Again revisiting this topic. It seems that the solution is to modify the Lamy 2000 push-button mechanism to match the Parker refill's plastic plug that enables the extend/retract functionality. Easier said than done...I have experimented with a few Frankenstein attempts to use components from other pens, but so far success has not been achieved. Hoping others will join this effort so we can put our heads together to find a solution!

[torstar]

easier to lengthen the refill space than to shorten it for a forced fitting...

 

 

[TicketToWrite]

@torstar, can you please provide details of your method?

[mr T.]

13 hours ago, TicketToWrite said:

Hoping others will join this effort so we can put our heads together to find a solution!

A Reddit member seems to have a solution. More about this solution can be found here

[torstar]

4 hours ago, TicketToWrite said:

@torstar, can you please provide details of your method?

 

if it's too short a refill, something that is solid and will easily fall out when asked to does the trick

 

mechanical pencil erasers are good, can carve them down to fit

 

 

my frustration is for uniquely-grooved pen tips that simply won't accept any of the 2 dozen or so types of refill in my big basket of pen stuff

 

i remember a Mercedes Benz sponsored ballpoint of this nature, couldn't use it ever again... 

 

 

 

 

 

[TicketToWrite]

Thank you, @mr. T and @torstar!

 

The Lamy Vista solution looks very promising but may not work for the 2000. Somewhere to start, at least!