Help With Cartridges For A Compact Lalex Pen

[Animily]

Hi everyone,

 

I am brand new to the forum today!

 

I have a beautiful compact sterling Lalex pen that's almost 20 years old. It used to take short international cartridges, but something has changed in their sizing and they no longer fit my pen. The problem is the diameter of the cartridges (not the length), so I would like to know if anyone can point me in the direction of very thin cartridges. Waterman cartridges used to fit but haven't for several years.

 

Lalex seems to have disappeared as a company--their website is gone and the US Distributor phone number has been disconnected. I have called or visited every pen shop I could find in Los Angeles with no luck.

 

The cartridges need to be less than 5mm at their widest point.

 

I am willing to explore any and all options (cartridges or otherwise) to get ink flowing through my pen again!

 

Many thanks!

[lectraplayer]

Welcome to the board. you don't have any of the old cartridges left do you? (I doubt it...) I try to keep around a 25% supply of empties because I like to refill them with bottled inks. I would like to have a look at the pen you ask about.

[lectraplayer]

Could it be any of these?

 

http://www.theinkflow.com/lalex.htm