Rotring Freeway: Converter Or Cartridge?

[Mesu]

Recently, i received Rotring Freeways in Silver, Red and Blue. These are my first Rotring pens and i have umpteen questions about them.

 

1. These pens are metal with matte finish. Does the finish on these pens last? Can they be used as daily writers? I carry my pens in individual pouches to prevent the finish from wearing off as I don't like to use dinged and dented pens.

 

2. The pens came with short cartridges but i prefer using converters. I saw in another thread that Waterman converters are suitable but my Hemisphere is always inked. How about Parker converters?

 

3. When has the production of Freeways stopped? They seem to be easily available.

 

TIA

[Chthulhu]

2. The pens came with short cartridges but i prefer using converters. I saw in another thread that Waterman converters are suitable but my Hemisphere is always inked. How about Parker converters?

 

Your pen uses standard international short cartridges; a Parker converter won't fit properly, but a Waterman should. On the other hand, converters generally hold a little less ink than their corresponding cartridges, so you may want to consider refilling cartridges instead.

[usk15]

I'm using a Rotring standard international converter in my fountain pen.

check this list for compatibility: http://www.gouletpens.com/Articles.asp?ID=404

[Pterodactylus]

I don't have a Freeway but I'm using a Rotring converter in my Artpen.

At least in the Artpen the Roting comverter fits much tighter (better) then my (Pelikan (made by Schmidt)) international converters which fits quite loose.

 

That was also the reason why I bought the Rotring converter afterwards.