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Hello.

 

I've just recently acquired a Sheaffer Targa from my grandmother, who had passed away. It came with an empty ink cartridge that seemed quite loose. My question is, would a modern Sheaffer piston converter work in place of the old ink cartridge

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Yes, a standard Sheaffer converter should fit there just fine as it doesn't appear to be one of the Slimline Targas and the cartridge looks standard as well.

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To me it seems to be a slimline. I sold mine, because it's too hard to find matching cardriges or a converter.

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If it were a slim Targa it would a] have a flat clutch/trim ring and b] would not be able to take a standard cartridge as this one has.

 

Either converter would fit.

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I've bought a modern Sheaffer converter which works quite well in this. By the way, has anyone seen a classic Sheaffer Matte black? So far, I've only seen the slimline versions.

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Yup, got one. Bought it new a L-O-N-G time ago. It was my everyday pen way back then and it looks it. One of these days I gotta get a new nib for it. Then again, I have two other Targas, so if I really want to use it I can just swap nibs.

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Got a matte black regular too. Great pen.

 

 

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