What Cartridge Fits This Size

[Jimbodiah]

I have two Stypen Harley Davidson pens; one takes regular ISO cartridges/adapters, the other one does not. What that other one takes, I don't know, but there are brass tubes in the section and the body that make it too narrow to hold ISO cartridges.

 

The top section of the cartridge is 4.6mm max for about 15mm length before the section bottoms out against the feed. The section in the pen body is 7.8mm diameter.

 

Does anyone know what cartridge brands would fit in here? I have no clue. I have ISO and Pilot here, but those do not fit at all (the pilot being even bigger ofcourse).

 

HELP!

Edited December 22, 2016 by Jimbodiah

[Ernst Bitterman]

Try a Waterman cartridge. They're slightly narrower than standard, because Waterman plays a similar diameter-reducing trick in their pens.

[Arkanabar]

Also, Waterman had the license to make Harley-Davidson pens for a while. I second Ernst's suggestion.

[Jimbodiah]

I'll try it out.

 

This pen is not the Waterman type though, it was made by Stypen before they changed to Waterman. But worth a shot.

[Jimbodiah]

OK; I bought some Parker, Waterman and Pelikan large sized black ink cartridges. The Parker didn't fit ofcourse, should have known this from when I had the Vector, but I can now test their inks The Waterman is basically identical to the ISO cartridge, so didn't fit either. To my surprise the Pelikan 4001 cartridges I ordered mainly to try out their black ink, are just a few tenths of a mm narrower and fit in my HD pen, although quite snugly.

 

I also happened to find my old gold Cross fountain pen which has a stepped ink cartridge that also fits perfectly into the Harley (Stypen version) pen

 

So just for future reference: Cross cartridges or with a little luck the Pelikan 4001 ISO cartridges.

Edited January 8, 2017 by Jimbodiah

[basterma]

Glad to hear. I just bought one NOS from last trip to Egypt. It had no cartridge and I was going to try the new "standard" cartridge that Hero is now using.

[Fermata]

Are you aware that you can buy Stypen cartridges?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stypen-Standard-Capacity-International-Cartridges/dp/B00E4RUEZQ

[basterma]

Thanks for the link. I thought the cartridges were different from the International ones?

[WisteriaWay]

I have been using Cross Fountain Pen cartridges in the Harley Davidson since it was gifted to me years ago. They fit perfectly.