Is The Pilot V7's Cartridge Compatible With Pilot Metropolitan?

[iamharshkumar97]

I tried inserting it and it fits. My new nib is on it's way so can't check if it works.

[Tas]

Arghh. Hold fire. I'm pretty sure the ink formulation isn't optimised for fountain pens

[tamiya]

V7 = HiTecPoint?

 

Plastics are identical afaik. Haven't tried that ink in any FP; the mess that's leaked from my V7 suggests it's thicker & tackier.

[Tas]

V7 = HiTecPoint?

 

Plastics are identical afaik. Haven't tried that ink in any FP; the mess that's leaked from my V7 suggests it's thicker & tackier.

 

Yep.

I bought one for my daughter. It leaked in her bag. I put the pen in the recycling and flushed out the cartridges for use in my Pilots.

[iamharshkumar97]

So if I flush out that ink and use my fountain pen ink then all good?

 

Arghh. Hold fire. I'm pretty sure the ink formulation isn't optimised for fountain pens

[Tas]

So if I flush out that ink and use my fountain pen ink then all good?

 

 

Yep. Should be okay. Good luck.

[KBeezie]

When I go up and down this list https://pilotpen.com.au/pen-type/refills/page/2/

 

The only thing that looks like that is the IC-50 cartridges, and while it may be the exact same cartridge, the ink itself might be too viscous for the feed/nib if it's designed for a 0.5 and 0.7 liquid rollerball that may require some pressure rather than capillary action.

Though their cartridges do seem a bit cheaper for a pack than the equivalent fountain pen ink, but if your metro comes with the squeeze converter any small bottle of Pilot ink (such as the blue-black) is very affordable for how much you get (though I understand you want to be able to try out the nib as soon as you get it if you have no FP-specific ink)

[tamiya]

Bit intrigued about these HiTechpoints & their ink.

 

Have had a blue inked up for about 18mths on my desk lying sideways not in pencup. It seems to have filled it's section with ink, some has squirted out near the tip & left a little mess.

 

Coincidentally have its twin V7 blue & a V5 red bought at the same time; these have been stored away in a plastic box out of sight/light/temperature variations. Looks like they come inked up at the factory? They've only filled about 1/3 of the section with ink.

 

Pilot's adblurb in their BeGreen campaign says its waterbased.

 

Got no black so yeah, I succumbed & did some shopping...

 

I'm wanting to know if the ink can go thru a normal FP... I want to make the Kakuno into something that will tolerate occasional use without drying out months on end. Dries up too fast to suit current kiddy usage pattern.

 

Have played with the Petit1s, they're pretty good at staying wet but they'll still dry up within 6-9mths. Seems bit faster when refilled with normal FP inks not their proprietary ink.