Parker Pen Cartridges and their Capabilities.

[Mar_]

So, I've got a Parker Sonnet from a PIF, and it came with two Parker Pen Cartridges that I'll most likely never use. I've got a few pens that I haven't inked up in a while, and I wanted to ink them without any bother since I may not use them that much. I was wondering if anyone knew if the Parker Cartridges are able to be used with other pens? Example - Hong Dian 1850?

[A Smug Dill]

Parker cartridges can be used in Aurora pens. Possibly in Lamy pens, too, given the diameter of the opening but I haven't tried it myself.

 

As for the Hong Dian 1850, it uses 3.4mm-bore cartridges and converters, which I think is what a Parker cartridge is. You can give it a try; at worst it just doesn't fit, and perhaps ruins the mouth of a cartridge you weren't going to otherwise use anyway, but it shouldn't damage the connector inside the pen's gripping section. Furthermore, even if things don't work out, you can still extract the ink from the cartridge (notwithstanding the unlikely event that the mouth gets deformed and can no longer be used in a Parker pen) with a syringe and fill a converter (or suitable emptied cartridge) with it.

[Mar_]

5 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

Parker cartridges can be used in Aurora pens. Possibly in Lamy pens, too, given the diameter of the opening but I haven't tried it myself.

 

As for the Hong Dian 1850, it uses 3.4mm-bore cartridges and converters, which I think is what a Parker cartridge is. You can give it a try; at worst it just doesn't fit, and perhaps ruins the mouth of a cartridge you weren't going to otherwise use anyway, but it shouldn't damage the connector inside the pen's gripping section. Furthermore, even if things don't work out, you can still extract the ink from the cartridge (notwithstanding the unlikely event that the mouth gets deformed and can no longer be used in a Parker pen) with a syringe and fill a converter (or suitable emptied cartridge) with it.

Thank you for your knowledge and thoughts sir. I'll experiment with it and give a report in a moment's time. - I just wanted to have a better educated penfriends opinion, gosh... experiments scare me XD.

[Mar_]

21 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

Parker cartridges can be used in Aurora pens. Possibly in Lamy pens, too, given the diameter of the opening but I haven't tried it myself.

 

As for the Hong Dian 1850, it uses 3.4mm-bore cartridges and converters, which I think is what a Parker cartridge is. You can give it a try; at worst it just doesn't fit, and perhaps ruins the mouth of a cartridge you weren't going to otherwise use anyway, but it shouldn't damage the connector inside the pen's gripping section. Furthermore, even if things don't work out, you can still extract the ink from the cartridge (notwithstanding the unlikely event that the mouth gets deformed and can no longer be used in a Parker pen) with a syringe and fill a converter (or suitable emptied cartridge) with it.

The cartridge didn't port into the Hong Dian 1850 with ease nor far enough to break the seal of the Parker Cartridge.

[MisterSheaffer]

Parker cartridges fit in PenBBS pens.

[bunnspecial]

I have a 5 pack of Penman Sapphire cartridges kindly given to me by another member here. As they are quite old, they have lost a significant amount of water(the plastic used for cartridges is somewhat water permeable) and have about 1/3 their original volume.

 

I only have two Parker C/C pens-a 60s 61, and a fairly new Duofold. Penman was a problematic ink when still available(mostly because in the 90s, saturated, vivid inks weren't common and they need more maintenance than something like plain old Quink washable blue) and even though I safely use both original Penman and modern recreations in "good" pens I'm not about to use this super-concentrated ink in the old cartridges as-is in any pen I care about.

 

For that reason, the suggestion from the member who gave them to me was to use a blunt-tipped syringe(if you don't have one, you should) to pierce the cartridge and extract the ink, then transfer it to a sample vial and add water to the desired level of saturation. Of course, to use the cartridges in a pen, you could use a syringe to add water up to the original volume.

My point in all of this-if you want to use the ink in a cartridge and for whatever reason don't want to or can't stick the cartridge on a pen, just suck the ink out with a syringe. If you're a real cheapskate like me who doesn't always want to buy a converter, you can also use a syringe to refill cartridges with a bottled ink of your choice.

[Mar_]

Ay, thanks for the idea

[Ink Stained Wretch]

6 hours ago, bunnspecial said:

 .... If you're a real cheapskate like me who doesn't always want to buy a converter, you can also use a syringe to refill cartridges with a bottled ink of your choice.

 

I resemble that remark !