Syringe filling of cartridges

[mizgeorge]

1 hour ago, Paul-in-SF said:

As for me, I have three pens that are too small for cartridges (Schon DSGN Pocket 6, Franklin-Christoph Pocket 66, and Parker Duofold Demi (modern)) so I am forced to use cartridges. I prefer to re-load a single cartridge with ink of my choice until the nipple hole wears out, rather than throwing them away as single-use objects. 

I have a Pocket 6 and a small FC that both work fine with a Kaweco squeeze (bulb) converter - just not the plunger version. Might be worth a try?

[torstar]

3 hours ago, Gord K. said:

. So, where do you non-medical people obtain your syringes (and I'm in Canada if that makes a difference)?

 

 

 

I have walked to the back of the pharmacy and told them it's for fountain pen filling, and they have on 2 occasions sold me a handful.

 

A few times a friendly GP was able to hand me some.

 

 

[brokenclay]

4 hours ago, Gord K. said:

So, where do you non-medical people obtain your syringes (and I'm in Canada if that makes a difference)?

 

Feed store. Non prescription syringes in all kinds of sizes for dosing up your animals.

[Paul-in-SF]

5 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

I have a Pocket 6 and a small FC that both work fine with a Kaweco squeeze (bulb) converter - just not the plunger version. Might be worth a try?

Thanks for the tip. I have never seen that converter before. I bought a couple of the smallest plunger type because I thought that was the smallest converter around. Glad to be educated. 

[Gord K.]

Just to follow up on my question about obtaining ink syringes.

 

@LizEF - I looked up those three products on Amazon.ca thanks. I couldn't find the Shintop syringes you referenced. The 5 pack of ink syringes that are $6.99 US on Amazon.com are $19.90 Cdn on Amazon.ca - some difference, must be the exchange rate (NOT!). The pipettes were a reasonable price given the current exchange rate.

 

@torstar - As I said in my original post, I tried three different pharmacies and came away with one syringe - granted it was free - but it was no better than the one I had in terms of end size.

 

And the winner is; @brokenclay with the feed store suggestion. As it happens there are two of them not that far from where I live. At the first store I was able to buy a 1cc syringe and five 18 Ga x 1" needles for under $5. At the second store the woman I was talking to gave me a 20 Ga x 1/2" needle no charge.

 

I may still try to get some blunt needles or grind the sharp ends on the ones I have to be blunt but for now I am good to go.

 

Thanks again for the help that's available on this site, it is truly much appreciated.

 

Gord

[brokenclay]

7 minutes ago, Gord K. said:

And the winner is; @brokenclay with the feed store suggestion. As it happens there are two of them not that far from where I live. At the first store I was able to buy a 1cc syringe and five 18 Ga x 1" needles for under $5. At the second store the woman I was talking to gave me a 20 Ga x 1/2" needle no charge.

 

Love it!

 

I'm glad you found some syringes.

[sirgilbert357]

On 5/27/2021 at 6:19 PM, amberleadavis said:

 

And when that one cartridge becomes unusable I become very sad.

 

Thats when you have someone in pen repair put a PVC sac on your pen's converter nipple. Where there's a will there's a way!

[Mysterious Mose]

On 6/11/2021 at 12:08 PM, LizEF said:

 

Amazon.  I don't know exactly what Amazon.ca has in comparison to Amazon.com, but here are some items from Amazon.com that work:

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074M4RB86/

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LLFVQVV/

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EWQZMUU/

 

That last is mini pipettes which are small enough to fit into the opening of a standard international cartridge / converter.  It will take multiple fills of the pipette to completely fill the cartridge/converter, but I still find them more convenient than a syringe.

What is the second one?  The "Fountain Pen Ink Syringe Filler, Spring Converter with Removable Blunt Needle Tip"?  What are the advantages and disadvantages compared to a syringe with blunt needle?

[LizEF]

29 minutes ago, Mysterious Mose said:

What is the second one?  The "Fountain Pen Ink Syringe Filler, Spring Converter with Removable Blunt Needle Tip"?  What are the advantages and disadvantages compared to a syringe with blunt needle?

It's just a blunt-tip syringe with a spring to help it suck up the ink - like a TWSBI Go.  But it's also a standard international converter, so you can take the needle off and install it in your pen.  I figure you can use it in place of a syringe, or in place of a cartridge.  Whatever floats your boat.

 

NOTE: I don't own these, have never seen them in real life.  They just popped up as related items on Amazon, and I thought it looked convenient, with the spring.  I'll probably order some next time I buy something from Amazon, but that could be months away.

[sansenri]

syringes are available here without prescription in the Pharmacy...

at any rate, the answer to the OP's (unnecessary) concern about wanting a dry syringe when filling a cartridge with ink, is obviously have more than one syringe...

btw it's a lifetime I'm using ordinary metered 2.5 ml syringes, never had a blunt tip one... (never injected myself with ink either)

[Paul-in-SF]

On 6/11/2021 at 10:28 AM, mizgeorge said:

I have a Pocket 6 and a small FC that both work fine with a Kaweco squeeze (bulb) converter - just not the plunger version. Might be worth a try?

Just another thank you, I ordered three of them and they arrived yesterday. I tried them in two of the three pens that are not currently filled (the pocket 66 and the pocket 6) and it seemed to fit quite snugly and well. I didn't try to fill the pens, that's going to have to wait a bit, I only just emptied one of them. I hope it fits the Parker as well.