Kanwrite converter with threads

[hariharan]

I recently bought two kanwrite desire. It was good to write right out of the box. The nib was bit stiffer but i know it gets tuned with time. 

 

The interesting aspect was the converter, which was screwed. I am seeing the threaded converter for the first time. One need not fear the converter loosening out and falling in the barrel accidentally. 

 

The mating threads were on the inner dia of the section. The idea is very well executed. I just browsed for threaded converters online and i found Montegrappa converters with threads. But kanwrite converters have better placed threads.

[hari317]

31 minutes ago, hariharan said:

I just browsed for threaded converters online and i found Montegrappa converters

Schmidt K6 is a threaded converter. 

[Jamerelbe]

I purchased a couple of Kanwrite Desire pens, 2 or 3 years ago.  One of them had a standard international converter installed; the other had a threaded converter, very similar to those used by Fountain Pen Revolution in their Himalaya V2 pens (actually, I wonder whether FPR source them from Kanwrite?).  It's quite different from the threaded "standard international" converters I've come across before, and definitely not a Schmidt.  It's not designed to seal tightly around the "nipple" on the rear of the nib assembly, but simply to form a seal with the inner walls of the grip section as they're threaded in. 

 

Surprisingly (to me), it looks like you could still use a standard international cartridge in the pen with the threaded converter - though I haven't tried it, so I can't say for sure.

 

Here's a picture (sorry, looks like I didn't clean it too well, last time I used it!):

[Aravind_A_2310]

9 hours ago, hariharan said:

I recently bought two kanwrite desire. It was good to write right out of the box. The nib was bit stiffer but i know it gets tuned with time. 

 

The interesting aspect was the converter, which was screwed. I am seeing the threaded converter for the first time. One need not fear the converter loosening out and falling in the barrel accidentally. 

 

The mating threads were on the inner dia of the section. The idea is very well executed. I just browsed for threaded converters online and i found Montegrappa converters with threads. But kanwrite converters have better placed threads.

Kanwrite converters are very good, not only the screw system makes the fitting secure, but also allows the converter to be a bit girthier thus having a better ink capacity.

 

If the desire has a plastic feed, one saving grace is that a standard Schmidt K5 converter fits like a glove, so if the converter goes bad, which is highly unlikely, there are options available.

[Aravind_A_2310]

42 minutes ago, Jamerelbe said:

I purchased a couple of Kanwrite Desire pens, 2 or 3 years ago.  One of them had a standard international converter installed; the other had a threaded converter, very similar to those used by Fountain Pen Revolution in their Himalaya V2 pens (actually, I wonder whether FPR source them from Kanwrite?).  

To my knowledge, FPR pens are mainly made by guider and click. But the system that KW used before this piston converter is the same syringe type that was in noodler's pens (though noodlers still use it today). Leading me to believe that either this is some sort of Indian standard or kanwrite manufactures for both FPR and Noodlers(though I believe noodlers have switched to manufacturing on their own)

[Jamerelbe]

25 minutes ago, Aravind_A_2310 said:

To my knowledge, FPR pens are mainly made by guider and click. But the system that KW used before this piston converter is the same syringe type that was in noodler's pens (though noodlers still use it today). Leading me to believe that either this is some sort of Indian standard or kanwrite manufactures for both FPR and Noodlers(though I believe noodlers have switched to manufacturing on their own)

 

I don't know all the ins and outs, but my impression is FPR work with a few different Indian manufacturers in the production of their pens - so it's entirely possible they source some parts (or even entire pens?) from Kanwrite too!

[Aravind_A_2310]

1 hour ago, Jamerelbe said:

 

I don't know all the ins and outs, but my impression is FPR work with a few different Indian manufacturers in the production of their pens - so it's entirely possible they source some parts (or even entire pens?) from Kanwrite too!

Interesting....🤔🤔 Thanks for your input tho...

 

[brokenclay]

I have several Kanwrite Desires purchased from FPR. All came with the threaded converter. I do find that these converters fail pretty quickly, even though one would think that a threaded converter was more robust. I've had no problem using Desires as eyedroppers (with a little silicon grease on the threads).

[Aravind_A_2310]

1 minute ago, brokenclay said:

I have several Kanwrite Desires purchased from FPR. All came with the threaded converter. I do find that these converters fail pretty quickly, even though one would think that a threaded converter was more robust. I've had no problem using Desires as eyedroppers (with a little silicon grease on the threads).

I've had one dud where the piston keeps jamming while trying to pull the piston up. I mainly travel a lot with it, so I put a Schmidt K5 converter in it. Fits like a glove, I've tried other standard international converters, from Jinhao, click etc. and none will fit. In my experience, only Schmidt converters fit in the desire.