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Amazon Japan prices on this particular KOP have been fluctuating.  I purchased it in June for $356, shipping in 2 months, which was exactly when it shipped.  I looked at the price when it shipped, and it was back down to what I paid.  I was going to post it here, but before I could it jumped up.  Here is the Camelcamel chart of new third party sellers low prices.  So good catch on this one, and if someone wants to buy this & the price has jumped up, put a price watch on for a third party seller on https://camelcamelcamel.com 

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2 hours ago, lascosas said:

Amazon Japan prices on this particular KOP have been fluctuating.  I purchased it in June for $356, shipping in 2 months, which was exactly when it shipped.  I looked at the price when it shipped, and it was back down to what I paid.  I was going to post it here, but before I could it jumped up.  Here is the Camelcamel chart of new third party sellers low prices.  So good catch on this one, and if someone wants to buy this & the price has jumped up, put a price watch on for a third party seller on https://camelcamelcamel.com 

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Thanks for the info. Quite the useful extension. Seems I missed the $350 by just a little. 

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I can’t believe I just did this but I ordered. I’ve always wanted to try a KoP and this is a very good price considering how much it usually goes for even in its home market. I also have not been interested in many other pens lately so to still lust after one and to see it at such a good price, well…yeah I went for it. 
 

Are the KoP third party large converters still available anywhere?

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Thanks for the heads up, I ended up buying this pen since it's been on my list of pens I would like to own for a long time.

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3 hours ago, lascosas said:

No 3rd party large capacity Sailor converters.  A Sailor cartridge is as large a capacity as you will get.

I think Shawn Newton used to make some, but I don’t see any listed on the Newton Pens site. Someone on eBay also used to sell one but they seem to have disappeared, and there is a Reddit post showing a DIY one that someone said they were thinking of selling. Either way I just ordered the Sailor pen maintenance kit and will use the cartridge from that. 

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There was a fellow in Australia that made extra-huge cartridges so that you can eye-dropper a KOP and get quadruple the ink capacity of the Sailor converter.  I have a couple of them.  I would have to look at home for his ebay handle.  

So many hobbies, so little time....

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4 minutes ago, The Duck Hunter said:

There was a fellow in Australia that made extra-huge cartridges so that you can eye-dropper a KOP and get quadruple the ink capacity of the Sailor converter.  I have a couple of them.  I would have to look at home for his ebay handle.  

If you could let me know when you get a chance, that would be great! The Jinhao 9019 has spoiled me with its massive converter. :)

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If you could let me know when you get a chance, that would be great! The Jinhao 9019 has spoiled me with its massive converter. :)

I will look tonight when I get home.  

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1 hour ago, Chimera01 said:

A brilliant pen. Worth every penny for the nib alone! 

 

Absolutely!

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2 hours ago, The Duck Hunter said:

There was a fellow in Australia that made extra-huge cartridges so that you can eye-dropper a KOP and get quadruple the ink capacity of the Sailor converter.  I have a couple of them.  I would have to look at home for his ebay handle. 

This is the Australia selller who I bought one from and picture of it.  It cost me around $50 USD.  He has not listed any in months. It hold about 2.5 ml.

 

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2 hours ago, Merrick said:

I think Shawn Newton used to make some, but I don’t see any listed on the Newton Pens site. Someone on eBay also used to sell one but they seem to have disappeared, and there is a Reddit post showing a DIY one that someone said they were thinking of selling. Either way I just ordered the Sailor pen maintenance kit and will use the cartridge from that. 

That works great.  The cleaning kit is generally less than $20 USD.

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34 minutes ago, james3paris said:

This is the Australia selller who I bought one from and picture of it.  It cost me around $50 USD.  He has not listed any in months. It hold about 2.5 ml.

 

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Thanks! I’ll keep an eye out to see if they get back to listing them. 

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34 minutes ago, lascosas said:

For anyone wanting the Sailor cleaning kit, our favorite Amazon.com seller of all things Sailor, Amazon Japan, has it this morning for $6.25

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08K2P6L91?psc=1&smid=A3GZEOQINOCL0Y&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

 

Wow, great find! I just ordered three. And I had ordered one already from Endless Pens at $15 which was the best deal I could find at the time.

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15 hours ago, lascosas said:

For anyone wanting the Sailor cleaning kit, our favorite Amazon.com seller of all things Sailor, Amazon Japan, has it this morning for $6.25

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08K2P6L91?psc=1&smid=A3GZEOQINOCL0Y&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

What is this? I have a 21kt 1911 with a converter. What'll this do for me? 

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It is designed to clean Sailor pens, but people mentioned it in this discussion because among the items in the kit is a reinforced cartridge that some people like using with the KOP.

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On 10/6/2023 at 12:11 PM, lascosas said:

For anyone wanting the Sailor cleaning kit, 

I didn't think twice about hitting "buy it now" just for the converter. 

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