Jinhao converter needed, but which?

[Chris1]

Help please... I have (well, my grandchildren have) a Jinhao X750 and an Jinhao 450 to introduce them to fountain pens. These use the same converter but being a rather cheap item, one has broken (the rubber washer wrinkled up and split). I bought a pack of five cheap converters from China supposedly for Jinhao but they didn't fit. However, I did manage to use part of one to cobble together a working converter with part of the original Jinhao one.

 

Time to source a converter for when the other one needs replacing.

I tried a Waterman converter as I was told it was universal and would fit; it didn't.

I bought a better converter that said it was universal and would fit Jinhao; it didn't.

Cross converters and the one I have in my Montblanc Starwalker won't fit.

 

Rather than keep on trying at random converters that say they'll fit but actually don't, can anyone recommend a converter that they know for certain fits a Jinhao 450 and/or 750 please? 

 

I can't be the only one needing this item.

 

Thank you

[gone]

Jinhao have several converters. You need the type with the 2.6mm opening. 

[Ron Z]

Jinhao likes to copy the Lamy nib and feeds.  Try a Lamy Z26, their "generic" converter for "pens not listed." 

[Chris1]

Thank you both for your speedy response.

The cheap ones I bought were 2.6mm but the 'shoulder' was too fat to let the converter enter the section. I'll look out for both another supplier of 2.6mm and ask about the outer diameter of the converter barrel and for the Lamy Z26.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Jinhao/Gullor makes cartridges which are refillable with pipette or blunt syringe.

 

Sometimes, standard International carts will fit Jinhao pens, sometimes not.

 

It's a pain.  I have a number if converters, and the ones that fit a certain Jinhao pen stay with the pen.  Since yours broke, I'd say try anything, and keep trying.

[A Smug Dill]

6 hours ago, Chris1 said:

The cheap ones I bought were 2.6mm but the 'shoulder' was too fat to let the converter enter the section. I'll look out for both another supplier of 2.6mm

 

But are you using Jinhao-branded 2.6mm-bore converters as the “cheap ones”?

[Chris1]

Those cheap ones were said to fit Jinhao pens, but would not fit the 450 or 750. I pulled the original, damaged, converter from the pen apart and replaced the broken top part with the top half of the cheapie I'd bought so I ended up with a functioning converter that fitted the pen. 

 

It does seem a bit hit-and-miss though. Still, the pens were inexpensive and the grandchildren like using them. Once they're used to the idea of fountain pens, I can possibly provide something a bit more 'up market' if they would like.