Skrip Converter with plastic end

[mmb993]

I wound up with a very nice pen that looks like an Imperial. Great inlaid nib but the converter is different than any of the other ones I have. It says "Skrip Converter" and it looks like a cartridge with a plastic push rod. I'm assuming that everything Sheaffer ever made fills on the down stroke, so I dip it in water and push this plastic rod in and I see bubbles come out but it doesn't take in any ink.

 

Could Sheaffer ever have made a converter that fills on the way up?

 

-Mario

[Ondina]

Can you post a pic? Could it be a Sheaffer's Intrigue converter?

 

I wound up with a very nice pen that looks like an Imperial. Great inlaid nib but the converter is different than any of the other ones I have. It says "Skrip Converter" and it looks like a cartridge with a plastic push rod. I'm assuming that everything Sheaffer ever made fills on the down stroke, so I dip it in water and push this plastic rod in and I see bubbles come out but it doesn't take in any ink.

 

Could Sheaffer ever have made a converter that fills on the way up?

 

-Mario

[Univer]

Hi,

 

Here's a link to a PenHero article covering all the early Sheaffer converters. The Skrip Converter was the first version, and your assumption is correct: it's designed to fill on the downstroke. The article suggests that repeated downstrokes are necessary for a good fill, so that may be worth a try. I haven't used one in a long while, but I do seem to recall needing to push the plastic plunger down a few times.

 

(The article also suggests, unfortunately, that these converters are often found in non-working condition. So it may be that you're doing everything right, and it's the converter that's at fault.)

 

Cheers,

 

Jon

Edited July 1, 2008 by Univer

[mmb993]

Can you post a pic? Could it be a Sheaffer's Intrigue converter?

 

I wound up with a very nice pen that looks like an Imperial. Great inlaid nib but the converter is different than any of the other ones I have. It says "Skrip Converter" and it looks like a cartridge with a plastic push rod. I'm assuming that everything Sheaffer ever made fills on the down stroke, so I dip it in water and push this plastic rod in and I see bubbles come out but it doesn't take in any ink.

 

Could Sheaffer ever have made a converter that fills on the way up?

 

-Mario

 

It's the first one in the article linked below. It's the first one they ever made.

 

Thanks for your response.

 

-Mario

 

[mmb993]

Hi,

 

Here's a link to a PenHero article covering all the early Sheaffer converters. The Skrip Converter was the first version, and your assumption is correct: it's designed to fill on the downstroke. The article suggests that repeated downstrokes are necessary for a good fill, so that may be worth a try. I haven't used one in a long while, but I do seem to recall needing to push the plastic plunger down a few times.

 

(The article also suggests, unfortunately, that these converters are often found in non-working condition. So it may be that you're doing everything right, and it's the converter that's at fault.)

 

Cheers,

 

Jon

 

Thanks Jon, that is exactly what I was looking for.

 

-Mario

[Univer]

Hi,

 

My pleasure. It's an oddball converter, and there's not much info available. My guess is that Sheaffer rushed it into production, simply because they were surprised that users of their brand-new, mess-free cartridge pens continued to have an interest in bottle-filling. (Only a guess, though, for what it's worth.)

 

The real thanks go to our esteemed moderator Jim, for generously providing so much invaluable content at his site.

 

Cheers,

 

Jon