Saturday, September 19, 2015

Customized fountain pen converters

a list of self made converters for a couple of "unique" pens

CFPC1 - supposed to mimick standard cartridge converter when i could not get one.
description : combined with a cut standard cartridge and a plastic rubber material backend. As shown, it works as a converter with a huge tank.

 










  
field test on a franklin covey fountain pen














CFPC2 - supposed to mimick standard cartridge converter when i could not get one.
description : combined with a cut standard cartridge and a plastic rubber material backend. As shown, it works as a converter with a even bigger tank.


 field test on a franklin covey fountain pen

CFPC3
objective: sheaffear VFP3 uses a standard cartridge, and no more. not willing to buy a "Kaweco Squeeze Fountain Pen Converter for Sport Series", which may or not work, CFPC3 was drafted at the drawing board. it is supposed to work as a squeeze fountain pen but is supposed to be more durable.
description: the front of the converter. it does not come from a cut standard converter but is a plastic rubber material.


CFPC3 is born.
 
 the rubber area
 
lab test for leakages
sheaffear VFP3 original cartridge
sheaffear VFP3 with CFPC3. it fits into the body as well!

CFPC4
 
 con20 pilot and adding a platinum cartridge front plug turned backwards, and lastly a standard converter itself, the combination is of the right diameter and shorter.


the cross century II slim. doesn't come with a converter. Make one.



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