PARKERFountain Pen Ink Piston Converter

A trawl of local newsagents, stationers and W. H. Smith proved negative. This item was recommended to be obtained on line by the latter. This is what happens when long -term British [?] manufacturers are outsourced to France!!

These are a great addition to your fountain pen. There are far more colours of ink than there are cartridges

I have had no problems using this in a Parker Vector - in fact in two Parker Vectors, as I have been changing between a plastic and metal body. The converter stayed attached to the nib section and didn't get stuck in the body. There is a ball bearing in the converter. I would like to think that if it did become adrift from the nib section, there would be enough weight in this to allow me to shake it loose from the body. (The ball bearing seems to keep the ink from sticking to the walls of the converter - certainly it is always easy to see how much ink is left, much easier than with a cartridge).

All good

Cartridges are convenient but I find they don’t last long. I’ve bought a bottle of ink and a replacement converter which is also useful for rinsing the nib through if there’s any old dried ink causing flow problems. The converter is easy to use; put it in the pen, screw the top anti-clockwise, put nib in ink bottle and turn the top clockwise to suck it up. You can see the ink content as it fills.This should last for years and a bottle of ink will last for months, so I’m very happy to recommend.

...I ordered four and received three individually wrapped, plus a bag containing ten more!Any ideas out there?

The converter taps against the inside of the pen which is quite annoying. Works well though, ink flows well and easy to fill up, but the tapping is irritating.

This enable refilling rather than adding to the waste single use plastic mountain in the world. Instructions on how to operate would have helped as different method than previous refilled.