This is Schmidt’s short, capless rollerball refill in 1.0 mm. Schmidt’s rollerball refills are awesome, but they are quite wide (6.9 mm), which limits their application in pens not designed specifically for it, especially Japanese pens that use the thinner Pilot G2-style refill.
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This is Schmidt’s short, capless rollerball refill in 0.7 mm. Schmidt’s rollerball refills are fantastic, but they are quite wide (6.9 mm), which limits their application in pens not designed specifically for it, especially Japanese pens that use the thinner Pilot G2-style refill.
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Faber-Castell’s fountain pen converter is a simply designed, screw-style converter made of plastic.
The Lamy Z27 replaced the Z26 as the universal fountain pen converter for Lamy pens. It’s the one included in higher-end pens like the Imporium. The converter has a black top and uses a screw mechanism.
Lamy’s Z26 is a fountain pen converter that was designed to fit all Lamy pens. It’s no longer in production, having been replaced with the Lamy Z27 converter.
The Z24 is a fountain pen converter built for Lamy fountain pens. It was replaced in 2017 by the Z28, which looks almost the same and functions identically. The Z24 is fully plastic and has a black middle section where the Z28 has a metal band in the middle. The Z24 is a twist-style converter with a proprietary shape designed to only work with Lamy pens.
The Z28 is a fountain pen converter built for Lamy fountain pens. It is the replacement for the older Z24, which looks almost identical. The Z28 has a metal band in the middle but is primarily made of plastic. It’s a twist-style converter with a proprietary shape designed to only work with Lamy pens.
The EasyFlow 6000 is the D1 standard equivalent of the popular EasyFlow 9000, a Parker style G2 style refill. The EasyFlow 6000 uses the same hybrid ink that has made the 9000 so popular, but it’s delivered in a smaller package. The refill follows the ISO 12757 standard for pen refill sizing.
One of the finest European rollerball refills if the Pelikan 338. This is metal-bodied refill designed for Pelikan’s rollerball pens, but it will fit many extended rollerball families, like Pentel’s LR and Pilot G2 due to it’s neutral shape and lack of any odd features.
The Pilot CON-50 is a fountain pen converter that used to be included with some mid-to-high range Pilot pens. It was replaced by the CON-40 when it stopped being sold in late 2017.
The Pilot CON-40 is a proprietary fountain pen converter that fits all of Pilot’s cartridge/converter pens. This includes a wide range of pens but some are the Prera, Metropolitan, Vanishing Point, Cavalier, and Custom 74.
The CON-40 is a plastic, screw-type converter with an ink capacity of 0.4 ml, making it quite small.
The T10 is Lamy’s proprietary fountain pen refill. These cartridges has bean Lamy’s design for over 30 years and work with almost all Lamy pens, aside from the Lamy 2000. It has a 1.15 ml capacity and is made out of a hard plastic.
The Premec Jumbo Ballpoint is a refill made in Switzerland. It uses an oil-based ballpoint ink and is sold in two main body varieties: polypropylene and nickel-plated brass. These don’t only affect the looks of the refill, but also the capacity: the plastic version can hold up to 3500 meters of ink where the metal version can hold 5000 meters (in 0.7 mm, but 2000 m in 1.0 mm).
The Premec Jumbo Gel refill is a Swiss-made Parker-style G2 refill. It uses a vibrant, but watery ink that is slow to dry but looks excellent on paper. The pen has a very short writing distance — just 400 meters for the 0.7 mm version — but has many admirable qualities which Premec makes clear on its packaging. The ink is smooth and fun to use, but prone to smearing on any paper with any degree of ink resistance (like a Rhodia).