Fountain Pen Refills

Fountain pens can be refilled by different methods. InThe eyedropper filler ink pens have the maximum
the USA, patents were issued for Button, Click,capacity to hold ink, with the least capacity attributed
Lever, Matchstick and coin methods of refill. All theseto the piston refills pens. The piston sometimes
methods were used to put a little pressure andoccupies half of the pen's barrel, leaving less room
deflate the sac or internal plate to allow ink to flow infor holding ink. But the eyedropper method could be
and out. The vintage pens may require eyedroppermessy.
fillers. There are self-filling pens that have a sac in theInternational cartridges of all makes can be used in
pens. Upon squeezing the sac, the pen gets filled orsome fountain pens, while others accept only
emptied of ink. The latest method is the use ofcartridges of their own brand. There are some
cartridges or international cartridges; cartridges arefountain pens in which a converter cannot be fit. The
known as international cartridges because of theonly way to use different ink in these pens is to fill
large number of European companies who use themthe cartridge with a syringe. There is a wide range of
in the fountain pens. There is also the piston filler.inks that one can chose from when refilling a pen. Ink
This method uses a piston in the pen, which is drivenbottles of different shapes and designs are in the
up or down inside the barrel of the pen by twisting aoffering. Fountain pen users store refills to avoid the
knob at the end of the pen. Today, most pens userisk of running out of ink. Some users love the idea
piston fillers or cartridges. There are converters thatof refilling a pen cartridge by themselves, even if it
can convert the cartridge refill pen to a piston refillmeans getting a little messy with ink.
one.