The converter conundrum

[Formulansx]

Originally Posted by blue16613

I have found that nowadays many of the so called piston fillers are actually "captured converters." CS got into putting them into some of their high end pens (example, Nelson II) before they tanked and Marlen is utilizing them now. Ask before you buy if any doubt. Stay far, far away from them. They are awful and can be impossible and/or expensive to repair / replace.

Visconti likes to do this it seems. Something along these lines??

[blue16613]

I can't say for sure but probably so......
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread....n-construction

[Formulansx]

Originally Posted by blue16613

I can't say for sure but probably so......
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread....n-construction

Luckily the millionaire has an all encompassing lifetime warranty. In the CC's defense, I'll have to admit, it's rediculously easy to clean but I don't get why it has to be captive

[jar]

Originally Posted by Formulansx

Luckily the millionaire has an all encompassing lifetime warranty. In the CC's defense, I'll have to admit, it's rediculously easy to clean but I don't get why it has to be captive

Of course it does not have to be captive. The pre-Montblanc ownership Montegrappa celluloid Classics had a blind cap that could be removed to access the converter for fill or empty.

This gave you the bigger body to hold while filling and greater stability but you could also simply unscrew the section to access the converter or switch to cartridge.

[blue16613]

Like everything else, it's all about how to take something good and find a way to produce it faster and cheaper.

I have just gone through a prolonged ordeal getting a leaking captured converter in a Conway Stewart "high end" pen replaced. It took two extremely experienced pen repair people to figure it out and get it right. Both knew what they were doing, one did CS warranty repairs in the USA until they went out of business. The captured converter had become frozen into place in the barrel and could not be removed by using any of the conventional methods.

Awful. Never again.