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Sailor 21 - Converter (wayfarershaven.eu)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu to c/fountainpens@wayfarershaven.eu
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Got a fair price on ebay on a couple of Sailor 21s. Love them, but modern converters seem to fit only in theory.

Cutting them down works, but also makes it nearly impossible to advance or retract, because there's no leverage on the screw that moves the plunger.

Am I missing an obvious source here?

Edit: They can be made to unscrew if a syringe is used to push the plunger up consistently, there's just enough to grab onto. Still not ideal, but...

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[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This doesn't solve the converter problem, but if modern Sailor cartridges fit, re-using empties is an easy alternative when you already have the needle and syringe for filling.

[–] MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fair point, I don't see why a cartridge wouldn't fit, since the chopped down converter does. That's probably the way to go...

[–] WARPed1701D@wayfarershaven.eu 1 points 1 year ago

Sailor sells empty cartridges for syringe filling. While this sounds completely pointless given you could just buy one filled with ink and then use the empty I believe they are made with more robust plastic that prevents stretching at the neck after several uses and the potential for an unexpected leak or excess flow at the nib. Something to look into.

[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

It's shitty that we need workarounds like these. I have a Platinum Century that I bought a converter for, and the converter is juuust loose enough to be an issue. If I'd known that a converter wasn't going to fit properly, I'd have just gone straight to an empty cart, which fits perfectly!