Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: Fountain pens Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:30:47 +0200 Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsp93i.i0zwza16xvqdfN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <18a11b491becb6ce$558$2491104$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsq78a.9hgxro1eczx2yN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qb9df$1inu5$14@dont-email.me> <1rsr591.1ssq8oh1dihjwuN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qc4dc$1silm$10@dont-email.me> <0cqjskp5oprp9v1utu6t3q8u0urkpnjbvs@4ax.com> <951q9mxo8p.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10qf25l$2tg1l$1@dont-email.me> <10qfmnh$337kn$1@dont-email.me> <10qfnu4$339nq$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net wXzRCoqxAQVFIw27lUQt2AX0OCL4XE53/PB3NTvATp16SqAbCw X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:Tu+4sQaDnYy+Bh4Hn9B2AYKRNWc= sha256:Br8JD5+aoxbDHpX97dgB3g3AAphJgYP9aj9ACP3lltg= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10qfnu4$339nq$1@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84837 alt.usage.english:1141792 On 2026-03-31 08:00, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2026-03-31, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > >> On 3/30/26 21:40, rbowman wrote: >>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:49:06 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >>> >>>> Can but agree. I grew up with the older style desk in all my >>> schools >>>> and am grateful because I took lots of notes. But curiously in the >>>> 1940s there were no ballpoint pens or other modern writing tools so the >>>> groove held a terrible old pen and the round hole, an inkwell. Pencils >>>> were used to practice writing on lined paper that was rather fllimsy and >>>> we practiced with pens and used fountain pens at home to write our final >>>> drafts. >>> >>> I can't remember what we used but it wasn't the inkwells. At some point I >>> had an inexpensive cartridge fountain pen. I cut costs further by using a >>> syringe to refill the cartridges from my mother's bottle of ink. I vaguely >>> recall the ones with an internal bladder and a lever on the side. > > IIRC that's called a "converter", but I'm not sure if that's > Parker-specific parlance or the generic name for it. Modern fountain pens may come with both methods. But I prefer to refill cartridges with a syringe, wastes less ink at each refill. > >> We used the cartridge pens as well. The fountain pen bladder >> gets stiff with >> age and lack of use. I am not sure we did the trick with refilling >> the cartridges >> but believe I did. Used pens through the Navy years for charting notes and >> filling out forms that did not need to be typed. > > I did the refilling one too to some extent, as the converter couldn't > hold that much ink, and going through cartridges wasn't cheap (perhaps > especially if these were not international standard...). > > http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/post-120277-0-77222500-1424011434.jpg I know #1 and #10. My current pen uses #10. I think I have see #11 > > I think the end note in that diagram is quite apt :-P > > Of converters I've only used what that lists as "Parker old-style", 11. > >>> My father brought home a BIC that he had found in a shipment from France >>> where someone had mislaid it. I thought that was pretty neat. It wasn't >>> too much later they hit the US market. > -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;