Refilling a Pilot V Sign pen with inkjet refill ink.

My favourite pen ran dry unexpectedly, and since I can't get another quickly I decided to try refilling it with inkjet ink. I also ordered some new pens from Japan via ebay because the same style of pen is sold there as a "brush pen" for writing Kanji characters. Theirs is much more stylish (cream body with Kanji characters on it) so I decided to give them a try.
Initially I thought the whole back of the pen was an ink reservoir (it uses a tank of liquid ink) and was originally hoping to just drill a hole in the end, fill it with ink and then use a standard inkjet refill plug to seal it. But it transpired that the rear of the pen is actually an empty void. It's notable that the back is coloured solid black to prevent you from seeing that it's not full of ink!
However, it's still quite easy to fill, albeit a bit messy.
Remove the end cap.
Use pliers to remove the tip body without crushing the writing tip.
Use pliers to remove the air inlet assembly.
Fill with ink and reassemble. The ink literally wicks back down for use in seconds.
And the result is a fully working pen with good black lines and a full ink reservoir.

[@leewmlee]

Once the felt tip nib come off, I would suggest using a syringe with a needle, to inject ink through the hole left behind by the nib. That way, no need to pull the finned section out. It looks like it requires a fair bit of force to pull out with a pair of pliers and risk damaging it.

[@moetazgomaa3800]

The most elegant pen refill video in the world

[@Abhorsen6930]

You could also use a variety of fountain pen inks to refill your pen - in case you want to write in super-fun colors.

[@ThePillenwerfer]

I've kept a Pilot V5 going with fountain pen ink for about twenty years.

[@joumane2007hamza]

Thank you soo much for this, so helpful

[@noemiiwanaga7249]

Thank you so much!!!

[@irineudinossauro5702]

How deceptive that the reservoir is so small, and they just hide it! >:(

[@cameliaferrand8029]

Wow THANK YOU 💚 there are so expensive I thought maybe someone somewhere know how to refill this. Inernet is beautiful sometimes 🤩

[@commodork]

Sorted, indeed!

[@Notonlywatches]

I use inkjet refill ink for a Pilot V5. It works great. ;)

[@Amacln]

Thanks 🙏

[@AceZenitsu]

Not gonna lie, I've always kind of wanted your pen lol

[@ricardovillalobos52]

I've super glue the two parts so when i pull them everything comes out, and you can refill it E to the Z. cheers

[@PRN-Life]

Now i was just puttin down the blacks on the #4 flash sheet when my v-sign ran out of ink now i was just about to throw it away for the third time i think eehehh , thanks for showing how to refill this wonderfull little pen when i have below 85km oneway to buy this pen il gladly drive for it but nooot nowadays . / Paul from North sweden

[@SagePatrynXX]

I'm told you can do the same with disposable fountain pens. Rather good fountain pens too. totel shame I can't refill them , there's always a way

[@eveg4851]

I try filling with indian ink and the ink would not flow my nid dried out even thou i placed new ink

[@mrkhokhar4895]

Waooooo beautiful pen so soft running like jet😋😛🥰😍😜

[@StinkyDinky_]

Do you script your videos or do you just write out a thorough synopsis for the description?

[@reb-ii]

I wonder if it would be possible to drill out the top of the ink reservoir, allowing you to use the entire barrel as an extended reservoir?

[@mge1989]

Great video. Will the wick hold up? It seems on many of these pens they go bad or get dried out or worn out.