Lol I am an idiot. I've been using a Pilot Metropolitan for over a year and have been taking the squeeze converter all the way out, dipping that in the ink, filling it, and making a mess the whole time. (I'd never used a fountain pen before buying it). Thank god I found this video. My life will be easier now.
Doing it the ways you did it it's the "logical" way. Dipping the pen, submerging the nib it's not the first thing that comes to mind when learning to use a converter. I would have done the same thing....
actually, as was seen, the converters are ineffective in filling up the reservoir all the way. The person was only able to draw up 1/3 or so in one squeeze and when they squeezed the second time, they/you are essentially pushing the first load right back out. Same w/ the twist converter. It is very very awkward to do this other method to fill - BUT if you are able to hold the pen on an almost horizontal slant, you are able to move the first load back enough (in the empty cartridge) to give room for more ink to load a second time. Believe me it is VERY awkward and takes a lot of fiddling to prop your bottle of ink on a slant while at the same time using two hands to draw the ink up on a slant. It is much harder to do with a full bottle as well as certain styles of bottles. I've never made a video & can't demonstrate. sorry. Re: the pen - The other thing about this style of fountain pen is they take that special cartridge making it impossible to use the universal cartridge refills interchangeable to many other fountain pens.
Recently got a medium nib Pilot Metropolitan. Very pleased with it. Writes nicely and isn't scratchy. I actually didn't have to wait long at all for the ink to flow through when I first inserted a cartridge. I'm enjoying it for quick sketching, and it's quite satisfying to crosshatch with. The ink only bleeds if strokes are repeated over the same spot. I highly recommend this pen for solid quality at a good price.
I am a total fountain pen newbie. I just got my first and it’s this one. I inserted the cartridge and started to write. No ink. In frustration I threw around the pen and out came a whole glob of ink!! Btw, the pen writes beautifully. I am in love:)
Thank you, I’ve just gotten my first fountain pen and this helped a lot! The Pilot Metropolitan is a great starter pen coming from only using ballpoints for sure!
The first time the piston is drawn up, all the air that was in the feed will be pulled up into the converter. When pushing it down again after, the feed will still be saturated with ink and the air will exit mostly through the fill hole. Then draw up ink very slowly and the converter should be almost full. If not, repeat a third time. A 90%-ish fill shouldn't be to hard to achieve.
Writes really smooth and the ink flows evenly. I have another fountain pen and it flows less even and tends to flow alot more ink which is good and bad as the ink doesnt last as long. Started with the plunger but didnt like that I couldnt see the amount of ink so went with the piston converter.
I just revived this problem my green and white pen just died all my pens that I use up for word searches died within a week and also don’t forget to test it on paper after refilling it.
I just bought the pilot pen and i have a squeeze converter in my pen, but also a cartridge of ink came with it. Can this one pen be used differently? Do I take the squeeze converter out and replace it with the cartridge? Thank you
Same here! Although I have issue refilling my metro. For the squeeze type I'm scared I might dip the nib too deep and gonna hit the bottom of the ink bottle. I can't see
Duraymond MissesYou A small tap like that on the bottom of the bottle won't damage the nib or the glass; you needn't be worried. It's more or less the same as putting the nib on the paper, after taking the water resistance into account,
I've been very frustrated with this pen that I own for probably three years now. I've had very little opportunity to use and enjoy it. I'm glad I found this video. The refills should have come with instructions, and the pen should have made it easier to determine what refill I needed to purchase. I agree with the comments here that Pilot makes a superb product, but in this case, user instructions should have been provided. I guess I will soon find out how well it will work and for how long. I hope my experience with the pen turns around, because right now, as I said, its not been positive.
I agree. If I hadn't already had a fountain pen fetish, and known these things I'd have found out the hard way that: - all refill cartridges are not created equal. - it is not easy to fill the converters. - there are tricks to refilling the converter more fully. It is even more complicated when you get into specialized colors and want more than the readily available blue, black, red, purple, kelly green ink found in most universal refills. Also, and this one was a painful lesson to learn: some bottle inks do not work well for fountain pen use. Painful for me in that my son gave me a beautiful Pilot (Purple Leopard) Metropolitan Fountain pen along with a bottle of "Noodlers" purple ink (fave color ink) for a birthday present. A very thoughtfully chosen gift. I filled the converter with the purple ink, but the writing experience was VERY frustrating. It skipped badly & sometimes didn't write at all. And as a result I didn't use my birthday-present pen. My son would kindly ask me why I wasn't using his pen. And I'd make excuses saying I treasured it so much I was afraid to carry it around...worried I might accidentally leave it on a store counter or something. I know it hurt his feelings I wasn't enjoying the use of his gifted pen. I figured it was a junky pen. I figured since the ink was purchased with the pen, AT A PEN SHOP, the ink had to have been recommended and compatible. It wasn't until two years of nonuse later, doing a deep internet dive into fountain pens & inks, I learned the ink was the culprit, not the pen. I popped on the refill, provided w/ the pen & it wrote like a dream!!! But it was too late to share my joy in being able to used my treasured pen because my son was/is no longer there/here. He had died the year before. I feel so bad his lovely & thoughtful present to me was believed unused & unloved. (sorry for the short story. I am still so broken & sad.)
You could just take out the squeezing converter and use syringe to fill the ink directly in it, or use a droplet to pour ink drop by drop directly into the coverter without making a mess by dipping the nib in ink bottle.
I am a big fan of the Metropolitan. I own 4 now -- 3 using the piston converter, and one using the compression converter that comes with the pen. I noticed that even in your video the piston converter was not completely filled at the point where you moved on to the next method. I have never been able to get a complete fill, either. Am I giving up too soon with repeated attempts?
To get a full fill turn the pen upside down and turn the knob to expel the air then put it back in the ink screw the knob in the other direction and voila your converter is full.
Using the squeeze converter...I cannot get the ink to flow... What am I doing wrong? I did exactly what the video says to do. Where can I buy the piston converters?
I have a Pilot Metropolitan with the cm stub nib and love it I want to buy another one in the UK without having to pay US import fees. No one in the UK stocks the model with the cm nib. What do I do please?
Good morning, I just bought my first pilot metropolitan and it arrived today. But I was expected to received it with the squeeze converter, where can I find one please ? I really prefer the squeeze converter to the other, and the cartridge
I bought some namiki pilot cartridges and they are so difficult puncture. Is it just me? I literally snapped one trying to get it punctured. I may just go back to using the converter. Advice?
thank you so much for your tutorial. I would like to know if you have any screw-in/plunger type converter that can hold more ink? cause i write a lot with this pen, and i love it.
Which type of ink cartridge are used here . What the name os the cartridge. Does Pilot Namiki IC100 Fountain Pen Ink Cartridge Fit Pilot metropolitan? Please answer
I have an idea. you should make a camparqeon of many major company's most popular gel pens. You could use the g2, the signo 207, the Sarasa, the energel, the inkoy gel, and things like that
Does it come with a converter? I’m thinking of getting a white tiger pilot metropolitan from the animal collection, so i wanted to know if it comes with a converter. HELP
The Pilot Metropolitan no longer comes with a converter, but you can purchase one: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Metropolitan-Fountain-Pen-Black-Plain-Fine-Nib/pd/12075/refills?&f=64f61958cc42490f31a490a25ae468364ebf64e44e23854d_e23fc135caa87f7c9164d0383e6c572cf0cd5403796ee51b33f76691291569db
Hi there! Pilot Namiki cartridges should fit in a Pilot Metropolitan. You may need to push the cartridge firmly into the grip section. Be sure to use the correct side: the section of the cartridge with the clear protrusion should be the side that goes into the pen. If trying the cartridge again doesn't work, where did you purchase your pen? There are actually two versions of the Metropolitan. One of them is called the MR and only takes standard international cartridges. The one we sell on the JetPens website is the version that takes Pilot cartridges. We hope that helps!
Jetpens sells some nice pens and appear to be the only U.S. distributor of Wahlman pens. The only reason I don't buy from them or Etsy is that you have to create an account with a password. Yeah, I know it only takes a few minutes but it's another pwd I have to memorize for each site. It's easier buying from other companies where I can use my PayPal account or at Amazon.
...if it's not a European made Pilot MR, which looks the same. Those use Standard International size cartridges and converters, which includes Faber Castell ones, if I'm not mistaken.
This is helpful, BUT ... the Pilot cartridge I have simply won't connect. I've tried pushing it firmly to the point the cartridge starts to bend and the pen doesn't puncture the cartridge. What am I doing wrong?
Hi Janette, we're sorry to hear that you're having trouble with your pen! Could you email jetpens@jetpens.com with images of the cartridge and the pen? Our customer service team can help you figure out what the problem is.
Hi there! These cartridges are compatible with the Pilot Metropolitan: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Metropolitan-Fountain-Pen-Black-Plain-Fine-Nib/pd/12075/refills?&f=605e3cb4f7e12d265eb14346b2ddddb1f42861f02487a643
Can someone help me. I bought the cartridge for this pen, but it won't go all the way in, no matter how hard I plunged it in. In fact I broke two in half from the force of pushing them in
Hi there! Which cartridge did you buy? You can see how to install the cartridge here in Pilot's guide: pilotpen.us/images/custom/GUIDEUSECARMR_Mech.pdf
Does it really take an hour or two to be able to write after installing a cartridge? I think that's not correct. A fountain pen will start writing after a few seconds unless there's something wrong with the instrument.
In some cases, it might take up to an hour, especially if you don't start testing it right away. This occurs mostly with cartridges, since you are not drawing ink directly up the feed as you would with a converter. Usually it won't take as long as an hour!
@@kakalimodak4005 Wow, good to know that. I mean it. But I googled about it and there was nothing. At least I didn't find it. Is there any article or patent to ensure that or it's just a selling point of view. P.S. Once I had a fake piston converter which didn't contain those metal balls and my pen went crazy. This was the reason I switched to cartridges. By the way, thanks!
The one that we show here is Taupe Lizard! You can find this color in the Animal Collection here: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Metropolitan-Fountain-Pens-Animal-Collection/ct/3628
Hi, I just bought a fountain pen and I am really disappointed :(. I bought the pilot metropolitan with M nib and a LAMY ink bottle. I also bought clairefontaire pad which claims to be "the world's best paper". Sadly, my pilot pen just does not write on the clairefontaire paper, but works fine on cheap paper. I'm really sad I wasted so much money on this.
We're sorry to hear that you've had this experience! This has never happened to us before. You can try cleaning out the fountain pen and see if that helps. We have instructions here: www.jetpens.com/blog/how-to-clean-a-fountain-pen/pt/259
yep, i tried all that. The pen writes fine on cheap refill, but basically runs out on the expensive paper. It's as if it dries up. Could it be the LAMY ink that I am using?
Hi there! Make sure that the correct side of the cartridge is facing the grip section. Also, the Pilot Metropolitan cannot use any cartridge: it must use Pilot cartridges. If you're still having issues, you can send our customer service team an email at jetpens@jetpens.com with an image of your pen and cartridge.
Lol I am an idiot. I've been using a Pilot Metropolitan for over a year and have been taking the squeeze converter all the way out, dipping that in the ink, filling it, and making a mess the whole time. (I'd never used a fountain pen before buying it). Thank god I found this video. My life will be easier now.
lmao i was doing that too, then i thought to myself this couldn't be right
I did this on every pen with a converter for many years, so... Are we idiots?
Doing it the ways you did it it's the "logical" way. Dipping the pen, submerging the nib it's not the first thing that comes to mind when learning to use a converter. I would have done the same thing....
😂wtf I was doing the same and just now dropped ink all over my desk. Now it makes sense. Dip the nib lol
@@schopenhauer1962 lol another idiot here, hahaha, i remove it first fill it with ink then search the correct way, hahaha
WAit, what. You're supposed to keep squeezing?! I thought it was a one squeezer. No wonder why my pen runs out so quick D:
actually, as was seen, the converters are ineffective in filling up the reservoir all the way.
The person was only able to draw up 1/3 or so in one squeeze and when they squeezed the second time, they/you are essentially pushing the first load right back out.
Same w/ the twist converter.
It is very very awkward to do this other method to fill -
BUT if you are able to hold the pen on an almost horizontal slant, you are able to move the first load back enough (in the empty cartridge) to give room for more ink to load a second time.
Believe me it is VERY awkward and takes a lot of fiddling to prop your bottle of ink on a slant while at the same time using two hands to draw the ink up on a slant.
It is much harder to do with a full bottle as well as certain styles of bottles.
I've never made a video & can't demonstrate. sorry.
Re: the pen -
The other thing about this style of fountain pen is they take that special cartridge making it impossible to use the universal cartridge refills interchangeable to many other fountain pens.
@@moodylicious One suggestion is to use a dropper/syringe with a blunt large needle to pull up ink, and refill the Pilot ink cartridges
I often dip the nib in water for a second after inserting the converter to get the ink to flow. Works almost instantaneously. ...
Great tip!
IAT1964 OMG! That's an amazing tip! I'll definitely use that tip, Thank you so much!
I thought I was the only one to do that...
Or just dip the pen in the ink
Works for me too with cartridges or converter 😀
Recently got a medium nib Pilot Metropolitan. Very pleased with it. Writes nicely and isn't scratchy. I actually didn't have to wait long at all for the ink to flow through when I first inserted a cartridge. I'm enjoying it for quick sketching, and it's quite satisfying to crosshatch with. The ink only bleeds if strokes are repeated over the same spot. I highly recommend this pen for solid quality at a good price.
I agree. This pen writes better than ones I own double or triple its cost. Ink flows smoothly and it's quite stylish.
Hey I just got one too. Quick question, do you leave the cartridge inside the pen after use or do you have to take it out?
@@Jon6sic6 leave the cartridge inside the pen
I really like the Pilot Metropolitan. It is a very good fountain pen for its price.
I picked up my 1st Pilot from Goldspot spot and it writes smooth like butter on my paper. So glad I picked this up
I am a total fountain pen newbie. I just got my first and it’s this one. I inserted the cartridge and started to write. No ink. In frustration I threw around the pen and out came a whole glob of ink!! Btw, the pen writes beautifully. I am in love:)
Thank you for this video! I'm very new to fountain pens and had no idea what I was doing with the ink cartridge.
My friend gifted me one of these with the squeeze convertor and I'm not convinced I did it right even though there are no more bubbles!
Thank you, I’ve just gotten my first fountain pen and this helped a lot! The Pilot Metropolitan is a great starter pen coming from only using ballpoints for sure!
Very helpful. Exactly the information I was hoping to learn. Thanks!
Perfect explanation and thanks to JefferyK for the tip on filling the piston up further!
This video answered ALL my questions. Thanks!
Now I know it's normal for the piston converter to absorb only a half of the tube.
repeat the process and it will fill it up more and more
Can it be full barrel??? Or at least 3/4?
The first time the piston is drawn up, all the air that was in the feed will be pulled up into the converter. When pushing it down again after, the feed will still be saturated with ink and the air will exit mostly through the fill hole. Then draw up ink very slowly and the converter should be almost full. If not, repeat a third time. A 90%-ish fill shouldn't be to hard to achieve.
Hahaha. Same here
Whew...thank you so much. Instructions in box were not helpful, but your video was perfect.
The best explanation I've seen by far. Thanks!
Writes really smooth and the ink flows evenly. I have another fountain pen and it flows less even and tends to flow alot more ink which is good and bad as the ink doesnt last as long. Started with the plunger but didnt like that I couldnt see the amount of ink so went with the piston converter.
I just revived this problem my green and white pen just died all my pens that I use up for word searches died within a week and also don’t forget to test it on paper after refilling it.
One of top 10 websites on the Internet, Undoubtedly.
Thanks. Nice to know it can accept 2 types of converters. 😎
I just bought the pilot pen and i have a squeeze converter in my pen, but also a cartridge of ink came with it. Can this one pen be used differently? Do I take the squeeze converter out and replace it with the cartridge? Thank you
Hi there! Yes, you can remove the squeeze converter and insert the cartridge in its place.
This was really helpful, thank you so much. I am new to the fountain pen world and am extremely excited, again thanks
So happy to hear that we could help!
What other pens would you recommend ?
Check out our blog for fountain pen recommendations: www.jetpens.com/blog/great-beginner-fountain-pens-that-wont-break-the-bank/pt/862
Same here! Although I have issue refilling my metro. For the squeeze type I'm scared I might dip the nib too deep and gonna hit the bottom of the ink bottle. I can't see
Duraymond MissesYou A small tap like that on the bottom of the bottle won't damage the nib or the glass; you needn't be worried. It's more or less the same as putting the nib on the paper, after taking the water resistance into account,
I've been very frustrated with this pen that I own for probably three years now. I've had very little opportunity to use and enjoy it. I'm glad I found this video. The refills should have come with instructions, and the pen should have made it easier to determine what refill I needed to purchase. I agree with the comments here that Pilot makes a superb product, but in this case, user instructions should have been provided. I guess I will soon find out how well it will work and for how long. I hope my experience with the pen turns around, because right now, as I said, its not been positive.
I agree. If I hadn't already had a fountain pen fetish, and known these things I'd have found out the hard way that:
- all refill cartridges are not created equal.
- it is not easy to fill the converters.
- there are tricks to refilling the converter more fully.
It is even more complicated when you get into specialized colors and want more than the readily available blue, black, red, purple, kelly green ink found in most universal refills.
Also, and this one was a painful lesson to learn: some bottle inks do not work well for fountain pen use.
Painful for me in that my son gave me a beautiful Pilot (Purple Leopard) Metropolitan Fountain pen along with a bottle of "Noodlers" purple ink (fave color ink) for a birthday present. A very thoughtfully chosen gift.
I filled the converter with the purple ink, but the writing experience was VERY frustrating.
It skipped badly & sometimes didn't write at all.
And as a result I didn't use my birthday-present pen. My son would kindly ask me why I wasn't using his pen. And I'd make excuses saying I treasured it so much I was afraid to carry it around...worried I might accidentally leave it on a store counter or something. I know it hurt his feelings I wasn't enjoying the use of his gifted pen.
I figured it was a junky pen.
I figured since the ink was purchased with the pen, AT A PEN SHOP, the ink had to have been recommended and compatible.
It wasn't until two years of nonuse later, doing a deep internet dive into fountain pens & inks, I learned the ink was the culprit, not the pen.
I popped on the refill, provided w/ the pen & it wrote like a dream!!!
But it was too late to share my joy in being able to used my treasured pen because my son was/is no longer there/here. He had died the year before.
I feel so bad his lovely & thoughtful present to me was believed unused & unloved.
(sorry for the short story. I am still so broken & sad.)
Thank you, very helpful
Very good tutorial. Thanks.
You could just take out the squeezing converter and use syringe to fill the ink directly in it, or use a droplet to pour ink drop by drop directly into the coverter without making a mess by dipping the nib in ink bottle.
New with fountain pens thank you
I am a big fan of the Metropolitan. I own 4 now -- 3 using the piston converter, and one using the compression converter that comes with the pen.
I noticed that even in your video the piston converter was not completely filled at the point where you moved on to the next method. I have never been able to get a complete fill, either. Am I giving up too soon with repeated attempts?
It's nearly impossible to get it completely filled unfortunately!
I am so glad to hear this! ;) I thought I was missing something.
To get a full fill turn the pen upside down and turn the knob to expel the air then put it back in the ink screw the knob in the other direction and voila your converter is full.
Using the squeeze converter...I cannot get the ink to flow... What am I doing wrong? I did exactly what the video says to do. Where can I buy the piston converters?
I just got my pilot metropolitan as a graduation gift
Careful. Fountain pens are ADDICTIVE! :-D
@@do9138 yeah I learned that.
Thank you. Very helpful instructions.
Can the Pilot Metropolitan be used as an Eye Dropper i.e direct barrel ink fill?
I like all you products I want to buy all of them .one day I will definitely buy
I have a Pilot Metropolitan with the cm stub nib and love it I want to buy another one in the UK without having to pay US import fees. No one in the UK stocks the model with the cm nib. What do I do please?
thank you for this amazing tutorial.
Please tell which is the best ink for this pen.
Thanks! Very helpful!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Beautiful
Good morning, I just bought my first pilot metropolitan and it arrived today. But I was expected to received it with the squeeze converter, where can I find one please ? I really prefer the squeeze converter to the other, and the cartridge
Hi there! You can find the converter here: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-CON-B-Fountain-Pen-Converter/pd/26303
What piston converter did u use?
I bought some namiki pilot cartridges and they are so difficult puncture. Is it just me? I literally snapped one trying to get it punctured. I may just go back to using the converter. Advice?
We're so sorry, we haven't had this experience.
Maybe put the cartridge straight and then try to puncture.
thank you so much for your tutorial. I would like to know if you have any screw-in/plunger type converter that can hold more ink? cause i write a lot with this pen, and i love it.
There's this one: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-CON-40-Fountain-Pen-Converter/pd/16562
Which type of ink cartridge are used here .
What the name os the cartridge.
Does
Pilot Namiki IC100 Fountain Pen Ink Cartridge
Fit Pilot metropolitan?
Please answer
Yes it does!
Thanks a lot!
Thank you!
I have an idea. you should make a camparqeon of many major company's most popular gel pens. You could use the g2, the signo 207, the Sarasa, the energel, the inkoy gel, and things like that
Thank you.
Does it come with a converter? I’m thinking of getting a white tiger pilot metropolitan from the animal collection, so i wanted to know if it comes with a converter. HELP
The Pilot Metropolitan no longer comes with a converter, but you can purchase one: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Metropolitan-Fountain-Pen-Black-Plain-Fine-Nib/pd/12075/refills?&f=64f61958cc42490f31a490a25ae468364ebf64e44e23854d_e23fc135caa87f7c9164d0383e6c572cf0cd5403796ee51b33f76691291569db
So it comes with ink cartridges?
@@maanavamin2810 It comes with one ink cartridge.
Thank You
Bought Metropolitan, writes smooth as silk ! But Namiki cartridge doesn’t fit it’s frustrating.. some advice please how to fix. Thanks in advance.
Hi there! Pilot Namiki cartridges should fit in a Pilot Metropolitan. You may need to push the cartridge firmly into the grip section. Be sure to use the correct side: the section of the cartridge with the clear protrusion should be the side that goes into the pen.
If trying the cartridge again doesn't work, where did you purchase your pen? There are actually two versions of the Metropolitan. One of them is called the MR and only takes standard international cartridges. The one we sell on the JetPens website is the version that takes Pilot cartridges. We hope that helps!
Are they compatible with Pilot IC50 fountain pen refills?
Yes they are!
I never could decide between metropolitan and safari, so I got them both... It's very difficult to make the choice when I need to write.
can u refill the cartridge with a syringe? i kind of messed myself up with ink in the process so i'm just asking
Yes, you can definitely refill the cartridge with a syringe!
thank youu ı wasnt know that part what does it do
I tried to install the cartridge like you showed but i can't. Like it doesn't fit at all. But it's Pilot Namiki.
Jetpens sells some nice pens and appear to be the only U.S. distributor of Wahlman pens. The only reason I don't buy from them or Etsy is that you have to create an account with a password. Yeah, I know it only takes a few minutes but it's another pwd I have to memorize for each site. It's easier buying from other companies where I can use my PayPal account or at Amazon.
2027850 Dude check out a password manager. I use Blur personally, but there are others.
Thanks.
I find the pressing suction gets the least amount of ink and I have to do it multiple times.
Will a faber castell converter work on this pen???
No, only Pilot converters work with Pilot pens!
...if it's not a European made Pilot MR, which looks the same. Those use Standard International size cartridges and converters, which includes Faber Castell ones, if I'm not mistaken.
This is helpful, BUT ... the Pilot cartridge I have simply won't connect. I've tried pushing it firmly to the point the cartridge starts to bend and the pen doesn't puncture the cartridge. What am I doing wrong?
Hi Janette, we're sorry to hear that you're having trouble with your pen! Could you email jetpens@jetpens.com with images of the cartridge and the pen? Our customer service team can help you figure out what the problem is.
JetPens yes I’ve done that.
is the cartridge standard long size
It's a proprietary cartridge.
Which cartidge fits this pilot metropolitan pens? Someone please help me.
Hi there! These cartridges are compatible with the Pilot Metropolitan: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Metropolitan-Fountain-Pen-Black-Plain-Fine-Nib/pd/12075/refills?&f=605e3cb4f7e12d265eb14346b2ddddb1f42861f02487a643
Will black ink spoil the pen?
It will not!
Can someone help me. I bought the cartridge for this pen, but it won't go all the way in, no matter how hard I plunged it in. In fact I broke two in half from the force of pushing them in
Hi there! Which cartridge did you buy? You can see how to install the cartridge here in Pilot's guide: pilotpen.us/images/custom/GUIDEUSECARMR_Mech.pdf
don't buy cartridges, you will go broke. Buy Namiki fountain pen ink instead, best ink in my opinion.
Yes and also converters give you access to bottled ink with huge variety of colors!!
Others actually take the converter with ink first and put it in the pen
Does it really take an hour or two to be able to write after installing a cartridge? I think that's not correct. A fountain pen will start writing after a few seconds unless there's something wrong with the instrument.
In some cases, it might take up to an hour, especially if you don't start testing it right away. This occurs mostly with cartridges, since you are not drawing ink directly up the feed as you would with a converter. Usually it won't take as long as an hour!
Con-b = con-40?
Anyone having trouble filling up the twist barrel converter? I can only get it full half way.
My piston converter won’t snap in place so it’s like loose so it won’t fill
My squeeze converter is not working :(
What are those small balls in the piston converter?
Did anyone notice that?
It is there to ensure the ink stays fluid and doesn't solidify.
@@kakalimodak4005 Wow, good to know that. I mean it.
But I googled about it and there was nothing. At least I didn't find it. Is there any article or patent to ensure that or it's just a selling point of view.
P.S. Once I had a fake piston converter which didn't contain those metal balls and my pen went crazy. This was the reason I switched to cartridges.
By the way, thanks!
Oh i didnt know I was supposed to use the wide side, that's why it won't fit!
What is the barrel's color?
The one that we show here is Taupe Lizard! You can find this color in the Animal Collection here: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Metropolitan-Fountain-Pens-Animal-Collection/ct/3628
How long should 1 fill last?
It depends on the nib size and how much you write!
Hi, I just bought a fountain pen and I am really disappointed :(. I bought the pilot metropolitan with M nib and a LAMY ink bottle. I also bought clairefontaire pad which claims to be "the world's best paper". Sadly, my pilot pen just does not write on the clairefontaire paper, but works fine on cheap paper. I'm really sad I wasted so much money on this.
We're sorry to hear that you've had this experience! This has never happened to us before. You can try cleaning out the fountain pen and see if that helps. We have instructions here: www.jetpens.com/blog/how-to-clean-a-fountain-pen/pt/259
yep, i tried all that. The pen writes fine on cheap refill, but basically runs out on the expensive paper. It's as if it dries up. Could it be the LAMY ink that I am using?
It's possible. Did you try a different ink?
Is something wrong with me or I just cant puncture the cartridge?? Pls help
Hi there! Make sure that the correct side of the cartridge is facing the grip section. Also, the Pilot Metropolitan cannot use any cartridge: it must use Pilot cartridges. If you're still having issues, you can send our customer service team an email at jetpens@jetpens.com with an image of your pen and cartridge.
@@JetPens thx...Im gonna do that
thanks :) i didnt nou how to use tha converter lol
Do fountain pens run out of ink fast
Depends on the nib size and how much pressure you use.
they do
Does anyone else get ink all over their fingers when using the squeeze converter?
Not me. I only get ink on one finger and that's usually because I forget to properly wipe the grip section after I'm done refilling the pen.