Brand new: The Kaweco Sport mini piston type converter

[Chrissy]

Kaweco have just brought out a brand new mini piston type converter for their Sport pens.

This nifty little converter fits into all of the Kaweco Sport range of pens, (not the Liliput!) allowing you to use bottled ink as well as cartridges in your Kaweco Sport pens.

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Manufacture: The casing is hard, clear plastic with Kaweco printed in white along the outside. The internal push/pull rod is hard black plastic, while the end of the casing and the end of the piston rod are chrome metal. The chrome metal end of the black rod has an easy to grip machined edge.

Measurements: It measures 33mm long when closed, and 53mm when open.

Capacity: It holds .5ml of ink when full.

Details: I fitted one of these into my red and black AC Sport. It fitted so securely onto the feed that when I tried to turn it slightly to show the Kaweco branding while I took the photograph of it fitted in the pen, it unscrewed the nib unit. So I can confirm it fits into my AC Sport really tightly. It took me a couple of draws to properly fill the converter with ink from the bottle, but that seems to be common with these tiny converters. I just love it! The fact that I can now use bottled ink in my Kaweco Sport pens without having to use the squeezy converter, or refill cartridges with a syringe is great!

Cost and availability So far I have only spotted them in stock on the Appelboom.com web site at a cost of €5.50 inclusive of EU tax. I'm sure other web-sites will get them in stock soon.

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I'm over the moon with this. Thank you Kaweco for sending me this product to review.

[jackokun]

For the Lilliputians, was it that it was too wide for the barrel or that you could not pull to the full extent of the converter?

[Chrissy]

For the Lilliputians, was it that it was too wide for the barrel or that you could not pull to the full extent of the converter?

I don't have a Liliput to try it with, but if they use standard International size cartridges and have the same size nibs as the Sport, then it must be the shorter overall length.

[SIR]

Hey Chrissy,
Thanks for the all important measurements!

The Writing Desk .co.uk is showing these at £4.69
http://www.thewritingdesk.co.uk/show...ter&cat=spares

[penultress]

Chrissy, thanks for the review! It looks super cute. I currently use a Sport Raw aluminum with a cartridge that I refill. Love your AC Sport too

[Chrissy]

I've just seen that The Writing Desk now have these in stock at £4.69.

I didn't spot the post by SIR that mentioned this earlier.

[Titivillus]

Chrissy,
I think it is called a syringe fillers, I had a vintage pen with a similar filler with the plunger handle extended to get more ink inside. Annoyed that I just got a Kaweco sac filler that doesn't quite fill up

[Chrissy]

Chrissy,
I think it is called a syringe fillers, I had a vintage pen with a similar filler with the plunger handle extended to get more ink inside. Annoyed that I just got a Kaweco sac filler that doesn't quite fill up

Kaweco call it the 'mini converter' on their order form that they sent me. Because many users also call the squeezy version a 'mini converter' I also added the words that Appleboom pens used: 'piston type.'

[writingrav]

Chrissy,
I think it is called a syringe fillers, I had a vintage pen with a similar filler with the plunger handle extended to get more ink inside. Annoyed that I just got a Kaweco sac filler that doesn't quite fill up

Kaweco call it the 'mini converter' on their order form that they sent me. Because many users also call the squeezy version a 'mini converter' I also added the words that Appleboom pens used: 'piston type.'

JetPens now has them for sale too.

[SIR]

So, tried the new converter in my Franklin Christoph P66; not quite full capacity, internal length of barrel limits extension of plunger to about 80/90%.

[SCPaul]

Are they the same size as the Monteverde mini converter?

[Chrissy]

Are they the same size as the Monteverde mini converter?

No they aren't. They are made to fit Kaweco Sport pens

[migo984]

We have three of these (from Cultpens) and two have already 'failed': the ink gets behind the 'piston' seal. The third seems ok at the moment.

[Bogon07]

We have three of these (from Cultpens) and two have already 'failed': the ink gets behind the 'piston' seal. The third seems ok at the moment.

Has any of that ink leaked out past the end of the piston ?

[migo984]

We have three of these (from Cultpens) and two have already 'failed': the ink gets behind the 'piston' seal. The third seems ok at the moment.

Has any of that ink leaked out past the end of the piston ?

No it hasn't leaked from the end. The pens haven't been used away from the house, just kept in a pen tray. The ink does clean out of the converter easily, obviously because the piston seal allows water through.

[writingrav]

We have three of these (from Cultpens) and two have already 'failed': the ink gets behind the 'piston' seal. The third seems ok at the moment.

Has any of that ink leaked out past the end of the piston ?

No it hasn't leaked from the end. The pens haven't been used away from the house, just kept in a pen tray. The ink does clean out of the converter easily, obviously because the piston seal allows water through.

I have two inked and have had no problems yet.

[Chrissy]

I have 4 inked and have had no problems

[migo984]

We have three of these (from Cultpens) and two have already 'failed': the ink gets behind the 'piston' seal. The third seems ok at the moment.

Has any of that ink leaked out past the end of the piston ?

No it hasn't leaked from the end. The pens haven't been used away from the house, just kept in a pen tray. The ink does clean out of the converter easily, obviously because the piston seal allows water through.

I have two inked and have had no problems yet.

The 3rd one I'm using is OK. I was surprised at the problem with the other 2.

[jodylud]

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I have three currently in daily use for the past two weeks. So far, so good...

[VertOlive]

This is good news, are they available in the US?