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[telophase]

Damn, but this is a lovely pen. Alas, it's a proprietary ink cartridge if I don't want to use the converter to fill it with bottled ink.

I've already got the blue and orange Cross Wanderlust fountain pens that require their brand of cartridge; I really don't want to handle more cartridges.

FYI my plan for the Cross pen I keep at home is to switch to the converter (I bought separately) once the cartridge it came with runs out. I just bought more cartridges for the one I keep at work because I don't want to fuss with ink bottles and the chance of spillage there.

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[yhlee]

That is indeed a beautiful pen!

[telophase]

i still have the page open in a tab, tempting me...

[yhlee]

I'm very very tempted but I have so many pens already!!

On the other hand, it's so very affordable for a fountain pen...

[telophase]

I know! Aaaarrrrggggh!

[yhlee]

I pulled the trigger, dammit. I'll have to get a Sheaffer converter from elsewhere though because that site is sold out...

[telophase]

:D

It says "The cartridge/converter- filling fountain pen (both included) has a steel nib in medium point only." Does that mean the converter is included or if not, then what does it mean?

[yhlee]

My experience is that they usually include a converter OR a cartridge but not both, but I haven't bought Sheaffer pens in YEARS so who knows what that company's SOP is...

[telophase]

Yeah, no telling. I had to buy the Cross converters separately for those pens, and of course realized after they arrived that I only needed one, since I wasn't going to use bottled ink for work. Guess I've got a backup now?

[yhlee]

Did you get yours from Goldspot (currently sold out) or from some other site? I'm having the devil's own time sourcing them. XD

[telophase]

Amazon. I couldn't find it anywhere else that had the right combo of price and delivery time.

[yhlee]

Gotcha, thank you!

[telophase]

It's possible that I ended up with a knockoff, but if Cross isn't going to make theirs available, then I'll take it. XD

[telophase]

Aaaand I just pulled the trigger also. I got some cartridges--if it doesn't come with a converter I can make it a backup pen at work, or buy one, or use it for travel.