Green pen refills

[Maria]

Hi all,
Everyone has been very helpful in the past so I’m hoping for a solution to this problem. I have a friend who only uses green ink/ biros. I promised her a pen before finding out that it is very difficult to access Cross- type refills in green. I wonder if anybody knows of a source. There are Schneider refills in green available – these look like Parker-style replacements. Which pen kit would you recommend I use to incorporate these if no Cross refills can be accessed ?? There are also plain green Biro refills available but I have no idea how to modify the inside of a Slimline / or other kit to accommodate these. These are the simple ink in a plastic tube type with a tip usually held in by friction in the regular cheap Biros.
Thanks in advance to anyone who reads and replies to this post
Maria

 

[akirk]

fountain pen, filler and a bottle of green ink?

 

[flexi]

I have seen green 'Cross' refills in Rhymans... Or as above you could use a rollerball conversion in a fountain pen with green ink??
As to what pen use a Parker style refill.. Eh Sierra, Sirocco, Headwind, loads of others

 

[Maria]

fountain pen, filler and a bottle of green ink?

That sounded like a “ duh” was intended- that solution may be obvious to you but I’m a relatively newbie and haven’t tried fountain pens yet- going by the conversations on the forum, they seem a lot more complicated than biro- type pens- involving taps and dies and various nibs that have to be manipulated in order to work effectively- but maybe I just need to go to You-Tube for basic instructions on making fountain pens. If I find Green Rollerball refills, I’ll try my first one of those - I have a kit, just been doing bowls recently.
Thanks anyway for the suggestion-
Maria

 

[Maria]

That was in reply to “akirk “ not to “flexi” - Thanks for suggestion- unfortunately no Rymans in Dublin. Will try Rollerball kit as above.
Regards
Maria

 

[MikeC]

That sounded like a “ duh” was intended- that solution may be obvious to you but I’m a relatively newbie and haven’t tried fountain pens yet- going by the conversations on the forum, they seem a lot more complicated than biro- type pens- involving taps and dies and various nibs that have to be manipulated in order to work effectively- but maybe I just need to go to You-Tube for basic instructions on making fountain pens. If I find Green Rollerball refills, I’ll try my first one of those - I have a kit, just been doing bowls recently.
Thanks anyway for the suggestion-
Maria

I think you may have the wrong end of the stick.
There are plenty of Fountain pen kits which hold both ink converters and cartridges which you can fill with any colour ink you want.
They are no more complex than a ballpoint kit to make.
Going down the route of taps and dies means that you make the whole pen from scratch without a kit- see any post from the expert bespoke pen maker Valley boy (Ash)

Mike

 

[Maria]

I think you may have the wrong end of the stick.
There are plenty of Fountain pen kits which hold both ink converters and cartridges which you can fill with any colour ink you want.
They are no more complex than a ballpoint kit to make.
Going down the route of taps and dies means that you make the whole pen from scratch without a kit- see any post from the expert bespoke pen maker Valley boy (Ash)

Mike

Yes,Mike

 

[Maria]

Sorry, meant- Yes Mike, thanks and apologies to akirk- will get into action on simple fountain-pen kits- was reading posts from Valley Boy and thinking that fountain pens were out of my league completely- his are wonderful! But seem so complicated that I just never contemplated making one. So thanks again to akirk, flexi and particularly you for putting me straight

 

[flexi]

Depends where you get your kits from, but try a Leveche from Beaufort ink, cracking value especially in these times...
Nothing too complicated even on assembly... and Phil is great to deal with and gives good support 'IF' you need it
.....
There are loads of other kits you could try too, but this is my go to and recommend...

 

[glenpen]

I bought some on Ebay. If you can't get any let me know. The green ink refils are required for teachers marking work. Glen

 

[monophoto]

Hi all,
Everyone has been very helpful in the past so I’m hoping for a solution to this problem. I have a friend who only uses green ink/ biros. I promised her a pen before finding out that it is very difficult to access Cross- type refills in green. I wonder if anybody knows of a source. There are Schneider refills in green available – these look like Parker-style replacements. Which pen kit would you recommend I use to incorporate these if no Cross refills can be accessed ?? There are also plain green Biro refills available but I have no idea how to modify the inside of a Slimline / or other kit to accommodate these. These are the simple ink in a plastic tube type with a tip usually held in by friction in the regular cheap Biros.
Thanks in advance to anyone who reads and replies to this post
Maria

Monteverde USA make Cross-style ball point refills in the standard black and blue, but also in red and green. They are available on Amazon

Historically, Cross offered refills in various colors and line widths, but today they only sell black and blue.

 

[monophoto]

Expanding on my previous post - - -

I used to be the Editor of a Magazine, and a pen turner on the side, and one of my authors noted that the one thing that made the Editor unique is that he 'had the red pen'. So when I retired from that role, I chose to present my successor with a red 'slimline' pen to mark the occasion. I made the pen, but had an awful time finding a red refill to go in it. Historically, Cross offered refills in various colors and line widths, but today they only sell black and blue.

Monteverde USA make Cross-style ball point refills in the standard black and blue, but also blue-black, brown, purple, red, green, orange and pink. Finding a supplier of individual green refills may be a challenge although ordering from the manufacturer is an option. Amazon appears to offer a set of refills that includes green along with other colors. There are more options if the pen takes Parker-style refills - Schmidt, for example, has several possibilities. And as others have noted, roller ball refills are more widely available in colors other than black and blue, and the ultimate solution is a fountain pen with a bottle of green ink.

 

[Curly]

...........and the ultimate solution is a fountain pen with a bottle of green ink.

Or get rollerball nibs and pair them with cartridges or bottled ink. https://www.beaufortink.co.uk/search.slr Phil would be able to say if they can be fit in a kit pen or whether they must be a scratch made pen.

Pete

 

[Curly]

The link above didn't work. This one does. https://www.beaufortink.co.uk/bock-...-kitless-pens/refillable-rollerball-nib-black

5 minutes is a pretty short editing window.

Pete

 

[Tom.1946]

Don't know if you got sorted or. Not but as Flexi said the Sierra pen has a Parker refill and are easy to turn ...

 

[Curly]

William Wood-Write in Canada have 2 kinds of green rollerball refills that should work in any rollerball kit pen. Pentel use them in retractable click pens so they might be adaptable to kits with clicks. They are bigger in diameter compared to Cross type refills so won't work in those kind of pens. You might be able to locate them locally but WWW is much cheaper than I could find on Amazon.

Pentel EnerGel liquid gel rollerball pen ink refill forest green - one pack

Pentel EnerGel liquid gel rollerball pen ink refill forest green - one pack

www.penblanks.ca

Pentel EnerGel liquid gel rollerball pen ink refill lime green - one pack

Pentel EnerGel liquid gel rollerball pen ink refill lime green - one pack

www.penblanks.ca

Pete