Parker Ballpoint Refills

[rosebute]

Im not sure if this is the right area but im trying to find out if any other companies make refills for Parker ballpoints.I recently bought a converted Vacumatic & I really like it. The great balance & feel of the vacumatic with the practicality of a ballpoint. I imagine some of you will flame me, but sometimes a fountain pen just isnt that practical. As a bush pilot in the freezing Yukon a ballpoint is the better choice for work. Quick altitude changes can make even good pens leak, And I wouldnt want to freeze one of my fountain pens full of ink in case it cracked.

Anyway does anyone have any suggestions for a nice writing refill that would fit a parker?

Thanks in advance, Brian.

[blINK]

There are certainly situations where a ballpoint is a better or necessary choice. Fortunately, we have the technology to have that choice.

 

I have a couple of Rotring ballpoints that I use and they take parker-style refills. I use the Schmidt easyFLOW 9000 that are made in Germany. I think they are available on Amazon. It is a great refill and writes with almost as light a touch as a fountain pen.

[Jebedee]

You're in luck, Brian! The first thing I do with a new Parker ballpoint pen is discard its ink and replace it with a Parker-style, Monteverde Gel refill from Colorado Pens. It has a ceramic ball, writes like a dream and comes in broad and fine points. Bonus (for me, anyway): it comes in blue-black. Not that I want to rave too long about the Monteverde ceramic gels (no, I'm not an employee or shill) but I'll tell you that the reason I love Parker pens is that they take the Monteverde refills. If Monteverde made the same gel refills for another brand, I'd be as likely to get the other brand of pen. As it is, Monteverde makes that refill only for Parker. So I have a small drawer full of Monteverde refills and, when I run out of pens (loaned, lost, stolen) to use them, I buy more Parkers.

 

Find the refills here: http://www.coloradopen.com/product/monteverde-gel-ballpoint-refill-for-parker/parker-ballpoint-refills

 

JJ

[Bradley]

You're in luck, Brian! The first thing I do with a new Parker ballpoint pen is discard its ink and replace it with a Parker-style, Monteverde Gel refill from Colorado Pens. It has a ceramic ball, writes like a dream and comes in broad and fine points. Bonus (for me, anyway): it comes in blue-black. Not that I want to rave too long about the Monteverde ceramic gels (no, I'm not an employee or shill) but I'll tell you that the reason I love Parker pens is that they take the Monteverde refills. If Monteverde made the same gel refills for another brand, I'd be as likely to get the other brand of pen. As it is, Monteverde makes that refill only for Parker. So I have a small drawer full of Monteverde refills and, when I run out of pens (loaned, lost, stolen) to use them, I buy more Parkers.

 

Find the refills here: http://www.coloradopen.com/product/monteverde-gel-ballpoint-refill-for-parker/parker-ballpoint-refills

 

JJ

 

+1

 

If you enjoy a gel refill, I also recommend the Visconti GEL Parker-style ballpoint refill. (The Visconti regular Parker-style ballpoint refill, unlike the GEL version, performed just like any other ballpoint refill -- to my hand, anyway.) I have tried the broad size Visconti GEL for ballpoint, and it is smoother and more free-flowing than the Pilot G-2 (my former favorite gel, though they do not fit Parkers), but it is quite broad -- a little too broad for most day-to-day work, I should think, and I just received some medium refills of same in the mail today, which I've yet to try. Also, there are the Private Reserve Parker-style ballpoint refills (made by Schmidt of Germany, I believe) that use the new low-viscosity ballpoint ink -- rather like the recent Papermate InkJoy pens. I imagine this ink would be more stable and not have the bleed-through issue common with most gels and rollerballs. I have been disappointed by Parker's new QuinkFlow refills: they are smooth, but on the fine and dry side and nothing to write home about.

[superfreeka]

I highly recommend a Fisher Space Pen refill. They come packaged with a plastic insert which allows them to fit snugly in Parker ballpoints, do not freeze, allow you to write upside down and on wet surfaces (even underwater), have a shelf life of 100+ years, and can write many, many pages before needing to be replaced. They come in several different colors as well as in fine, medium, and broad.

[ISW_Kaputnik]

I highly recommend a Fisher Space Pen refill. They come packaged with a plastic insert which allows them to fit snugly in Parker ballpoints, do not freeze, allow you to write upside down and on wet surfaces (even underwater), have a shelf life of 100+ years, and can write many, many pages before needing to be replaced. They come in several different colors as well as in fine, medium, and broad.

I'll second that. I prefer the fine point ones. You put the included adapter on if you want to use it with a Parker pen, leave it off to use it with a Space Pen.

 

And by the way, I don't think anyone would flame the OP for that question. So much easier just to ignore a question if it doesn't seem interesting.

Edited August 16, 2014 by ISW_Kaputnik

[rosebute]

Thanks for the replies, Ive tried the fisher refills & they feel the same as the parker refills to write with. Im looking for something that will glide like a gel refill. But the medium parker gels are too thick for my small writing. I will try the Schmidt easyflow ones next I guess.

[wildlife]

Thanks for the replies, Ive tried the fisher refills & they feel the same as the parker refills to write with. Im looking for something that will glide like a gel refill. But the medium parker gels are too thick for my small writing. I will try the Schmidt easyflow ones next I guess.

I've got a Parker Jotter and I've never had a problem with the gel getting in the way of my small handwriting, strange.

[Abner C. Kemp]

Im not sure if this is the right area but im trying to find out if any other companies make refills for Parker ballpoints.I recently bought a converted Vacumatic & I really like it. The great balance & feel of the vacumatic with the practicality of a ballpoint. I imagine some of you will flame me, but sometimes a fountain pen just isnt that practical. As a bush pilot in the freezing Yukon a ballpoint is the better choice for work. Quick altitude changes can make even good pens leak, And I wouldnt want to freeze one of my fountain pens full of ink in case it cracked.

Anyway does anyone have any suggestions for a nice writing refill that would fit a parker?

Thanks in advance, Brian.

 

May I ask where you purchased yours. I've been looking for a ballpoint to use on cheaper papers exc.

[rosebute]

 

May I ask where you purchased yours. I've been looking for a ballpoint to use on cheaper papers exc.

I got it from a site called penlibrary. He has a couple of them still. Mine is a 1946 major size in silver pearl & I love it.

[ink-syringe]

The Schmidt Easyflow 9000 is the best (strictly) ballpoint refill on planet earth.

 

You can also probably find capless gel refills and such that would be even better than a ballpoint (imo) but if you must use a ballpoint you will not find a better one than the Schmidt. It is the top of the mountain.

Edited August 17, 2014 by ink-syringe

[rosebute]

I've got a Parker Jotter and I've never had a problem with the gel getting in the way of my small handwriting, strange.

I use a lot of cheap paper that feathers too easily. Its not a problem with good paper. I like Jotters too, but they are too skinny for me for any amount of use.

[JulesSilvan]

Have a look at the Schneider refills. Very smooth and require little pressure to write.

[Sleepy]

Thanks for the replies, Ive tried the fisher refills & they feel the same as the parker refills to write with. Im looking for something that will glide like a gel refill. But the medium parker gels are too thick for my small writing. I will try the Schmidt easyflow ones next I guess.

Try the Moleskine 0.5mm gel refills. Or the Visconti fine gel refills. Both gel, like the Parker gels, but much finer.

[sharon888]

Out of the Parker type refills I use (Parker gel, Monteverde, Visconti, Itoya), the Itoya refills seems to write the finest.