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Oct 31, 2015
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1. The pen comes with two vessels designed to hold ink, included: a pre-filled, sealed cartridge of black Pilot ink and a squeeze converter. The included converter, when filled according to PIlot's instructions, holds about 0.1-0.2ml less than the cartridge. I have seen the included converter only with the Metropolitan. Although similar to the CON-20, the included converter cannot be purchased separately and differs in some aspects to the CON-20. I was unable to properly upload representative pics, but they're out there. The CON-20 is definitely a more robust converter.
2. Those who wish to be able to see how much ink they have left can purchase the CON-50 separately. It is not offered with this drop. The CON-50 is a piston-type converter with a clear tube through which you see your remaining ink. It holds about 0.5-0.6ml of ink, so we sacrifice capacity for the ability to see that you need to refill your pen sooner than if you had just used the included converter. And yet, the CON-50 is my converter of choice (I don't anything that will accommodate the CON-70)
3. The cartridge can be used and reused or emptied and reused. This is most commonly (and easily) done using an ink syringe. There are many tutorials about how to do this elsewhere online. This gives you the ability to see how much ink is remaining while maintaining capacity similar to the included converter. I'll still go with the CON-50.
4. My personal experience: 0.9-1.0ml is a fair amount of ink. If you are using this pen continuously, throughout the day, you might run out of ink, but you have to write A LOT for that to happen over the course of 1 day. When I got my first Metropolitan, I used the included converter exclusively with X-feather. I used an ink sample vial as an "intermediate" ink storage vessel (easily holding about 4-5ml). To see how much I had used, at the end of each day, I expelled any remaining ink into the sample vial. I then refilled the converter as instructed, wiped the nib and section and my pen was ready to go for the next day. At the time I was a student who studied and wrote constantly, it seemed. I used it with the original converter for nearly a year. The converter still works fine - I just prefer the CON-50.
As usual, I hope this helps anyone still considering and/or answers any lingering questions folks may have.
Cheers.
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