Sheaffer(R Pen Refills, Ink Cartridges, Jet Black, Pack Of 5

These refills fit and work perfect for our pens, they last just as long as the ones that came with the pens and the ink and flow are excellent. We tried some cheaper brands/versions and learned right away that the ink from one refill to the other in those brands was not the same. With this one we haven't had anything but perfect color and flow. You get what you pay for in this case and these refills are not cheap compared to so many others, but there definitely is a reason.

They fit my old (late1960's) Shaeffer ink-cartridge pen and the ink flow is steady, not splotchy. The ink is dark on paper. So happy I found these. Once again, Amazon comes through for me.

My husband needed these refills for work. He liked them as they worked right away!

They are easy to use, last a long time. Don't dry out.

Exactly what I ordered - can only find these cartridges on Amazon.

It's funny: when I was old enough to graduate from pencils in elementary school, it was the mid-sixties. We graduated into cartridge pens, even though some of my desks still had the little well for a fountain pen bottle. And most of us who started in fountain pens, started with Sheaffer cartridge pens from Iowa. They were, by that time, made with transparent barrels of a rainbow of colors. I can remember the rarest, and the ones that so many wanted, were the clear 'demonstrator' barrels, but I think red was the most popularThere were some kids who had Parker 45's, but these cost five times what the $1 Sheaffers did. There were a few kids with cartridge Esterbrooks or Wearevers, but these were in the dying days of the companies. They were little tiny cartridges that didn't hold much--being forced to be that size in order to save retooling for fountain pen companies used to bottle filling Sheaffer and Parker didn't fall into that trap.The Parker cartridge was long and skinny, and one of the gimmicks was an emergency reservoir at the top of the cartridge to get one through a sudden empty cartrtidge. That cartridge, as far as I know, is still being used, but I think it doesn't have the emergency reservoir at the top.The genius of the Sheaffer cartridge was that it could be used from both ends. For children as well as adults, that meant ease of use. Plus, it held a decent amount of ink. Plus, it was fat enough that one could easily see the ink level inside--for us, Sheaffer Washable Blue.I've continued to love fountain pens into my sixties, and own a bunch of them. Strangely, one of my favorites on a daily basis is still one of those Sheaffer $1 cartridge pens from the sixties, though I own pens costing hundreds of Dollars more. Those steel Sheaffer nibs, so durable in clumsy little hands back then, still serve. No, they're not the smoothest, and, rigid as possible, nuances that more flexible gold nibs enable aren't possible here. But, with the integrity of Sheaffer in Iowa, they were designed well and still serve. The amazing part is that one can still find new Sheaffer cartridge pens from the last production here in the US, on EBay!I must confess that I don't use these cartridges on a regular basis. Some ink snobs insist that cartridge ink, in any brand, is not as good as bottled ink from the same manufacturers. I don't use cartridges because it's enormously more expensive. I refill my own from bottled ink. However, I still keep a couple of these in my briefcase for emergencies. If a cartridge runs out while traveling, they are perfect.For anyone wanting to learn the seductive sensation of writing with a fountain pen, I'd recommend the Waterman Kultur (a Euro-made school pen sold here on Amazon), or visit EBay and buy one of those new Sheaffer cartridge pens.

Might be a factor of my pen or paper, but it is very wet. Color is kind of a dark grey. Otherwise, it functions perfectly, fits nicely into my Sheaffer pen, and is a good deal for the price!

Very good use for caligraphy