Mont Blanc capped pen hacks?

October 9, 2011 2:03 PM

I love the idea of using Mont Blanc ink in pilot G2's, but I prefer pens with caps. Do any capped pens work with this wonderful trick?
posted by Strass to Grab Bag (5 answers total)

You might know this already, but the Pilot G2 Limiteds, though capless, are retractable. Not quite like the usual G2s.
posted by theredpen at 5:46 PM on October 9, 2011

Anecdotally, I can confirm that the Mont Blanc refills will dry up without a cap.
posted by namewithoutwords at 6:50 PM on October 9, 2011

hal_c_on - Regular G2s are retractable as well.

Eagerly watching for an answer to this!
posted by SampleSize at 2:26 PM on October 11, 2011

You inspired me to poke around again. Still not coming up with anything, but I did find this thread that might be useful. I haven't waded through ten pages of posts yet, though.
posted by SampleSize at 3:17 PM on October 11, 2011

Best answer: haHA! Sorry for the multiple posts, but check this out:

Pilot has an upscale line called "Namiki". Their cheapest rollerball is the Knight, available for about $30. According to Namiki's pen care page (click on "Rolling Ball"), "Use of Pilot BG25R and BG27R refills is recommended to ensure proper mechanical functioning of Namiki rolling ball pens." Then, over here on their price list (pdf), it shows those refills as having UPC codes 7723x and 7724x, same as...G2!

So...maybe it would work? It would still be nice to find a $2 pen with a cap that fit, but $30 for a metal body Mont Blanc might be worth the gamble.
posted by SampleSize at 3:44 PM on October 11, 2011