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"Free Citizen" wrote:

David, cartridge pens are not meant to be used as an eyedropper that way.
You can eyedrop the cartridge but not the barrel. This is because the length
of the barrel is longer that even the giant cartridge. In the writing
position, the nib experience what is called a static pressure due to the
height of the ink level. If the whole barrel is filled with ink, that
pressure just overwhelms the feed.

Thanks - I guess I found that out, didn't I? :-)

I had assumed that that was what the question was about, so I gave my
experience.

Yes you did You will also notice that the Pelikan Level has a separate
writing reservoir cut off by a valve where ink is fed to the nib while
writing. When the ink in this reservoir is expended the valve is open to
reload it from the storage reservoir. In terms of ink capacity, the Level
rivals the eyedroppers of yesteryears. You may want to look into that if you
are unhappy with the capacity of cartridge pens
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"Dave" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Free Citizen" wrote:

David, cartridge pens are not meant to be used as an eyedropper that way.
You can eyedrop the cartridge but not the barrel. This is because the
length
of the barrel is longer that even the giant cartridge. In the writing
position, the nib experience what is called a static pressure due to the
height of the ink level. If the whole barrel is filled with ink, that
pressure just overwhelms the feed.

Thanks - I guess I found that out, didn't I? :-)

I had assumed that that was what the question was about, so I gave my
experience.