Fountain pen designers have applied considerable ingenuity to the changing demands and needs of their customers through the years. Invention of the fountain pen cartridge illustrates this responsive creativity.
Until the cartridge was developed, fountain-pen users had a handsome and portable writing instrument, but could never be too far from a source of ink. This was fine for office-workers but a strain for those who traveled as part of a job. For them, the creation of pen cartridges made fountain pens much more reliable.
Early cartridges, created by JiF Waterman (the French subsidiary of the American Waterman Company) in the 1930s, were made of glass and were designed specifically to fit Waterman pens. Up into the 1960s, Waterman resisted standardization, and collectors must locate special cartridges to fit their pens.
Plastic cartridges have made fountain pens more reliable and less subject to accident. Waterman remains a major manufacturer of cartridges for fountain pens, and international standardization has met the need for finding cartridges that will put a wide variety of collectible fountain pens back into service.
![]() Medium Nib Silver Fountain Pen Waterman Cartridge New US $102.60
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![]() 35 Waterman Phileas Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges In Blue US $9.00
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![]() 8 Waterman Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges Long US $3.99
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![]() Waterman Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges 8 Pk Black US $4.97
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![]() 3 Boxes Waterman Black Ink Cartridges 24 Cartridges US $9.99
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![]() Waterman Fountain Pen Cartridges 8 Pk South Sea Blue US $4.97
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![]() 16 Waterman Rose Pink Ink Cartridges New In Box 2 Boxes US $9.75
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![]() 16 Waterman Blue Black Ink Cartridges New In Boxes US $9.98
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![]() 35 Waterman Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges Refills Blue US $9.99
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![]() 3 Boxes Waterman Green Ink Cartridges New In Boxes US $9.98
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![]() Waterman Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges 8 Pk Blue Black US $4.97
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![]() 1960s Watermans Cartridge Fill Parts Pen US $.99
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![]() 3 Boxes Waterman Purple Ink Cartridges New In Boxes US $14.95
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![]() Date Gift Pompeii Silver Pen Waterman Cartridge New US $175.50
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![]() Father Gift Silver Pen Pompeii Waterman Cartridge Try US $175.50
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![]() Waterman 52092 Blue Cartridges Boxes Nos 20 Units US $24.99
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![]() Waterman 52092 Brown Cartridges Boxes Nos 20 Units US $24.99
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![]() Waterman 52092 Green Cartridges Boxes Nos 20 Units US $24.99
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![]() Waterman 52092 Red Cartridges Boxes Nos 20 Units US $24.99
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![]() Advancement Gift Stylo Pen M Nib Waterman Cartridges US $202.50
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![]() Masonic Regalia Silver Pen Waterman Cartridge New Deal US $203.40
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![]() Silver Fountain Pen Waterman Cartridge Gold Plated Nib US $102.60
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![]() Waterman Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges 8 Pk Florida Blue US $4.97
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![]() Waterman Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges 8 Pk Havana Brown US $4.97
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![]() Signature Gift Pompeii Silver Pen Waterman Cartridge US $175.50
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![]() Corporate Gift Pompeii Silver Pen Waterman Cartridge US $175.50
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![]() Graduate Pompeii Silver Pen Waterman Cartridge Great US $175.50
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![]() Waterman Standard Short Ink Cartridges 6 Florida Blue US $2.50
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![]() Your First Silver Fountain Pen Waterman Cartridge Gold US $102.60
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![]() Waterman Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges 8 Pk Black New US $4.65
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![]() 1954 Watermans C F Cartridge Filled Fountain Pen Ad US $4.99
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![]() Waterman Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges 8 Pk Violet US $4.97
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![]() 16 Waterman Black Ink Cartridges New In Boxes 2 Boxes US $13.75
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