I'm mad. I turned a nice blank, and now I can't assemble the pen. The kit's an El Grande Fountain. What does the nib screw into? Does anyone have any videos of an El Grande assembly?
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I purchase two more kits. The nib wasn't even close to the same size. Is your preference to use the ink cartridge or the plunger?
Thanks,
Ry
Looking at the photo below, it sounds like you got shorted the section. As you can see, starting from the right, everything slips or screws into each other until you have a complete nib section. I would call whoever you bought the kits from and ask for a section.
I did this a few years ago to help others understand how things went together. While your nib and feed will look almost identical, your housing and section will look different but you get the idea.
You also asked about cartridges or converters (plungers), I have about a dozen fountain pens inked and scattered around the house and it's almost 50/50 mix between cartridges and converters.
The cartridges are convenient in that you simply pull the empty one off and push a new one with no fuss, no mess.
The converters are a bit messier to refill straight from the bottle but there are some colors of ink that you can get in bottles and not in cartridges so you need the converter.
When travelling or attending class, it's a lot easier to carry around a few spare cartridges in your pocket than a bottle of ink!
Hope some of this helps, welcome to the fun world of fountain pens!
