There was an attempt.

Those are my thoughts in a nutshell on the Kaweco Mini Fountain Pen Converter. This isn’t a bad product, but it’s not a good one either. Let’s dig in.

Converters for Kaweco fountain pens have always been sought after. The small barrels in the Sport and Liliput lines don’t take traditional converters - the barrels are too short. But people love their Kaweco’s - myself included - so news of any converter that fits is always met with excitement.

The previous attempt was the Kaweco Squeeze Converter, and it was a failure. Good idea, but it didn’t work. You could barely pull in enough ink to get you through the day, which made trying to use it a frustrating experience.

The new Mini Converter is a piston style converter that does pull in more ink than the Squeeze, but it is only slightly less frustrating to use.