If you are looking for an alternative refill to use instead of the Cross Classic ballpoint pen refills, then there are a couple of options, The converter is a piston fill converter; to use it, simply dip the nib into the bottle of ink and then turn the screw at the end, drawing the ink into the converter’s reservoir. The Cross Screw-in Style Ink Converter fits the Following Fountain Pens:

The great thing about Cross Selectip pens is that even though they have a traditional rollerball fitted, they can be swapped out for a different type of Selectip refill.

Other Pen Ink Refills

Cross Selectip refills will also fit older Sheaffer pens that used to use the same refill known as the Sheaffer C Style refill. Simply remove the cap of the pen, unscrew the Classic refill, insert the Switch It refill and replace the cap. A few years ago, members of the Fountain Pen Network suggested that the German Stationery manufacturer Pelikan make the bottled ink for Cross.

These are not interchangeable, as one pushes into the front-end section of the pen and the other screws into a threaded section of the front end of the pen. Cross-bottled fountain pen ink is a watered-based archival ink highly regarded by many fountain pen users.At the time of writing this, Cross makes three different Selectip refills, a gel rollerball, jumbo ballpoint, and a porous point fineliner. They can be used to refill any 0.5mm mechanical pencil and are supplied in a tube containing 15 leads. Cross 0.7mm Lead Refills – 8742 This can be a little confusing as Cross Select tip Jumbo ballpoint pens are designed to fit Cross Selectip rollerball pens and do not fit any Cross ballpoint pen. Cross Selectip gel rollerball refills use Cross Selectip technology which is just a fancy way of saying that the refill can be swapped out for a different type of Selectip refill.

AT Cross bought Sheaffer in August 2014 for a cheeky little 15 million US Dollars, so it is natural that over the years, there has been some crossover in making and using refills. If your favourite pen has run out of ink, it's time for a pen refill. With less waste, it's a more eco-friendly and cost-effective solution to replacing your pen completely.To use a Selectip refill, follow the instructions we covered earlier for replacing a Selectip gel refill. 7.1. Cross Selectip Jumbo Ballpoint Refill Ink Colors and Tip Sizes Monteverde makes a medium and broad alternative refill for Cross ballpoint pens. It is a metal refill with a color-coded screw-threaded plastic adapter that screws into the barrel of the ballpoint in exactly the same way that genuine Cross refills do.