Cross Selectip refills will also fit older Sheaffer pens that used to use the same refill known as the Sheaffer C Style 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. The Cross mini ballpoint pen refill is a standard D1 refill that can be used in any brand of pens that take a D1 refill. These are made by the U.S based manufacturer Monteverde and the German specialist refill manufacturing company Schmidt and Fisher Space Pens supply a pressurized Cross refill. Monteverde Alternative Cross Classic Ballpoint Pen Refills 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.

They can be used to refill any 0.7mm mechanical pencil and are supplied in a tube containing 15 leads. Cross 0.9mm Lead Refills – 8402No alternative Selectip gel, ballpoint or porous point refills are available to buy from any other manufacturer. 7. Cross Selectip Jumbo Ballpoint Pen Refills It is not known if Sheaffer was buying them from Cross and rebranding the refills or vice versa. However, Cross now owns Sheaffer, and you can no longer buy Sheaffer C Style refills. 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.

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, Cross ink converters are a bespoke size and cannot be used in any fountain pen manufactured by another brand. 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. Ultimately, it does not matter who makes their ink or nibs as long as it is of the quality that you associate with Cross’s products. 12. Cross Ink Converters Cross-bottled fountain pen ink is a watered-based archival ink highly regarded by many fountain pen users.If you like fineliners then the Selectip porous point refill is ideal because, as the name suggests, it has a traditional fineliner-style fibre tip. The ink is supplied in bottles that contain 2fl oz/62.5ml, and there are five colors to choose from, which are: 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. At the time of writing this, Cross makes three different Selectip refills, a gel rollerball, jumbo ballpoint, and a porous point fineliner.