As a lover of Cross I was delighted to be left a Townsend fountain pen by a dear friend. The pen, however, had only plastic ink cartridges which I felt detracted from the quality of this superior writing Instrument. The addition of the Ink Converter not only allows a free choice of quality inks but restores the pen to its original glory. Maybe I’m old fashioned but I’m also sure that there are many out there who love creating and receiving hand written letters..