Pw Akkerman New Smaller Size

[MisterBoll]

This is great! Now I'll be able to afford a bottle of the Zuiderpark Blue-Green teal that I've been wanting for a long time.

 

The small bottles are about the same price as the large ones. There's about one Euro difference.

[Tas]

 

The small bottles are about the same price as the large ones. There's about one Euro difference.

 

Really Akkerman ?

Shame on you

[amberleadavis]

That's terrible.

[Sinistral1]

Can I say what I really want to say, if this is true that the small bottles are going to cost the same as the big bottles? Say it ain't so!

 

Good thing I have already limited myself to getting only one little bottle!

[thoppen]

I haven't seen any prices yet. Has somebody else?

[flyingfox]

 

The small bottles are about the same price as the large ones. There's about one Euro difference.

 

Awww, I sure hope that this information turns out to be wrong... Now I am very much looking forward to (or dreading) seeing the actual price, as there are several colors I am coveting, if the price is right...

[Tas]

I paid € 16,50 (plus shipping) for my huge bottle of No 10 last summer.

[mirosc]

Given the hyped interest in these bottles and the unique selling point - I could understand Akkerman totally for raising the price!

[lapis]

How 'bout a quickie? Prices in Euros per ml incl. 19% German sales tax...

 

New CdA.........0.58

Iroshi......... 0.48

New Akkerman... 0.26

MB............. 0.22

R&K............ 0.12

Old Akkerman... 0.11

 

Okay, some and/or all of these are maybe not up to date but that was the scene about one year ago.

[Strombomboli]

 

The small bottles are about the same price as the large ones. There's about one Euro difference.

 

How do you know?

[Christopher Godfrey]

Excuse me for spitting in the drinking water, folks; but I am curious -- as someone who has <never> used Akkerman's inks: are they so much better than, say, Diamine? Why does everyone love these inks so much, when they seem to me to be very expensive?

 

Please indulge me...

Edited February 7, 2014 by Christopher Godfrey

[Ambien]

Excuse me for spitting in the drinking water, folks; but I am curious -- as someone who has <never> used Akkerman's inks: are they so much better than, say, Diamine? Why does everyone love these inks so much, when they seem to me to be very expensive?

 

Please indulge me...

 

They seem to be very similar to Diamine's ink colors, IMHO mostly for the interesting bottle and large amount of ink for sale.

[mirosc]

 

very similar to Diamine's ink colors,

some even speculate that they are Diamine in disguise.

I'm in for the bottle-hunt. If I buy Diamine's Poppy Red or Akkerman's China Town Red doesn't matter to me inkwise. It's all about the bottle, which comes with a decent ink

[lapis]

I'd say that they are "variations" and/or "company-withheld" improvements of the Diamines... So that -- among anything else -- they may very well have a better (higher) concentration of dyes and/or a flow and/lubrication e.g. due to the addition of 0.001 to 0.05 % surfactants such as Triton, Tween, or Emulgen etc.

[Tas]

Excuse me for spitting in the drinking water, folks; but I am curious -- as someone who has <never> used Akkerman's inks: are they so much better than, say, Diamine? Why does everyone love these inks so much, when they seem to me to be very expensive?

 

Please indulge me...

 

I've yet to find an iron gal that looks like or behaves like their No10.

Not used any other colours but would really like to try some out in case they're half as good as No10.

[Sinistral1]

Perhaps is psychosematic (sp?), but their ink has worked flawlessly in all my pens, and I can't say the same thing about any ink other than the Montblanc inks that I also use.

[lapis]

 

I've yet to find an iron gal that looks like or behaves like their No10.

+1

[MisterBoll]

Excuse me for spitting in the drinking water, folks; but I am curious -- as someone who has <never> used Akkerman's inks: are they so much better than, say, Diamine? Why does everyone love these inks so much, when they seem to me to be very expensive?

 

Please indulge me...

 

Because, quite simply, they are very groovy.

[Strombomboli]

are they so much better than, say, Diamine?

 

Not "so much better", just the deciding little bit. At least, this is my experience with Diamine Majestic Blue and Akkerman Shocking Blue.

 

I first bought the Diamine ink because the price of the Akkerman bottle set me off. Majestic Blue is a lovely ink, but in the end, I still wanted to know if the Akkerman one is really the same and bought a bottle (i.e., three, two as presents, so that I had an excuse for spending so much money).

 

Shocking Blue really is better, because its sheen is incredible. When using it on Tomoe River paper and then looking at it with the right angle to the light, you have the impression of looking at some shiny metal, reddish, though. The words fail me, but believe me, I spend a lot of time with looking at that sheen.

 

I would still like to know where the information comes from that the smaller bottles will cost almost the same as the large ones.

Edited February 8, 2014 by Strombomboli

[MisterBoll]

I would still like to know where the information comes from that the smaller bottles will cost almost the same as the large ones.

 

There is a thread at FPGeeks where someone posted

the price after going to the actual store.

 

It's interesting as, after I commented on the price, most of the Geeks were appalled that I make any comment about it as most are oh-so-happy to be able to get a smaller bottle. No one over there was concerned with the price jump.

 

I'd rather the large bottle so I can give half away to a friend.

Edited February 8, 2014 by MisterBoll