What ink(s) are you waiting for in the mail?

[A Smug Dill]

I ordered the inks from Nemosine that are made in England. I ordered Imperial Purple and Prussian Blue. It seems like Diamine is the source of these inks. You get 60ml for $5.99.

 

 

I could get an 80ml bottle of Diamine ink (in those colours) for £4.92 — which is about US$6.31 when I checked on XE.com just now — ex VAT (and before shipping) from Cult Pens any day of the week, before applying 10% discounts available from time to time.

 

Nemosine doesn't offer free shipping (past a certain threshold amount per order) to everyone, but Cult Pens does.

 

So, unfortunately I must conclude Nemosine's offer just isn't very competitive for the majority of fountain pen users today, except perhaps on its home ground in the USA for those made-in-UK inks.

 

...

 

I'm umming and ahing about ordering three (Australian) Standard Bindery inks, as well as R&K Salix and Scabiosa, from LCdC in the Netherlands at the moment. Altogether, they would just top up an order past the free international shipping threshold for me, for a currently-on-special-sale pen that I don't need. Hmmm.

Edited March 12, 2020 by A Smug Dill

[Misfit]

Ive never heard of XE.com. Oh, yes I have. Its the currency converter.

I did add the ink to get to the free shipping. I wanted more of their stub nibs, and also got the Knox Plato pens. It was an impulsive purchase.

Edited March 12, 2020 by Misfit

[85AKbN]

Aurora Black 45ml and Lamy Turmaline 50ml.

[VivaTerlingua]

Grabbed three of the new Taccia Hokusai inks that really caught my eye: Sabimidori, Benitsuchi, and Fukakihanada. Lovely looking inks and I adore those woodblock printings that they put on the packaging. Really striking.

[NumberSix]

Whether it's cabin fever or the One Pen One Month Challenge, I just now went a little Jack Torrance on my bank account. Between Vanness and Pen Chalet (I checked with both shops before ordering), I ordered:

 

Samples

• Diamine Cherry Sunburst
• Noodler's Antietam
• Noodler's Blue Nose Bear
• Platinum Classic Lavender Black
• Platinum Classic Cassis
• KWZ Standard Brown Pink
• KWZ Iron Gall Gummiberry #1502
• KWZ Standard Brown #3
• KWZ Standard Raspberry
• KWZ Standard Cherry
• KWZ Standard Orange
• Waterman Tender Purple
• Robert Oster Orange
• Robert Oster Caffe Crema
• Sailor Jentle Grenade
• Sailor Shikiori Four Seasons Yodaki Summer Night Bonfire
• Sailor Shikiori Four Seasons Shimoyo Frosty Winter Night
• Pelikan Edelstein Adventurine Green
• Pelikan Edelstein Star Ruby
• Iroshizuku Scotch Mist (Kiri-same)
• Iroshizuku Dew on Pine Tree (Syo-ro)
• Blue Black Sampler Pack (Aurora, Lamy, Sailor, Iro Shin-Kai, Edelstein Tanzanite)

 

Small Bottles

• J Herbin Bottled Ink (10ml) Rouge Grenat
• Diamine Bottle Ink (30 ml) Chocolate Brown

 

All of these inks are brand new to me except for Iroshizuku Shin-Kai, Edelstein Tanzanite, and Lamy Blue-Black.

 

 

Some toys to use for sampling all this great ink

• Noodler's Ahab Topkapi Amber
• Noodler's Nib Creaper Ivory Darkness
• Noodler's Nib Creaper Emerald
• Platinum Prefounte Red + Converter

 

Some notebooks because my current CF journal is almost full

• Rhodia Classic Notebooks Side Staplebound 6 x 8 1/4 Ice Ruled
• Clairefontaine 1951(48 Sheets) Memo & Notebooks

 

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[I-am-not-really-here]

Diamine Blue Edition Purple Bow. I like purple and it's got a funky bottle design.

[AndyYNWA]

Just ordered the following samples from PurePens in the UK.

 

Diamine Shimmer Cocoa Shimmer

Diamine Shimmer Night Sky

Noodlers American Aristocracy

KWZ Baltic Memories

KWZ Walk Over Vistula

KWZ Brown Pink

J. Herbin 1670 Caroube de Chypre

[ScarletWoodland]

I got corrupted by the red swatch TOD thread and went a little nuts with the reds. Have ordered these from pure pens and stationeryshop-scotland on ebay:

 

A bottle of Sailor Yodaki

 

Plus samples of:

 

Sailor Irori

Montblanc Corn Poppy Red

J Herbin Rouge Hematite

Iroshizuku Yama Budo

KWZ Sheen Machine

KWZ El Dorado

 

Just need to figure out where to put em all...

[twin63]

Monteverde Napa Burgundy, Scotch Brown and Horizon Blue.

[shamwari]

Thought it was time I branched out from blue inks so awaiting with eager anticipation the following Diamine inks:

• Syrah
• Aurora Borealis
• Ancient Copper

and, er, ....

• Oxford Blue

[inkstainedruth]

I really like Oxford Blue, BTW. Ancient Copper was okay, but really bad for gunk buildup on the nib. The other two I haven't tried.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[shamwari]

Thanks for the tip-off, I’ll keep the Ancient Copper away from my P61s, all capillary fillers, and try it out in a 51 or 45. Actually, a 45 or my Cross might be the most sensible as they have converters which makes colour changing easier but since when has sensible come into it?

[inkstainedruth]

A lot of brown and orange inks tend to get buildup on the nibs -- there's nothing actually wrong (like SITB) but it's an annoyance and may impede the flow a little bit from nib creep. But yeah, putting something like that into a 61 doesn't sound like a good plan; of course I don't think putting any really saturated ink in to any of MY 61s is a good idea, either -- but I have had good luck with one of the De Atramentis pinks. I want to say it was Apple Blossom (which is scented, but really light and not overpowering an odor -- unlike Patchouli, which just smelled awful, and not a bit like patchouli really smells like).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[shamwari]

Two of my four "inked" 61s for some reason have the same ink, dcwaites' Faux Penman Sapphire #9 (a mix of Diamine's Majestic Blue and Sapphire Blue) and the third has Quink Blue Black simply because I had a bottle at work when the pen arrived and wanted to try it (the pen) there and then!

 

The fourth 61 is "inked" with water which is slowly washing out whatever blue was in it when it arrived, I'm almost there now (it's been a long time!), as after only a few words, the writing gets too pale to read. So it will be a candidate for one of the new colours (other than Ancient Copper). I'm not expected my new ink this side of Easter (curses!) so will do a bit of research on FPN while I'm waiting as to which would be best out of the other three inks.

 

Has just occurred to me that research may not be advisable as I might come across more ink to buy - but what is life without danger!

 

Edited for poor grammar!

Edited April 9, 2020 by shamwari

[Intensity]

Second bottle of my beloved Sailor Ink Studio #241. Also #541, #841, and #973.

[Dont_Flexme]

Maybe boring, but a bottle of Lamy blue- I've always wondered how my 2000 will act with it its name sake ink.

[KingsCountyWriter]

Ebenezer Denny Carmine

Liberty Tunnels Southern Portal

Thomas Mellon Evergreen

Duquesne Incline Station Red

 

All by The Birmingham Pen Company.

[KingsCountyWriter]

Duplicate post

Edited April 10, 2020 by KingsCountyWriter

[A Smug Dill]

Four bottles of Hero 232, eight bottles of Hero 234. Sent by ePacket from China, tracking shows (sorta understandably) no movement at the transit depot since 14 March. Most likely treated as low priority articles queued up for available space on international cargo flights, if any are still operating out of Shenzhen at this time.

[SashK]

Sailor's Sailor (will I fall in love, or have I made another inky error? we shall see soon enough!)

Kobe #53 Kitano Pearl Silver

Kobe #19 Minatogawa Lime

Diamine Salamander

Diamine Wagner

Pilot Ina-Ho

Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi

Diamine Midnight Hour from InkVent

Cross Violet (personal mission to find a dupe for an ink color seen in a family notebook, circa ~1920's)

 

side note: did not realize inks in those days had visible amounts of green-gold sheen.