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

[Loke]

7 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

 

'Want', not 'need', provides 99% of the fuel for this thread. 

 

That. Exactly 🙂

 

[Detman101]

6 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

 

'Want', not 'need', provides 99% of the fuel for this thread. 

Hmmm...well then perhaps it is not over!
Is there an ink I want?
oh yes!! That Troublemaker - Milky Ocean!!!!
Sadly, I don't know if I'll ever be "Waiting for it" since they've gone dark....
Hopefully...

[PithyProlix]

11 minutes ago, Detman101 said:

Hmmm...well then perhaps it is not over!
Is there an ink I want?
oh yes!! That Troublemaker - Milky Ocean!!!!
Sadly, I don't know if I'll ever be "Waiting for it" since they've gone dark....
Hopefully...

Troublemaker is now being sold online by a few outlets: https://www.troublemakerinks.com/pages/stores . Regardless, I suspect Milky Ocean will be hard to find. Shigure Ink and Pure Pens (who have pretty reasonable international shipping prices) will automagically notify you when it comes back into stock.

[mizgeorge]

Slightly bizarrely a bottle of original caran d'ache amazon green found on, of all places, UK amazon, and at a very sensible price too.  Must have been old stock. I should go and look if they have any other colours.

 

edited... yes - the gorgeous pink and blue too!

[Loke]

After resisting for... mmm... a few weeks, I did pull the trigger for two Sailor's inks: Haha and Nekoyanagi. Should arrive today from Sakura Fountain Pens. Amazing service by the way, I highly recommend their shop!

 

[amberleadavis]

On 4/23/2021 at 12:18 PM, mizgeorge said:

Slightly bizarrely a bottle of original caran d'ache amazon green found on, of all places, UK amazon, and at a very sensible price too.  Must have been old stock. I should go and look if they have any other colours.

 

edited... yes - the gorgeous pink and blue too!

 

AWESOME

 

13 hours ago, Loke said:

After resisting for... mmm... a few weeks, I did pull the trigger for two Sailor's inks: Haha and Nekoyanagi. Should arrive today from Sakura Fountain Pens. Amazing service by the way, I highly recommend their shop!

 

 

Congrats! Welcome aboard!

[A Smug Dill]

I just ordered all nine of the Platinum Mixable (né Mix-Free) ink colours in 60ml bottles, plus an extra bottle of Aurora Blue — that being the Platinum Mixable Ink colour, not the Italian brand Aurora's blue ink — for the hell of it; I had to get the Platinum bottled inks in lots of five to maximise on the ‘5 for 4’ offer, and so it came down to a choice between Platinum Blue-Black iron-gall ink, which I love but already have more than one-and-a-half 60ml bottles of here, or one of the nine, among which I think the slightly sheeny Aurora Blue shows the most promise for being useful on its own.

[LizEF]

I'm waiting for 72  inks samples that have recently arrived in San Francisco.  They've come all the way from Australia.  A most generous gift from a certain Aussie ^ (ahem) ^.  Lovers of extra fine nib ink reviews all owe him a big thank you!

[brokenclay]

On 3/27/2021 at 7:32 PM, brokenclay said:

I just went nuts and ordered all the Fritz Schimpf inks:

 

Fritz Schimpf gelassenheit (relaxed purple) fountain pen ink 

Fritz Schimpf morgenroete fountain pen ink 

Fritz Schimpf niebla (misty violet) fountain pen ink 

Fritz Schimpf Vierer Füllhaltertintenset (set of 4 inks: gewitterwolke, sirimiri, sundowner, fritzrot)

 

And a Pelikan M205 Petrol fountain pen, broad nib.

 

Got the notification that this order shipped early last week. Apparently it's made it out of Germany, but the US hasn't acknowledged its existence yet...

[mizgeorge]

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

I'm waiting for 72  inks samples that have recently arrived in San Francisco.  They've come all the way from Australia.  A most generous gift from a certain Aussie ^ (ahem) ^.  Lovers of extra fine nib ink reviews all owe him a big thank you!

We certainly do! Can't wait to see what you've got

 

 

I (ahem) might have bought a *couple* of bottles of ink over the last few days. Holiday weekends are very dangerous. Especially when a certain well known retailer has inky offers on...

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, mizgeorge said:

We certainly do! Can't wait to see what you've got

I'd post a list, but it's kinda long.....

 

1 hour ago, mizgeorge said:

I (ahem) might have bought a *couple* of bottles of ink over the last few days. Holiday weekends are very dangerous. Especially when a certain well known retailer has inky offers on...

I try to limit my time on FP (retail) websites.  I really need no more pens, and clearly won't need new ink for quite some time, so it's really just about wanting, and wanting can be dangerous!  I may need to get more dot pads one of these days, though, and other things are likely to, um, fall into the cart...

[Detman101]

These...should arrive sometime next week thanks to Baltimore....
🙄

Product image	Description	Quantity	Price
1	DeAtramentis Fragrance Sandalwood, Green 4ml	1	$2.60
1	DeAtramentis Pearlescent Heliogen Green Gold 4ml Sample	1	$3.10
1	Vinta Inks Collection Mermaid Green Sirena 1952 30ml Bottle	1	$12.50
1	PenBBS #390 Guilin Ink 60ml Bottle	1	$16.00
1	KWZ Standard Pine Green 4ml Sample	1	$2.50
1	KWZ Standard Brown 3 4ml Sample	1	$2.60
1	Kobe #01 Rokko Green 4ml Sample	1	$3.10
1	Kobe #16 Nada Brown 4ml Sample	1	$3.10
1	Kobe #40 Sumiyoshi Brown 4ml Sample	1	$3.10

[mizgeorge]

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

I'd post a list, but it's kinda long.....

 

I try to limit my time on FP (retail) websites.  I really need no more pens, and clearly won't need new ink for quite some time, so it's really just about wanting, and wanting can be dangerous!  I may need to get more dot pads one of these days, though, and other things are likely to, um, fall into the cart...

Weird how that happens isn't it?

When my daughter was a very little girl - small enough to have to sit in the supermarket trolley 'seat' I used to find all sorts of bizarre things when I got to the checkouts - anything she liked the look of got grabbed and dropped in there - she wasn't used to being able to reach up so high so it opened up a whole new world of stuff for her! I had to learn to park the trolley in the middle of the aisle rather than near the shelves.

 

The same sort of thing seems to happen when I go to a pen and ink site...

[LizEF]

10 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Weird how that happens isn't it?

It's like the objects are sentient.  They want to come live with me.  Who am I to say no?

 

11 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

When my daughter was a very little girl - small enough to have to sit in the supermarket trolley 'seat' I used to find all sorts of bizarre things when I got to the checkouts - anything she liked the look of got grabbed and dropped in there - she wasn't used to being able to reach up so high so it opened up a whole new world of stuff for her! I had to learn to park the trolley in the middle of the aisle rather than near the shelves.

  What a wonderful story!  Meanwhile, no aisles, no parking in the middle, no mom to put stuff back with online shopping! That's a good thing, right?

[welch]

Just got a nearly full bottle of Parker Superchrome Turquoise. I already have, and have been using, Superchrome Blue Black. I plan to show some pictures of both.

[chromantic]

Edelstein Golden Beryl, my first shimmer purchase.

[Just J]

@IDetman101 :: 

I 'found' that Sandalwood-scented ink not long ago, and would have bought a bottle just for the scent (being one of if not my #1 favorite incense i've long used), had it been most any other color than green., Just seems that oughta be some shade of brown.  But mainly because, I don't really use that much of Green.  

 

Funny thing is, I had just ordered 7 or 8 samples of Green, looking for one bright one with yellow undertones to make the other half of my Green repertoire. 

 

Meanwhile, while I'm here.... and imagining before the night is thru I will be awaiting another bottle or four (It's a sickness) in the mail -- I've just learned of, and was extremely surprised to find, (since they are purported to be of extra-high quality, one of this groups mainstays, and lord knows the bottles & trappings are exceptional!) that there's no mention of the brand, or at least, none I could find with our Search Tool, and that being Intelligentsia Imperium ink.  Anybody know anything about them?? 

 

I'd add a link for their website,  but not sure if that's 'legal for me here. Goog' s your friend.  😇

[Detman101]

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[Detman101]

5 minutes ago, Just J said:

I 'found' that Sandalwood-scented ink not long ago, and would have bought a bottle just for the scent (being one of if not my #1 favorite incense i've long used), had it been most any other color than green., Just seems that oughta be some shade of brown.  But mainly because, I don't really use that much of Green. 

That's good to hear!! I hope that the smell actually transfers to the page and not only in the bottle like the last scented ink I bought.
I agree, sandalwood should be a "Brown" ink smell...

[Just J]

24 minutes ago, Detman101 said:

"...I hope that the smell actually transfers to the page and not only in the bottle like the last scented ink I bought.
..."

OMG, I bet i could name that ink without one sniff! LOL 

Cedar what I mean? 😉