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

[mizgeorge]

Does Deskbandit no longer stock them?

[AmandaW]

9 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Does Deskbandit no longer stock them?

 

Not many left.

[Bikerchick]

5 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Is there anywhere that ships PenBBS inks to Australia? I looked on Etsy recently and it said no.

There's also Sakura Fountain Pen Gallery here in Belgium, but they only have about 20 of them in their range and they charge 35€ for shipping to Australia, so it may only be worth your while if you want to order a bunch of other inks. You could try and mail Catherine, whose email address can be found at the bottom of the website, and ask her to order a specific ink for you. That worked for me several months ago when I asked about the availability of a Taccia collection she didn't have on her site. 

[Sera13]

 

20 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Is there anywhere that ships PenBBS inks to Australia? I looked on Etsy recently and it said no.

You have 3 options;

1) buy them from Deskbandit, which does mark them up a lot, but also sells samples.  

2) Buy whole bottles off aliexpress, which also marks them up but less so.

3) You can order them directly from Taobao via reshipper. I did that (used Superbuy) and it worked (I live in melbourne).

On 11/12/2021 at 2:53 AM, PithyProlix said:

Yes, I have Stone Road and Moonlight (and really want Soft Snow). The review of 401 on Vanness made it sound intriguing and significantly different from Stone Road - the review summary: "A soulful brown ink with pools of green and pink". Moonlight was one I wasn't sure I would like but it ended up totally opening my horizons to how wonderful orange can be - it's a very special ink, I think - and now I am really interested in that neighborhood of color. Violets and purples are my bread and butter and I have been so happy with 227 Purple Jade and 346 Misty Mountain that I am eager to explore more of their violets.

 

#346 is what made me bite the bullet on using a Taobao reshipper, deskbandit had given me a free sample but they were sold out 😭 , and none of the aliexpress stores had it
Its such a beautiful grey with purple undertones, and I couldn't find a dupe for it!

[PithyProlix]

1 hour ago, Sera13 said:

#346 is what made me bite the bullet on using a Taobao reshipper, deskbandit had given me a free sample but they were sold out 😭 , and none of the aliexpress stores had it

Its such a beautiful grey with purple undertones, and I couldn't find a dupe for it!

 

Thanks for that photo - I was curious how it compares to AntiMatter. I was curious about Pencil as well but I've read somewhere that the current version is much more a neutral grey. (?) 

 

346 is definitely one of my favorites, not just among PenBBS but all my ink. Other real standouts for me include 229 Oolong Tea, a wonderfully organic-looking green, and 278 Lhasa City, a laid back dark saffron similar to the robes of the Buddhist monks there. I am up to 11 bottles with 4 more on order. I am very happy with all of them. (Well, except the turquoise 397 Breakfast Time - not a color I picked for myself as I don't have a taste for turquoise ink.) I'd get more but I am not supposed to be buying more ink! 

 

I get great prices through the Thai Shopee site (local for me) but, of what's available there, I only really want about 5 or 6 more PenBBS's. I will check out the Taobao reshipper to see if they list other colors not obtainable on Shopee. (But, again, I am not supposed to be buying more ink! 😂) 

[PithyProlix]

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[mizgeorge]

10 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

I'd get more but I am not supposed to be buying more ink! 

 

10 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

(But, again, I am not supposed to be buying more ink! 😂) 

I'm not supposed to be buying any more ink either.  I've not bought any more PenBBS ink this month. I'm keeping pretty quiet about everything else 

[Nick T]

Sampler of bright reds from Goulet. Plan to use one of the colors for our holiday cards. 

[PithyProlix]

39 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

 

I'm not supposed to be buying any more ink either.  I've not bought any more PenBBS ink this month. I'm keeping pretty quiet about everything else 

 

I've only bought PenBBS ink the last few weeks. Please let me know when you start buying PenBBS again so I know to switch to something else. 😉

[essayfaire]

No longer waiting! They're here - well, minus a bit rough handling in shipping/customs:

 

[Retro-user]

Waiting for Monteverde Mandarin Orange, Diamine Autumn Oak and Kobe #21 Taisanji Yellow. Yes, it’s a fall theme, plus I have enough purple and blues. 

[PithyProlix]

On 11/13/2021 at 9:25 AM, Sera13 said:

You have 3 options;

1) buy them from Deskbandit, which does mark them up a lot, but also sells samples.  

2) Buy whole bottles off aliexpress, which also marks them up but less so.

3) You can order them directly from Taobao via reshipper. I did that (used Superbuy) and it worked (I live in melbourne).

 

Regarding Superbuy: I tried to view, in Superbuy, some of the Taobao pages that each list multiple colors of PenBBS ink. Superbuy translated it to English, which I did not ask it to do, but, much worse, it jumbled all the buttons for each color and dropped the identifying color number (e.g. '346') so it's difficult to see what ink from the original Taobao page matches up with which button on the associated Superbuy page. Any pointers, please?

[Sera13]

16 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

 

Regarding Superbuy: I tried to view, in Superbuy, some of the Taobao pages that each list multiple colors of PenBBS ink. Superbuy translated it to English, which I did not ask it to do, but, much worse, it jumbled all the buttons for each color and dropped the identifying color number (e.g. '346') so it's difficult to see what ink from the original Taobao page matches up with which button on the associated Superbuy page. Any pointers, please?

I usually went by the number, the pages from the PenBBS offical store didn't tend to drop the numbers. A lot of different taobao stores other than PenBBS sell the PenBBS inks. You can also auto translate the taobao/tmall page yourself, and hover over the listing to see the translated name, and then pick the same auto-translated in the superbuy listing.

[AoKiu]

- 2Minutes To Midnight/Private Reserve

- Draculea/Pennonia

- Shogun-Kenzo Takada/Jacques Herbin

- Caramel/Krishna Inks

- Bronze Leaf/Krishna Inks 

- Moonview/Krishna Inks

[PithyProlix]

5 hours ago, Sera13 said:

I usually went by the number, the pages from the PenBBS offical store didn't tend to drop the numbers. A lot of different taobao stores other than PenBBS sell the PenBBS inks. You can also auto translate the taobao/tmall page yourself, and hover over the listing to see the translated name, and then pick the same auto-translated in the superbuy listing.

 

Thanks. Many of the translated names didn't seem to match. Oh well, I looked through the Taobao site and there doesn't look like there's much that's not available on the local site here.

[MissCellany]

I've got a bottle of Private Reserve Blue Suede and a big 100ml bottle of Diamine Registrar's coming in tomorrow, as well as a bottle of Pilot Blue that's coming with my Custom 823 (all in the same day!). Really stoked to try 'em all out :3

[I-am-not-really-here]

Waiting on a bottle of Parker Penman Ebony.  

[AmandaW]

Just ordered a small bottle of Van Dieman's Nutmeg to travel with a pen. It won't match the pen, but I couldn't find anything the store had that would do that so I easily settled on this one which has been on my short-list since discovering the brand. All good!

 

 

[essayfaire]

I would have been waiting for a Diamine Music collection but they seem to have left off Mendelssohn (either one would do!).  Usually in my house if we don't recognize a piece, but it's fantastic, it's by Mendelssohn so I don't think an ink set can be considered worthy without his inclusion.  

[AmandaW]

I'm waiting for j herbin Poussiere de Lune,Bouquet d'Antan and  Rouille dance. Plus the new Robert Oster Tiverton Rust.

 

Oh. I just checked another older order to see which ink is coming with it. Just one. But so delayed I had forgotten it included j herbin poussiere de lune.