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

[AmandaW]

5 hours ago, RJS said:

Doesn't the smallest bottle only cost $3 anyway?

 

Not here. This one was AU$13 (and was a bargain cos if bought in Australia it would have been $22). Still hope

[essayfaire]

11 hours ago, AmandaW said:

I'm waiting for J Herbin Terre de feu. One of those ones that it might have been best to get a sample first, but since it's traveling with a pen from a place that doesn't do samples... it's makes more sense to cross my fingers and hope it's going to be the colour I'm imagining.

I bought it in cartridges  to test it - it wasn't my cup of tea, so I was glad I hadn't purchased large bottle.  The Herbin cartridge containers are useful, though!

[PithyProlix]

5 hours ago, Karmachanic said:

 

Searching ali for Poezie takes me to shimmer inks and  get nothing for Morandi.  A link would be much appreciated.  E198/193 look interesting.

 

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mP0sykq

 

I filled wide italic-nibbed pens with all the inks I ordered and was impressed enough to start trying them in Japanese fines. I was kind of waiting until I had put all of them in fines before I took photos to post here and perhaps do a review, of sorts. Maybe a couple more days. 

 

E198 seems dark and saturated enough for my tastes that I don't think I will order E193. I am putting E182 on my next order and that will be it - the rest of the colors from this group don't look too appealing to me. 

 

The non-Poezie 'Morandi' ink is here: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtmyvuw The only text on the bottle is "尘彩", which seems to translate to "dust color" - I am not sure if that refers to the particular ink color I got or a brand/manufacturer/etc. They can be ordered sans shimmer, with silver shimmer, or with gold shimmer. I am ordering the rest of those colors, all sans shimmer. 

 

These are all in the same store and, although the shipping price per bottle is pretty steep, it is heavily discounted with multiples. 

[RJS]

2 hours ago, AmandaW said:

 

Not here. This one was AU$13 (and was a bargain cos if bought in Australia it would have been $22). Still hope

Yikes, that's expensive!

[dragondazd]

My first Vanneas order = first vinta and Kobe inks. In fact, Seven new-to-me brands coming!

[PithyProlix]

3 hours ago, AmandaW said:

 

Not here. This one was AU$13 (and was a bargain cos if bought in Australia it would have been $22). Still hope

 

Pure Pens and Stilo e Stile have the 10ml Herbins for a lot less and good international shipping rates. 

[PithyProlix]

50 minutes ago, dragondazd said:

My first Vanneas order = first vinta and Kobe inks. In fact, Seven new-to-me brands coming!

 

Whadidyaget?

[amberleadavis]

1 hour ago, PithyProlix said:

 

Pure Pens and Stilo e Stile have the 10ml Herbins for a lot less and good international shipping rates. 

 

Did  you get the Pure Pens ink? I love Cadawaldr.

[dragondazd]

2 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

 

Whadidyaget?

The order was inspired by the vinta fairytale inks--samples of those were my priority.

I also got a bottle of papier plume moss green and then various samples from kwz, 3 oysters, monarca, Kobe, and kyo-no-oto. Half the haul are greens and pinks for spring.

 

[PithyProlix]

18 minutes ago, dragondazd said:

The order was inspired by the vinta fairytale inks--samples of those were my priority.

I also got a bottle of papier plume moss green and then various samples from kwz, 3 oysters, monarca, Kobe, and kyo-no-oto. Half the haul are greens and pinks for spring.

 

 

Nice! Sounds like a lot of fun is on the way. 

[PithyProlix]

51 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

 

Did  you get the Pure Pens ink? I love Cadawaldr.

 

Yes! I got Llanberis, the only Pure Pens ink I have. I'm 'in like' with it but love might come with a different pen. Not one you would enjoy, I suspect ... 

 

Along with Llanberis came Oster Summer Storm (LOVE), Diamine Lilac Night (love), and Herbin Bleu Myosotis (really like - might turn to love too). 

[Karmachanic]

@PithyProlix  Thanks for the links.  Shipping cost is twice the price of  the ink .  Oh well.

[PithyProlix]

32 minutes ago, Karmachanic said:

@PithyProlix  Thanks for the links.  Shipping cost is twice the price of  the ink .  Oh well.

 

The shipping price is heavily discounted with multiples. The five bottles I ordered was $14.25 for the ink itself and shipping, after discount, was $6.45. Total of $20.70 for 135ml of ink which is roughly $0.15/ml - that's quite low compared to most other ink.

 

I suggest putting a few in your cart and starting a check out so you can see what shipping will be.

[Misfit]

Just one which is Robert Oster Gold Antiqua. I’ve been waiting to redeem my ink drops reward at Pen Chalet. I ordered now because of the April Fools email. 

[PithyProlix]

2 hours ago, Karmachanic said:

@PithyProlix  Thanks for the links.  Shipping cost is twice the price of  the ink .  Oh well.

 

1 hour ago, PithyProlix said:

 

The shipping price is heavily discounted with multiples. The five bottles I ordered was $14.25 for the ink itself and shipping, after discount, was $6.45. Total of $20.70 for 135ml of ink which is roughly $0.15/ml - that's quite low compared to most other ink.

 

I suggest putting a few in your cart and starting a check out so you can see what shipping will be.

 

I just ordered one more of the 30ml inks (Poezie) and seven of the 15ml (unidentified) from the links I provided above of so-called "Morandi" hues. $27.77 shipped for 135ml of ink, roughly $0.21/ml - not bad at all, especially for lower volume bottles.

 

•  Poezie E182 枫吟 (Translation from DeepL, Google, and Yandex is not clear - maybe "Maple ____" but the character recognition could be wrong. It does look like the leaf color of some varieties of red maple plus some of the Google image search results using "枫吟" have red maples.) https://a.aliexpress.com/_mP0sykq
•  Unidentified manufacturer 1-1 through 1-7 (I received 1-8 on a previous order.) https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtmyvuw

[Karmachanic]

2 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

I suggest putting a few in your cart and starting a check out so you can see what shipping will be.

 

From one point of view quite logical.  However I'm not about to purchase multiple bottles of inks I have no familiarity with, particularly with regards to behaviour.

 

No biggie. I have sufficient inks.

[swanjun]

I'm waiting for a birthday Diamine order from Cult Pens. Got some of their newer exclusives in 30 ml bottles and then a bunch of full-size Inkvent colors, including from the red edition, which came into stock just in time. It'll be a mighty haul.

[mizgeorge]

21 hours ago, Karmachanic said:

 

Searching ali for Poezie takes me to shimmer inks and  get nothing for Morandi.  A link would be much appreciated.  E198/193 look interesting.

These are the ones I have bookmarked (shipping's about the same as the inks, but still not hugely expensive compared to some).

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002405619813.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.67cd3c00OHZGJb&mp=1

[dragondazd]

Wow, Vanneas ships fast! I ordered last night and they sent it to USPS this morning. I was braced for a Monday ship lol.

[Misfit]

On 4/1/2022 at 9:10 AM, swanjun said:

I'm waiting for a birthday Diamine order from Cult Pens. Got some of their newer exclusives in 30 ml bottles and then a bunch of full-size Inkvent colors, including from the red edition, which came into stock just in time. It'll be a mighty haul.

Very cool choices. Belated happy birthday, and I hope you enjoy that mighty haul.