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

[inkstainedruth]

3 hours ago, Just J said:

All due respects, ma'am, but you haven't told me a single thing I don't already know or know of. Our difference of perspective boils down to, the way I see it, the way the business owner chooses to run his/her business. There's too many who seem to think they basically set up a website & just sit back, apply minimal ongoing effort & the money's supposed to come pouring in. It's a store, not an oil well. 

 

Oh & btw -- I was in the textiles industry myself for 19 years. One of our divisions (where I was Office Mgr) was their 'Double & Fold' operation, putting our fabric onto those bolts you sold from! LOL 

Ever hear the name Texfi (for Textured Fibers)? Us. 

 

 

I don't know what websites YOU are going to.  The online pen stores I go to/patronize are also run by pen aficionados -- many of whom ALSO attend shows (in the case of the Goulets JUST to be consumers and pen geeks like the rest of us).

Maybe instead of whining, you should just stop shopping at those other sites.  Actions speak louder than words.  Especially when money is involved....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[dragondazd]

I ordered the new ink package from Birmingham. I'm a sucker for limited run prints. And sales. And mystery inks.

 

https://www.birminghampens.com/collections/sale/products/new-ink-release-bundle

[inkstainedruth]

Interesting.  Thanks for posting the link.  I keep looking for replacements for when my bottle of MB Leo Tolstoy LE gets used up (although Birmingham Agave might be a little too green-leaning to be the right match).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[dragondazd]

3 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Interesting.  Thanks for posting the link.  I keep looking for replacements for when my bottle of MB Leo Tolstoy LE gets used up (although Birmingham Agave might be a little too green-leaning to be the right match).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Probably not. I suspect ice rink will be a closer match. I have Celestial blue nad I think is too muted with a purple undertone.

 

[Chi]

Great books!!! I don't now Japanese but the swatches and pictures are amazing!

[PithyProlix]

2 hours ago, Chi said:

Great books!!! I don't now Japanese but the swatches and pictures are amazing!

 

Wowza! That's one of Ken Takeda's books. The sample pages online certainly do look amazing. 

 

Is the catalog for ordering ink, with pricing, etc.?

 

And where did get them? 

[Chi]

6 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

 

Wowza! That's one of Ken Takeda's books. The sample pages online certainly do look amazing. 

 

Is the catalog for ordering ink, with pricing, etc.?

 

And where did get them? 

 

Yeah, I really enjoy that book! I only get the Japanese Color one since I prefer Japanese ink colors.

 

Yes, but the price and retailer information would only be relevant if you are in Japan. However, there are a lot of online shop websites listed. If you can navigate through that, it's possible to get some inks yourself.

 

I bought them on Amazon JP then shipped them to USA.

[Just J]

On 6/27/2022 at 12:07 PM, inkstainedruth said:

Maybe instead of whining, you should just stop shopping at those other sites.

Whining?!? Considering your MANY tales of ripping thru the Customer Service rank & file, that coming from you, madam, is nothing short of hilarious. Might be more exemplary, however, if Madame would curtail her efforts to denigrate me with her verbal abuse and bother to finish reading and/or heeding the rest of my statement vis-a-vis buying elsewhere, as that's exactly what I did! Thank you.

[inkstainedruth]

I made practical suggestions.  You were snotty about it.  Maybe I should just block you.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

On 6/23/2022 at 1:49 AM, Just J said:

Okay, let me tell you where I'm at on this. First, there's a li'l problem I need to resolve before I can ink it up.  So, no writing jus-s-s-t yet. 

~8》 

Now, pix. I have been (still am!) practically mesmerized by the beauty of this pen. Moreso at how it changes with the light. The view angle, type of light, its strength, view perspective, background -- you can pan your vision along its length and practically soar thru its depths, each small twist producing a whole new series of chapters to get lost in!  Its something like cruising with your telescope thru the Orion Nebula with good filterage and magnification - a forever journey of wonder. SO robust, in trying to capture some of that to show, I took a LOT of photos. A Lot!! 

 

What I'm about to reveal, I think might've 'overdone' it a bit, but I picked thru the 'library' and from them selected multiple exampes that show some of this 'range', and with help of a newly discovered feature on my camera, strung together a series of images into a sort of 'movie' & uploaded it to th' Toob. Fearing maybe it's 'too much' -- maybe it's 'just me', I'd even asked someone [well known] here if she'd preview & critique for me before I revealed it here. However, at this moment the jury's [understandably] still out on that one. So, with that understanding, I ask your forebearance, and realizing this thread's about inks, not pens, but asked here so answered here, eh wot? 

 

Enough blathering - here she is; hit PLAY & tap 'Full Screen'! ::> https://youtu.be/FEouNiK4csg

[[ And I surely wouldn't mind comments - eager to see, in fact! ]]  

 

I watched the video. What fun with your graphics. And you are so right about the pen, lighting etc.  It’s exactly how you described it as liking through a telescope at the Orion Nebula. Such a beautiful pen. I hope you enjoy it for many years.  

[PithyProlix]

Vintage ink.

 

A bottle of Waterman Marron, which is supposedly different than the current Absolute (né Havane/Havana) Brown. Fingers crossed it is the same grey-ish, olive-y, sepia-toned ink pictured elsewhere. Also, bottles of Parker Penman Emerald and Ruby and another bottle of Mocha. The seller threw in a bottle of vintage Omas Black for free. Note that the Omas is another version of the tippable-without-falling-over bottle.

 

 

   

[Just J]

On 6/29/2022 at 5:33 PM, inkstainedruth said:

Maybe I should just block you.

Oh please do! Please PLEASE please please do!!! 

 

 

[PithyProlix]

Vintage Omas ???? - Don't know the name but it's a dark red. The seller wrote a small sample of it for me.

 

Omas Extra bottles are huge!

 

[Just J]

Don't ya just hate when you want to buy 4 or 5 inks, and you can't find all in a single store? Meaning you're gonna have to place TWO orders [or more!], with the ubiquitous extra shipping charge, which like as not throws out whatever Sale discount you might've found. My luck! 

 

Anyway, pulled the trigger on some Dominant Industry shades I've been curious about....and with some pretty good pricing & shipping cost, except for a couple they were out of. 

In no particular order: 

Dominant Blue

Lapis Lazuli (Pearl Ser.) 

Tanzanite (Pearl Ser.)

Earl Gray Tea (×2) 

 

One I didn't get [OOS], Autumn Forest.

And I don't know why, there's just something about it...but it's haunting me. 

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

I dunno.  Doesn't bother me.  I'm more than happy to patronize various vendors and to keep them in business.  There was one time a year or so back where I had orders for ink in to Goulet Pens, Anderson Pens and Vanness Pens all at the same time, just to get what I wanted (a lot of which were samples, so the price overall wasn't too bad, including the shipping).  

And if that means three sets of shipping charges?  Shrug.  Cost of doing business.  I like having options and I like all three companies and will happily support all three.  Because it's sure better than the alternative....  NOT having a lot of vendors.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[dragondazd]

22 minutes ago, Just J said:

Don't ya just hate when you want to buy 4 or 5 inks, and you can't find all in a single store? Meaning you're gonna have to place TWO orders [or more!], with the ubiquitous extra shipping charge, which like as not throws out whatever Sale discount you might've found. My luck! 

 

Anyway, pulled the trigger on some Dominant Industry shades I've been curious about....and with some pretty good pricing & shipping cost, except for a couple they were out of. 

In no particular order: 

Dominant Blue

Lapis Lazuli (Pearl Ser.) 

Tanzanite (Pearl Ser.)

Earl Gray Tea (×2) 

 

One I didn't get [OOS], Autumn Forest.

And I don't know why, there's just something about it...but it's haunting me. 

 

 

Hmm I will have to get autumn forest and earl grey.

 

Related: I went to order sailor manyo hinoki and samples of the rest. Some companies have/had bottles but no samples yet. Instead of waiting for availability of both samples and bottles from the same place, I ended up getting bottles of hinoki and Fuji from Anderson with samples of unrelated stuff at a great price so I can fill future carts with more ink... I just couldn't wait. Yeah it was a little disappointing but so was waiting through all of July with no new manyos. Also Anderson shipped so fast! If my Tuesday Oregon order doesn't go to Puerto Rico, I will see it Friday.

[Penguincollector]

I have a box of Sailor blue black Chalana cartridges and a converter for the same coming from Fahrney’s pens. How I love that little pen, it makes my Sheaffer Fashion look girthy!

[chromantic]

I just ordered Diamine Manggis and Kopi O Kaw from Pen Gallery Malaysia. $50 shipping seemed unconscionable for 2 bottles of ink that cost $25 total so I ordered a Kaweco Collection Red to make it seem more palatable.

[essayfaire]

10 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

And if that means three sets of shipping charges?  Shrug.  Cost of doing business.  I like having options and I like all three companies and will happily support all three.  Because it's sure better than the alternative....  NOT having a lot of vendors.

I agree, except I don't want to pay three sets of shipping charges all at the same time.  Given how shipping has increased, along with the minimum threshold for free shipping, I am more likely to forgo certain inks at a given point in time and order from one vendor; the next order I will purchase from a different merchant who carries different lines.  I might still get hit with double shipping charges, but I will be spreading them out over time.

[Just J]

8 hours ago, chromantic said:

so I ordered a Kaweco Collection Red to make it seem more palatable

There! That'll l'arn 'em!  Yeah!!! 

 

LOL..just kidding of course. But I posted a short while back about finding myself in the very same predicament you describe....& on closer exam I'd bet It's the same seller....only, in my case I decided the shipping was a deal breaker.

Not all lines are drawn in ink.