An Interesting Thing To Find

[blazv]

Hello everybody!

 

I am quite new to all of this and don't have all the knowledge yet nor I know all rules applicable here. But I was startled when finding out that some major ink/pen company outsourced production of their ink somewhere near where I live. It'a european thing, I suppose.

However, it took me quite a while to find that manufacturer online (at least I think it is the right one, they do not state it anywhere really publicly- have been digging) and guess what? They produce ink under their own brand/name (no name?) as well. Inexpensive. Clicking around their homepage I found out I already own a bottle of their ink! Have bought it some months ago when I ran out of ink at work and grabbed the first bottle I saw in a brick and mortar store on my way home (my ink collection has grown considerably since). And it is a reliable one to write with, have been using it for weeks at work now. Has anyone else used it yet? I find it especially amusing that in the bottle it looks like really dark dark blue with purple tinges, writes black purplish and dries to black... Has a funny smell of sorts, too. Do not want to sound like an info-mercial but I find this exciting. Has anyone compared this ink to the big company name one? I do not own it yet (have too many already, have to use up some first).

 

No affiliation with the company etc. Would scan some writing with it but BOTH my scanners are... Kahm... on vacation.

Edited August 20, 2011 by blazv

[corniche]

Greetings Blazv & welcome to FPN,

 

 

Those inks are interesting; they look suspiciously like Pelikan 4001 bottles. Alas, they do not have my color of choice- blue-black I suppose Id have to buy two bottles and make my own, (at least the price is right if nothing else).

 

I see youre from Slovenia; so you must also be familiar with Sheaffers operations over there, yes?

 

All the best,

 

Sean

Edited August 20, 2011 by S. P. Colfer

[shaylenwilliams]

I like this one! http://www.vivapen.com/viewpro.html?id=161

[raging.dragon]

Is the major company in question Sheaffer? Or is there a second company using Slovenian ink?

[blazv]

Sean & Dragon: Thank you. I think it is... Found out about the Sheaffer operation here on FPN. That's why I did a little research. Interestingly enough, I do not have/know Sheaffer ink. Yet. That's why I was asking for comparisons. And yes, the bottle looks suspiciously like the one Pelikan use...

Shaylen:

Oh well... More ink to buy to bring peace to my (mostly wandering) mind:)

 

Cheers,

 

Blaz.

[atypical]

The Pelikan styled -or similar- bottle seems to be used by quite a few companies such as: Pelikan, Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth, Delta, Standardgraph, Gutenberg, A.T. Cross, Conway Stewart and Graf von Faber-Castell. I'm not sure what, if anything, this means.

[corniche]

The Pelikan styled -or similar- bottle seems to be used by quite a few companies such as: Pelikan, Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth, Delta, Standardgraph, Gutenberg, A.T. Cross, Conway Stewart and Graf von Faber-Castell. I'm not sure what, if anything, this means.

 

This is even more interesting because I know A.T. Cross and Conway Stewart do not make their own inks, (if I remember right, Cross is made by Pelikan; I do not recall who makes CS- maybe Pelikan as well- that would explain the bottle use); I'm not sure about the other brands you mention. This hearkens back to what I've said in the past, that most brands of modern fountain ink are basically the same because there are so few raw materials suppliers that still cater to the fountain ink industry.

 

It would not surprise me if ALL the European brands were actually made by two or three companies and re-bottled in brand specific packaging.

 

All the best,

 

Sean

Edited August 21, 2011 by S. P. Colfer

[dizzypen]

Well, there are still some pen companies that make/commission their own unique ink colors: Mont Blanc, Waterman, Sheaffer, Visconti, Caran d'Ache, Omas, Aurora, Pelikan, Pilot, and Platinum. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Then there are the independent ink manufacturers like Diamine, Noodler's, J. Herbin, De Atramentis, Rohrer & Klingner, and Private Reserve.

 

So, while there are definitely some duplicates out there, there is also a lot of variety. And thank heavens for that!

[blazv]

Maybe - to add to complexity - there is only a limited number of appropriate bottle suppliers? Anyways, this is exciting