First Bottled Ink?

[smiorgan]

Sheaffer Skrip Blue-Black

[luminesce]

J. Herbin's Violette Pensee, followed shortly by Parker's blue Quink. Those were my only bottles for a fair few years.

[Pelikan_FP]

It was Noodler's Burma Road Brown...ah those were the days

[Newjelan]

Visconti Sepia to go in my Van Gogh Maxi, until then I only used cartridges.

[cvasara]

Sheaffer Skrip Washable Blue-Black, Early 1960s, Cost was 19¢. 2oz bottle.

[leofoam]

Parker Quink Black was my first bottled ink.

[athenian]

Parker Quink Black and Waterman Florida Blue.

[Centopar]

It'd have been the first of many, many bottles of Quink Washable Blue when I was about 7, at school. At home I was allowed to use my Mum's Waterman Havana Brown on special occasions, like writing to my Grandma (I think it was Havana Brown back then - I just knew it as "the brown ink"), but the one I owned and used from day to day was Washable Blue. I don't think it occurred to me that there was a whole universe of non-washable-blue inks out there apart from that magical bottle of brown until I was well into my 20s.

 

I bleedin' hate Quink Washable Blue.

[dduran]

J. Herbin's Pearle Noir I still remember!

[..lol..]

My first bottle? Waterman blue black, followed by her majesty pelikan 4001 blue black

[gregamckinney]

Probably Pelikan Blue, purchased with my first FP, a Pelikan M800.

 

greg

[SallyLyn]

For first 50 year of sometime fountain pen use didn't buy bottled ink. Cartridge pens were "in". Did purchase Sheaffer Peacock Blue in cartridge, during grade/high school, college. Filling my HS graduation Sheaffer Snorkel would have used my Dad's ink so Blue Black or Black.

 

Moving to this century, first ink in bottles was a batch purchase of Waterman and Sheaffer inks in all the colors I could find. Knew they would work in any pen and they could be safely mixed.

[Senecabud]

Sheaffer Skrip Brown in the old ink-well bottle with the black metal lid. Used it for years, buying I don't recall how many bottles. I still love and use it, although I miss the old-style bottles.

[Runnin_Ute]

My first bottles of ink (bought at the same time) were Levenger Raven Black and Levenger Cobalt Blue. Finished off the Raven Black this spring finally. The Cobalt Blue years ago. It was a very nice color. I believe there is at least one review of both here in the ink reviews..

[Fabienne]

Script Turquoise Blue back in the stone age. Then 3 yrs ago Noodler's Red Black (which I now hate). Alas, I have a tonne of bottled inks and will never use them all. And keep on buying more.

[betsypreston]

Sheaffer Brown. But I didn't like it, or my squeeze-converter Sheaffer Targa. So I didn't really use fountain pens for another 5 or so years.

 

Then I got a bottle of Noodler's Saguaro, and a faceted plastic-barrel Vanishing Point. I got hooked!

Edited August 24, 2013 by betsypreston

[LucasD]

Mine was Quink Washable Blue, used it for a while until i bought other inks and gave it to my girlfriend

[pencils+pens]

Up until 8 years ago, I only owned one fountain pen, a navy blue Parker Vector that I filled with Parker cartridges. Then I took a job that put me across the street from the old and now closed Levenger outlet store in Delray Beach, FL. A co-worker was a big writing instruments and paraphernalia fan so we spent some time in the store. And the addiction/obsession began.

 

My first purchase in the store was a red Levenger TruWriter, a bottle of Levenger Cardinal Red and a box of long international Levenger Cardinal Red cartridges. That was my first bottle of ink.

[amberleadavis]

Up until 8 years ago, I only owned one fountain pen, a navy blue Parker Vector that I filled with Parker cartridges. Then I took a job that put me across the street from the old and now closed Levenger outlet store in Delray Beach, FL. A co-worker was a big writing instruments and paraphernalia fan so we spent some time in the store. And the addiction/obsession began.

 

My first purchase in the store was a red Levenger TruWriter, a bottle of Levenger Cardinal Red and a box of long international Levenger Cardinal Red cartridges. That was my first bottle of ink.

I love the Cardinal Red.

[JesterKat]

When my husband bought me my first pen, all he had was Quink Black, so I absolutely HAD to buy some ink for myself. I spent a week reading reviews here and looking at the various websites trying to decide on what to buy. First buy was J Herbin Lierre Sauvage and Violette Pensee, I figured the green was good enough for the office and the violet would be good for me. Now I've cured my hubby of his black only ways, and he's bought several colors to add to the growing collection. I do so love my colors.