Ink Bottles In A Plane?

[william2001]

I live in Northern Virginia, near Washington DC.

I am going to Canada for my Summer break.

My trip to Canada lasts 7 days, so I should bring 7 pens!

Let me see... my top 7 pens (not necessarily the most expensive) I'm may bring

1. Parker Sonnet black
2. Parker 75 gold
3. Parker 51
4. Another Parker 51 (different color)
5. Parker 180
6. Montblanc Meisterstuck Classique
7. Pilot Varsity black ink

For ink, let me see... something not too expensive

1. Waterman Serenity Blue
2. Parker Quink black cartridge (just in case)
3. Paradise Pen Company ink black (I don't like black, but in case I need it)
4. Noodler's ink (I'm still thinking whether to buy or not)
5. 5th?! The list above is all the inks I have.

Are you allowed to bring ink bottles to a plane?

Ink cartridges?

Ink bottles are fragile, so I am going to carry it with me inside the plane.

Do you think those airport security guys will take my ink bottles/cartridges away?

-William S. Park

P.S.: My inks are too attractive (like many other ink bottles) to be safely taken inside a plane. It might distract the pilot.

Edited July 25, 2014 by william2001

[playtime]

i can't help it.

 

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[logantrky]

William,

 

I would suggest you stick with cartridges. I know some have tried to take smaller ink bottles in the past, but I wouldn't recommend it.

[bokchoy]

I'm not sure about carry-on luggage... You're safer if you put anything liquid in your check-in luggage, especially if it's over 100ml. I've had to throw sunscreen away before, and it wasn't a huge tube.

 

Luggage handlers throw bags for a living, so I wouldn't bring anything made of glass either...

 

I think cartridges are safer. They're smaller and less fragile.

[The Blue Knight]

I wouldn't bother with seven pens, remember you are going on a break so you are unlikely to use a one pen let one seven. I'd take one of those pens with you and one or two cartridges, that is more enough.

[carlos.q]

I regularly travel with a 30ml Pelikan ink bottle (inside a ziploc bag for extra security) in my carry on bag. No problems to this day,

[AllenG]

http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/3-1-1-liquids-rule

You are allowed to bring one small bag of liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes through the checkpoint. These are limited to 3.4 ounces or less per container. Consolidating these containers in the small bag separate from your carry-on baggage enables TSA officers to screen them quickly.

 

3-1-1 for carry-ons. Liquids, gels, aerosols, creams and pastes must be 3.4 ounces (100ml) or less per container; must be in 1 quart-sized, clear, plastic, zip-top bag; 1 bag per passenger placed in screening bin. The bag limits the total liquid volume each traveler can bring.

 

Be prepared. Each time a TSA officer stops to physically screen a carry-on bag, it slows down the line. Practicing the 3-1-1 rule will facilitate the checkpoint experience.

 

Declare larger liquids. Medications, baby formula and food, and breast milk are allowed in reasonable quantities exceeding three ounces, and they dont have to be in the zip-top bag. Declare these items for inspection at the checkpoint. TSA officers may need to open them for additional screening.

 

If in doubt, put your liquids, gels, aerosols, creams and pastes in checked baggage.

Edited July 25, 2014 by AllenG

[Ernst Bitterman]

The last time I took a bottle aloft was pre-TSA, so it went in my carry-on. It dribbled. Whether carry-on or stowed, but it/them in a bag.

 

Unless you're leaving the pens empty for travel to avoid them dribbling, I'd agree that you're not having enough fun if you need to refill that many pens in that short a time... and I'm a pretty dedicated writer-down of things.

[CaptainBA]

I brought a 80ml bottle of Levenger ink and about 6 fountain pens, two inked in my carry ons earlier this month from CA to OH. No issues.

[william2001]

William,

 

I would suggest you stick with cartridges. I know some have tried to take smaller ink bottles in the past, but I wouldn't recommend it.

 

 

I'm not sure about carry-on luggage... You're safer if you put anything liquid in your check-in luggage, especially if it's over 100ml. I've had to throw sunscreen away before, and it wasn't a huge tube.

 

Luggage handlers throw bags for a living, so I wouldn't bring anything made of glass either...

 

I think cartridges are safer. They're smaller and less fragile.

 

 

I wouldn't bother with seven pens, remember you are going on a break so you are unlikely to use a one pen let one seven. I'd take one of those pens with you and one or two cartridges, that is more enough.

Well, these replies say I shouldn't bring bottles.

 

I regularly travel with a 30ml Pelikan ink bottle (inside a ziploc bag for extra security) in my carry on bag. No problems to this day,

 

 

http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/3-1-1-liquids-rule

 

You are allowed to bring one small bag of liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes through the checkpoint. These are limited to 3.4 ounces or less per container. Consolidating these containers in the small bag separate from your carry-on baggage enables TSA officers to screen them quickly.

 

3-1-1 for carry-ons. Liquids, gels, aerosols, creams and pastes must be 3.4 ounces (100ml) or less per container; must be in 1 quart-sized, clear, plastic, zip-top bag; 1 bag per passenger placed in screening bin. The bag limits the total liquid volume each traveler can bring.

 

Be prepared. Each time a TSA officer stops to physically screen a carry-on bag, it slows down the line. Practicing the 3-1-1 rule will facilitate the checkpoint experience.

 

Declare larger liquids. Medications, baby formula and food, and breast milk are allowed in reasonable quantities exceeding three ounces, and they dont have to be in the zip-top bag. Declare these items for inspection at the checkpoint. TSA officers may need to open them for additional screening.

 

If in doubt, put your liquids, gels, aerosols, creams and pastes in checked baggage.

 

 

The last time I took a bottle aloft was pre-TSA, so it went in my carry-on. It dribbled. Whether carry-on or stowed, but it/them in a bag.

 

Unless you're leaving the pens empty for travel to avoid them dribbling, I'd agree that you're not having enough fun if you need to refill that many pens in that short a time... and I'm a pretty dedicated writer-down of things.

 

 

I brought a 80ml bottle of Levenger ink and about 6 fountain pens, two inked in my carry ons earlier this month from CA to OH. No issues.

These say I can!

 

Now, I don't know what to do.

-William S. Park

Edited July 25, 2014 by william2001

[EJKorvette]

Ink in a bottle inside of a Ziploc bag with the cap tightly closed should be OK. After all, it was probably on a plane at some point between being shipped from the manufacturer to getting into your possession. I would agree with The Blue Knight in that you probably only *need* 1 pen on vacation. I flew to a conference in New England last week and only took a Retro 51 rollerball pen with me, and it was all I needed. (That is until it decided to leak in my pocket leaving a big black stain on my best pair of tan khakis! Who knew a rollerball would do that?? )

[tmenyc]

I regularly travel with a 30ml Pelikan ink bottle (inside a ziploc bag for extra security) in my carry on bag. No problems to this day,

I agree -- although sometimes I've carried a 1 oz Nalgene bottle, and skipped the ziploc bag. You know what happens to the thin recyclable plastic water bottles on planes? That's what you want to avoid. As long as the bottle can withstand the pressure change and is small enough to not get confiscated and kept by a fountain-pen using TSA'er on the prowl for ink, you'll be fine.

 

Tim

[maus930]

Here is the TSA rule

You are allowed to bring one small bag of liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes through the checkpoint. These are limited to 3.4 ounces or less per container. Consolidating these containers in the small bag separate from your carry-on baggage enables TSA officers to screen them quickly.

3-1-1 for carry-ons. Liquids, gels, aerosols, creams and pastes must be 3.4 ounces (100ml) or less per container; must be in 1 quart-sized, clear, plastic, zip-top bag; 1 bag per passenger placed in screening bin. The bag limits the total liquid volume each traveler can bring.

[serpent]

I use nalgene 1oz or 2oz wide mouth bottles. They seal real well and never had one leak. they're dirt cheap too.

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/travel/bottlesMedication?productId=10000247&green=40917798-EDAE-5996-B728-E3C94932F6BF

[tringle]

I would bring two of your favorites, and a mechanical pencil. Bring cartridges, or small vials of your favorite inks in a zip lock baggie, besides you may find some pens on your break and want to bring home. Have a safe trip.....

[fabri00]

If you use one pen a day, I think you can just fill all the pens before your departure.

[tinysnail]

7 pens for 7 days vacation! That's quite a lot. I would definitely recommend small ink bails over bottles.

 

If you don't mind me asking, where in Canada are you headed?

[MKeith]

If you go with smaller nalgene bottles use ONLY the rigid ones and not the ones that can collapse by squeezing. As tmenyc stated they will collapse with cabin pressure just like a water bottle. Even even better I use the polycarbonate ones. I always bag each bottle seperately and then together in a larger plastic bag. A folded bounty paper towel in each bag is a good backup, plus it's there for wiping nibs after filling.

 

I just got back from flying to the west coast at 38,000 ft and 33,000 ft. on diferent legs. I had a 1/2 oz. collapsible nalgene inside a 2 oz. rigid and the inside one exploded in a beautiful Noodler's Blue pattern. And for the first and only time a 30 ml. Pelikan 4001 Turquoise bottle decided to leak even though I am sure that I tightened it down. For the second time (last year in Oct. and now) I have had new Mont Blanc bottles leak about one quarter of a cartridge convertor even though they were both tightened down prior to flying. The moral of the story I guess is strange things can happen when pressures change, as well as the type of aircraft being flown.

[sharonspens]

I believe the point here is that you CAN do it take bottles on planes, but whether you will NEED that much ink for a seven day trip is in question. I generally have several pens with me, but I have learned for travel to carry one or two FPs, generally those that take standard cartridges, and a rollerball. That usually keeps me going, especially on vacation when I want to be enjoying the experience instead of just writing about it.

 

Have a good time!

 

Sharon in Indiana

[gregamckinney]

INK:

I highly recommend decanting glass ink bottles into nalgene ones for travel.

A few years ago, I moved from CA to WA, and ended up making quite a few air trips back and forth after I started my job, but before we moved our household.

I put all the inks I wanted to have right away in WA into Nalgene and checked them in my suitcases. I transported around 40 bottles of ink this way, and experienced zero leaks.

 

PENS:

Every time I go away on a trip, business or pleasure, I have a desire to take many pens so I have variety and options. However, what I find is that the trip itself becomes foremost in my mind, and I only use one or two pens (the ones I had in my pocket when I departed from home.) Unless you are bringing a bunch of pens to show people, I'd recommend taking your two most reliable pens, and adequate ink for them.

 

Best Regards, greg