Besides Pelikan 1 Liter Of Ink...

[Algester]

sounds stupid... But are there anymore companies that make 1 liter bottles of ink... And how fast does a single person empty this elusive large soda sized bottle

[Lou Erickson]

Noodler's used to do large bottles, but has stopped.

 

I'm sure you know about the Pilot 350ml bottles.

 

This thread suggests another German company, Gutenberg. It has links, but they seem broken. They were also in German, apparently. E-mail to the guy there might still work, and was suggested as the best solution, anyway.

[cybaea]

1ml / day is a pretty good run rate for ink if you mainly use it for writing, so about 1000 days to finish it.

I think they were meant for schools and similar were you need to fill many inkwells.

[lmarine0510]

Sheaffer used to make quart bottles of Skrip ink, probably designed for filling inkwells in schools back in the day. Full bottles often come on sale on the 'Bay and the FPN Classifieds, usually selling pretty cheap, like $1.50-2.00 per oz (which would end up being 45-64 dollars for a full quart bottle)

[shawndp]

1ml / day is a pretty good run rate for ink if you mainly use it for writing, so about 1000 days to finish it.

I think they were meant for schools and similar were you need to fill many inkwells.

 

 

I think I may have a little too much ink for my immediate future going by that rate... I don't write that much - maybe about 0.5mL a day at best and there are no less than six noodler's bottles at work, to say nothing of all the other ink at home.

[markh]

sounds stupid... But are there anymore companies that make 1 liter bottles of ink... And how fast does a single person empty this elusive large soda sized bottle

 

I purchased one of the Pelikan 1-litre bottles a while ago. It was a mistake.

 

Even if I only used a single ink, it would last a very long time. But of course, I always have one or more than one new color to try. I would get bored with a single ink for that long.

 

The problem is that it's a plastic bottle, so its slightly porous. Over time, the water very slowly evaporates through the plastic, the ink gets a little thicker. I guess if you used up the bottle in a year this wouldn't be a problem, but I would guess I've had my bottle for 5 to 7 years, maybe longer, and the ink has changed. Not to mention that Pelikan black starts out somewhat thicker than some other inks - Quink, for example.

 

Of course, the problem is fixable - when I pour this ink into a bottle to use it, I add some water. Just guessing, but I probably add 5ml to 50ml of ink, maybe a little more.

 

It's kind of an interesting thing to own, but unless you write a lot with a single color, I don't think its really practical.

 

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[spintronic]

I've read this thread so many times. I've stared at the bottle of Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black 1000ml for sale on Amazon for maybe two years now. Today it was being offered at $48.74 including shipping and tax, and I finally could not resist buying myself a bottle any longer. I already have 4 60ml bottles of 4001 Brilliant Black, but my son and daughter are getting interested in fountain pens, so I thought maybe this can be the family ink for years to come!

[zaddick]

I've read this thread so many times. I've stared at the bottle of Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black 1000ml for sale on Amazon for maybe two years now. Today it was being offered at $48.74 including shipping and tax, and I finally could not resist buying myself a bottle any longer. I already have 4 60ml bottles of 4001 Brilliant Black, but my son and daughter are getting interested in fountain pens, so I thought maybe this can be the family ink for years to come!

 

I hope you also let your kinds in on the wonderful world of colors, sheen, shading, etc. that lives beyond Brilliant Black.

[DilettanteG]

I thought you could still special order large bottles of Noodler's thru Goulet Pens. Did they stop offering this?