Inky T O D - Spring Cleaning

[HalloweenHJB]

Let the Spring cleaning begin!

Edited April 5, 2015 by HalloweenHJB

[JimCouch]

I have not gotten my list together, but this year I am planning on doing some serious spring cleaning. It probably would have made sense to do this 4 years ago prior to our move to Portland, but in 4 years I have a number of pens and inks that have not been used and it is time to sent them to new homes.

[requiescat]

I actually bought a few more, plus samples, but then I tend to buy inks quite infrequently. And I just decluttered everything else in the house. Let me keep a few luxuries!

[amberleadavis]

The pinks are doing a round robin sort of ink give away. We are taking our extra inks and making samples to share them.

[Davros]

I decluttered by buying new shelves and bins for the shelves and reorganizing everything. Now I am ready for EVEN MORE ink. This is the most fun kind of spring cleaning.

[HalloweenHJB]

I decluttered by buying new shelves and bins for the shelves and reorganizing everything. Now I am ready for EVEN MORE ink. This is the most fun kind of spring cleaning.

 

AGREED!!

Edited April 6, 2015 by HalloweenHJB

[Barkingpig]

ME 2! I got a nice box from Cool Japan today & celebrated by finding a small chest with four drawers @ the antique mall to assist with storage. It will sit upon a table or desk yet probably would hold 40 bottles of ink. That will afford me a "good spring cleaning" by clearing off the desk top. Also found a (1/2 FULL) 32 ounce bottle of Skrip blue/black with existing screw cap on the bottle (it alas will NOT fit in the small chest!) But since I am not even past my first anniversary of collection I have a different feeling about the necessity of purging than those who have been @ this awhile. I think the drawers are actually deep enough to hold pens as well (just in case.)

[Morwen]

Cleaning out? Are you serious?!? I am ADDING a bunch of stuff . Just ordered some more octopus and Standardgraph inks, and I am casting loving glances at some Sailor bottles... Also, I am considering a second bottle of Pelikan Amethyst - this ink was a very pleasant surprise, wet and with nice dark color. The only cleaning out i did is that I put my "spare" bottles in a separate box to free some space in the drawer...

[amberleadavis]

I actually made some samples up and shared inks which made room for more inks.

[Sailor Kenshin]

I have enough ink. I have enough ink....

 

Keep saying it. It's true.

 

I have a lot of samples, and that's good, because that's how I use most inks: little bit-o-this, little bit-o-that, change it out frequently. I also mix inks and put those in sample vials.

 

I'm sending out some of my less-used samples.

 

This is not to say I lack ink in BOTTLES. For a while there, I was into bottle shapes, got some MBs, including a few LE, 'shoes,' and one older 'shoe.' But I use those frequently. Traded away an extra bottle of Rotring Ultramarine. Still like the Levenger inks, crazy for the bottle shape. Got some Noodler's Waterman, Pelikan, j Herbin, and Skrip bottles of all vintages.

 

I'd better stop now and lie down with a cold rag on my head.

[HalloweenHJB]

I have enough ink. I have enough ink....

 

Keep saying it. It's true.

 

I have a lot of samples, and that's good, because that's how I use most inks: little bit-o-this, little bit-o-that, change it out frequently. I also mix inks and put those in sample vials.

 

I'm sending out some of my less-used samples.

 

This is not to say I lack ink in BOTTLES. For a while there, I was into bottle shapes, got some MBs, including a few LE, 'shoes,' and one older 'shoe.' But I use those frequently. Traded away an extra bottle of Rotring Ultramarine. Still like the Levenger inks, crazy for the bottle shape. Got some Noodler's Waterman, Pelikan, j Herbin, and Skrip bottles of all vintages.

 

I'd better stop now and lie down with a cold rag on my head.

 

Goodness, such variety! Yes, a cold rag and maybe a Sidecar to calm the vertigo.

[Davros]

I actually made some samples up and shared inks which made room for more inks.

 

Yes. This is the best way to make space: fill it with ink.

[amberleadavis]

 

Yes. This is the best way to make space: fill it with ink.

 

 

Ink fits in all the little cracks (and it even soaks into wood )

[amberleadavis]

So, how many of us actually gave away inks?

[HalloweenHJB]

ME! Since it was last spring, I have almost no recollection of what the inks were! Or as the Stones would sing, "What a drag it is getting old..."

[amberleadavis]

I did too. I have been playing with some of the samples you sent me, and I shared a few that I already had with some pen pals. In addition, I sent 28 bottles to Sinistral1 who decanted them for me and I've been sharing those. I did put back some of the empty bottles so that I can recall the inks, but seriously, I haven't used the ink or missed it.