Inky T O D - What Inks Are You Hoping To Find This Holiday?

[amberleadavis]

Some of us will buy ink as a gift for others, and maybe an ink bottle or two will miraculously appear and be exactly what we wanted, but just in case a loved one were to ask us what a great inky gift would be ....

 

What ink would you be thrilled to get as a gift?

 

 

[amberleadavis]

Can you believe that my kids say that I'm hard to shop for? I mean seriously, I might be a tad finicky about my pens ... and I might be fussy about my inks, but really? Hard to shop for?

 

Oh, and then add in the kids budget... okay, maybe I need to make a suggestion or two.

 

So, I was going to ask for Sailor Jentle Shigure. Thankfully, I didn't ask for it, I already had a bottle. oops

 

So, I'm going to ask for Noodler's Green. I've never even tried it, but the Noodler's inks like blue, purple and black are some of the best inks I've used. So that's on my wish list. (BTW, I'm pretty sure, they would have thought I had Noodler's green, and I don't want to try and explain that Noodler's Green is NOT the same as Noodler's Green Marine, Hunter Green, GI Green or V-Mail Green.

[migo984]

I don't have a list of inks I especially want but I'd be very happy indeed if I found a bottle of the new Graf von Faber Castell Midnight Blue in my Christmas stocking :-)

[amberleadavis]

That would be nice.

[northstar]

Now that I have a sheaffer sentinel snorkel in peacock blue color, I will love to have few bottles of the sheaffer peacock blue, am I asking for too much?

[Notgatherox]

Noodler's Upper Ganges Blue!

 

 

~Epic

[PaperDarts]

I don't have a brand in mind but I'd love to find a nice wintry blue ink to use. Not too light and not too dark. Any suggestions that I can put into my letter to "santa"?

[AndyYNWA]

Bungbox 4B, Sapphire, l'Amant or Dandyism would be nice. I would also be happy for Kobe #7, #18 or #51.

However, I don't think any of my loved ones would know how to get hold of them.

 

I also agree with migo about GvFC Midnight Blue...

[VivienR]

Bungbox L'amant would be a great surprise, but I would be as happy with Sannomiya Panse (even if I already have a bottle) or Yama-Dori...

[Sailor Kenshin]

  On 11/15/2015 at 12:17 PM, amberleadavis said:

Some of us will buy ink as a gift for others, and maybe an ink bottle or two will miraculously appear and be exactly what we wanted, but just in case a loved one were to ask us what a great inky gift would be ....

 

What ink would you be thrilled to get as a gift?

 

Pelikan Khaki, which no longer exists. It is unto me as Penman Sapphire and Racing Green are to others.

[inkstainedruth]

Diamine Shimmertastic Purple Pizazz. Didn't buy ink fast enough at OPS (I *was* able to snag Blue Pearl and Shimmering Seas; the other colors I either didn't like or didn't like well enough to further blow my budget...).

And I'm with northstar -- I would be pleased as punch to get more Peacock Blue.... Yes, I have a fair amount (but no -- it's not, IMO *enough*... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[DrDebG]

A bottle of the new De Atramentis ink that will be named by an FPN participant (in place of the sepia that isn't sepia).

 

L'Artisan Pastelier Callifolio Lilas, Rose Grenade, Bordeaux, Blue Lagoon or Blue Azure.

 

Franklin Cristoph Midnight Emerald

 

I am sure there a a dozen others I could choose.

[chewytulip]

I'd be pretty stoked to see a herd of those adorable 15 ml bottles of Iroshizuku ink in my stocking.

[richila]

Ooooo, bottles of ink for stocking-stuffers-everyone who can write in my house has at least 1 fountain pen. A bottle of Levenger's each in a favorite color.

Edited November 16, 2015 by richila

[fuddmain]

This would round out my collection:

 

Diamine

• Bilberry
• Ancient Copper
• Red Dragon
• Florida Blue
• Sunset
• Evergreen
• Racing Green
• Denim

[stonezebra]

  On 11/15/2015 at 3:48 PM, PaperDarts said:

I don't have a brand in mind but I'd love to find a nice wintry blue ink to use. Not too light and not too dark. Any suggestions that I can put into my letter to "santa"?

 

How about a nice mini-bottle of Pilot Irosh. Fuyu-Syogun (Old Man Winter) - a grey-ish blue ink with nice shading in a medium or broad nibbed pen?

[ac12]

Amber, your kids have the same problem that my wife has with me.

I have to make a list of what I want for Christmas and my birthday, because the odds are that what she buys for me, will not be what I want, and will be returned/exchanged.

I recently exchanged a book that she bought me for my birthday. She was not happy, but she did not ask me for my book list.

 

In my case, I usually buy what I want, when I want, so this becomes problematic.

I'll settle for another bottle of MB Irish Green or Iroshizuku Shin-Ryoku (deep green). Then I don't have to be so stingy with the bottle that I have.

OK, Parker Penman Emerald Green, only because I will NOT buy it myself. A bottle of Penman Saphire went for $125 at the SF Pen Show.

Edited November 16, 2015 by ac12

[Runnin_Ute]

How about a gaggle (5 pack) of Blackstone Colours of Australia? Yep all 5 in 30 ml bottles.

 

My other want is a Pelikan M150/M2xx..... Haven't decided if it will be the 150, or the 200 Cognac or the 200 in green marbled yet... (can you tell when it comes to "hobby" (pen) gifts I usually just pick them out?) And then she wraps and gives....

 

 

Pen down, now for the ink.... M200 Cognac from a Japanese seller on Amazon.

Edited November 18, 2015 by Runnin_Ute

[inkstainedruth]

  On 11/16/2015 at 9:27 PM, ac12 said:

OK, Parker Penman Emerald Green, only because I will NOT buy it myself. A bottle of Penman Saphire went for $125 at the SF Pen Show.

One of the tables in the hallway at the Ohio Pen Show (Toys in the Attic's table, maybe?) had a bottle of PPS for at least that much, because it was one of the bottles with the silver medallion on the cap. I think it was unopened as well. Some guy and I were looking at the same time and joking about how the silver had the initial letter "R" engraved in it and that would be good for either one of us since we both had names that begin with "R".

Needless to say, though, that I wasn't paying more for a bottle of ink than I did for either of the pens I bought (dunno about the other guy). And I think I paid less than that total for *six* bottles of ink....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[lgsoltek]

A nice red I hope!