Best Ink Bottles To Re-Use For Large Nibs?

[jhsd1124013561]

I don't see anyone recommending Omas. Waterman's ink bottle is decent, Omas' ink bottle is fantastic!

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kPlYMXCepkE/Vit-Hi62QqI/AAAAAAAABIk/UhhBDFTN7rc/s1600/P1060119a.jpg

[Karmachanic]

Don't seem to be able to find any. May I have yours?

[torstar]

Tilting the bottle on its side can be hazardous as we age and get a bit more..... shaky..........

[jhsd1124013561]

Don't seem to be able to find any. May I have yours?

 

Unfortunately, Omas has exited the fountain pen history since 2016 (I think), therefore, their stuff is quite hard to find nowadays...

 

Tilting the bottle on its side can be hazardous as we age and get a bit more..... shaky..........

The recent Ink Reservoir design is pretty neat, however, everything I turn the bottle upside down then reverse, I always found some ink residuals on the threads of the bottle cap

[Mr. Pink]

I thojught I'd bring this up again as I finally got fed up with the Diamine Shimmer bottle and transfered the ink to a new Sheaffer bottle.

 

I hope someone from Diamine reads this. Nothing against the ink - just the stupid bottle

[torstar]

 

 

 

The recent Ink Reservoir design is pretty neat, however, everything I turn the bottle upside down then reverse, I always found some ink residuals on the threads of the bottle cap

 

sadly i can empathize, or is it sympathize or both???

[jhsd1124013561]

 

sadly i can empathize, or is it sympathize or both???

 

XD I say both

[sciumbasci]

Don't seem to be able to find any. May I have yours?

 

Vetreria Foresta still has these at catalogue. Perhaps they are willing to accept orders, if there's enough partecipants? I would jump in.

 

http://www.foresta.net/detail.asp?codice=IN-0013-01

[Karmachanic]

 

Vetreria Foresta still has these at catalogue. Perhaps they are willing to accept orders, if there's enough partecipants? I would jump in.

 

http://www.foresta.net/detail.asp?codice=IN-0013-01

 

Nice find! Caps on page two.

I've bookmarked the page and will return when I have more time to try and figure it out. I have no Italian but I'll use online translators.

[uceroy]

I haven't emptied a Quink bottle yet, so don't know how it is when the ink level is low, but one thing I love it for and wish others would take not of is the wide opening/ neck. It's the best in that regard, same with Pelikan 4001 bottles. In that regard it is definitely one of the best.

 

I really like the 30ml Pelikan bottles, too! Bought a whole set of similar bottles new, and use them instead of the 30ml Diamine bottles 😂

 

Also these small jam jars (also new, but I suppose you could clean out and old one) I think it was 47mL 😊 Large opening and easy to put on an inclined surface in case it gets emptier.

[aurore]

Perhaps a rather pathetic and/or annoying option for some, but I really like sample vials (like TWD sells), filling them with a syringe. They are big enough for almost all nibs.

Edited December 21, 2018 by aurore

[hongthai]

I think the Sailor's 50ml Jentle Ink bottle is the best

[torstar]

I think the Sailor's 50ml Jentle Ink bottle is the best

 

Is that the one with the "trap door" in it?

[azbobcat]

Actually this is a problem I have to come up with a solution for at some point. While I love Private Reserve Inks, their bottles... leave a lot to be desired... but that is true for almost every other ink manufacturer. The mouth of their bottles is LARGE, but the SIZE of the opening probably is one of the factors that lead to evaporation of of the water content of the ink. To solve *that* problem I now seal every new bottle of ink with Paraffin Wax at the Cap/Bottle Interface. But as I empty a jar I need to tilt the jar and even that does not ensure you can get at the ink. 50 Years ago my solution was simply to pour the contents from half full bottles into another half full bottle to get a full bottle of ink. The best -- bottle I've come across, but far from perfect, was the old Parker Penman jars that had a small ink well in them. The solution that I am now leaning towards is to simply buy a Twsbi Diamond 50 mL Ink well, then I don't have to worry about tilting the thing, getting ink all over my hands, fingers, etc. The problem is that you would have to label the jar to know what's in it -- not a big problem -- but if you are using multiple inks, it becomes a large expense --vs-- simply drawing from the ink manufacturer's pre-labled jar.

 

Another solution I've been toying with is to get a HEAVY block of wood and then have someone drill a hole at a 45 degree angle that is the same size/s as the jar/s diameter then all I'd need to do would be to open a jar, slide it into the hole and then away I go.

 

The Third solution is the messiest of all: Get some test tubes the size of the largest pen, then transfer ink into each one. The problem is it would be good for one fill before it would have to be refilled, requiring multiple tubes. Having directed a microbiology lab where we use to go through up 250 tubes of media per day, I can also testify to what happens if you drop a rack of tubes. Very messy.

 

There is no one perfect solution, each has its own drawback. The solution I am looking at combines Options 1 and 2: Get one or two Twisbi Diamond 50 mL jars which would contain the one or two inks I am forever using, and then have my sister -- who has her own wood working shop that many a man would kill for -- find a dense piece of wood and then drill out some holes of various diameters at a 45 degree angle. Those inks that I rarely use could then be accessed this way when the jars started to become empty.

[BaronWulfraed]

The Third solution is the messiest of all: Get some test tubes the size of the largest pen, then transfer ink into each one. The problem is it would be good for one fill before it would have to be refilled, requiring multiple tubes. Having directed a microbiology lab where we use to go through up 250 tubes of media per day, I can also testify to what happens if you drop a rack of tubes. Very messy.

 

 

Sounds more like my old Visconti "Travelling Inkwell" -- which has the advantage that it has a tapered rubber throat which seals against a pen section (note: best with square cut sections, continuous ogive/Sheaffer inlaid get too much ink on the section). One then holds the pen/inkwell nib-up so the ink gathers at the section face.

 

Granted, the cost of a selection of these inkwells is prohibitive.

[WirsPlm]

The larger size Sheaffer ink bottles with the built-in inkwell on one side are very nice.

[Karmachanic]

Another solution I've been toying with is to get a HEAVY block of wood and then have someone drill a hole at a 45 degree angle that is the same size/s as the jar/s diameter then all I'd need to do would be to open a jar, slide it into the hole and then away I go.

 

 

This'll hold your bottle steady at 46º

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-Warrior-Forearm-Hand-Grip-Gripper-Round-Pink-Exercise-Gym-Stress-Ball-Gym/222535052297?hash=item33d01f6c09:g:oA8AAOSwlMFZNGiQ:rk:11:pf:0

Edited January 4, 2019 by Karmachanic

[Carrau]

The bottles being used by 3 Oysters inks are designed to allow the bottle to be tilted on one corner. I dont have one of the bottles yet to try, but heres a picture from Vanness website.

[torstar]

Perhaps a rather pathetic and/or annoying option for some, but I really like sample vials (like TWD sells), filling them with a syringe. They are big enough for almost all nibs.

 

then i have 4 of them and i have no clue what is in them after a few months

[aurore]

 

then i have 4 of them and i have no clue what is in them after a few months

 

This is why some of us store them in little plastic zip bags with the name of the ink on each of them