Can't Find Hero 232 Ink (Q For Mech-For-I And Others)

[OCArt]

I'm a fan of Hero 232 iron gall blue-black ink but haven't been able to find it on eBay or the usual Chinese sites like Aliexpress. Does anyone know if it has been discontinued??

 

Thanks

[TSherbs]

Huh. No idea. I really like it too.

[Mech-for-i]

well its currently cataloged and I had no trouble getting it on TaoBao or even local stationary supply ... I suppose the small quantity online retail is too much trouble for fright on part of the seller so they dearly do not bother. I am not seeing it going away on Hero's catalog ... its one of their best selling ink and many swear by it for its well .. non-character I suppose and of course its being water proof once dried

[OCArt]

Thanks for the info. I do hope it will show up again.

well its currently cataloged and I had no trouble getting it on TaoBao or even local stationary supply ... I suppose the small quantity online retail is too much trouble for fright on part of the seller so they dearly do not bother. I am not seeing it going away on Hero's catalog ... its one of their best selling ink and many swear by it for its well .. non-character I suppose and of course its being water proof once dried

[sampb]

I'm a fan of Hero 232 iron gall blue-black ink but haven't been able to find it on eBay or the usual Chinese sites like Aliexpress. Does anyone know if it has been discontinued??

 

Thanks

 

It's listed on Aliexpress! Here https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hero-Fountain-Pen-Ink-60-ML-Glass-Bottled-Pure-Blue-Red-Ink-Refill-Office-Supplies-For/32923123905.html

[OCArt]

Thanks Sampb, it wasn't there last time I looked. I appreciate the lead!

[mke]

> cataloged

 

?? online? pdf? print?

Thanks.

[mke]

The seller advertises Free Shipping - but it is not.

Additionally, I pay just a little bit more for Pilot's Iroshizuku inks.

So, no thank you.

[Mech-for-i]

well I've seen printed catalog ( dealer item ) that the shop I goto and they have all their inks and many stationary items there ; the version I came across is Fall 2018 and the shop tell me that Hero typically had these dealer catalog once or twice a year depending. They used to have a web presence but I think the pull it down sometime ago. That shop in Shanghai so I guess they are kind of with an advantage to that. Most of the catalog is actually about school and art supply

Edited January 26, 2019 by Mech-for-i

[Honeybadgers]

I learned from Pil that it's actually illegal in china to ship ink. Anything that we get is bootleg/smuggled out of China and then sold. It's why we couldn't buy the special penbbs box set with ink (and penbbs ink is expensive and hard to find despite costing 3 bucks a bottle in china)