Your Most Recent Impulsive Ink Purchase? (Replacement Bottles Don't Count.. Only 1St Timers!)

[RJS]

 

I look forward to trying out my new Taccia inks! Very pretty packaging, and my experience with prior Taccia inks has been great. Thanks to Anja at  Papier & Stift for getting the package to me the day after ordering!

[Penguincollector]

  I bought a few different Wearingeul Glitter Potions that I had been wanting, but wasn’t a priority until I saw them in person at the Dromgooles table (I met the bulldog, whose name escaped my mind but he’s adorable) and the Sailor 2022 pen show ink that I liked a little better than this year’s color.

[fireant]

I bought a bottle of Diamine Claret. I'd seen a picture of this ink on The Good Blue's ig account and it's quite a gorgeous shader.

[A Smug Dill]

• TACCIA Jeans ink Clear Navy — Amazon Prime Day deal
• TACCIA Jeans ink Navy Blue — not a Prime Day deal, but at a close enough final price to that of the bottle of Clear Navy

I would have liked/preferred Gray Navy most of all, but alas it wasn't available.

 

• Teranishi ‘Guitar’ Taisho Roman Haikara (or Taisho Romance High-Collar) Night Time Soda — Amazon Prime Day deal

 

[Penguincollector]

   My enabler husband reminded me of Prime Day deals so I ordered a couple of Hongdian inks, sky blue and peacock. I saw the Taccia, but I want Ao specifically and that wasn’t available. 

[Penguincollector]

  Hi, I’m back; found a pack of Parker Penman Mocha cartridges for really cheap. 

[USG]

3 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

  Hi, I’m back; found a pack of Parker Penman Mocha cartridges for really cheap. 

 

Nice Catch !! 😀👍  Mocha is my favorite Penman ink.

[Misfit]

@Penguincollector congratulations on finding that ink. 

[grayautumnday]

On 7/16/2024 at 10:41 AM, Penguincollector said:

   My enabler husband reminded me of Prime Day deals so I ordered a couple of Hongdian inks, sky blue and peacock. I saw the Taccia, but I want Ao specifically and that wasn’t available. 

What do you think of the Hongdian inks? I've been eyeing them, as a returning FP amateur with very few pens/inks. I'm disabled and extremely low income (after each month's copays for chemo, meds, and my many doctors), so FPs that cost less than $15 are the best I can hope for, and I've liked the "long knife" nib Hongdian I bought on Amazon with last month's discretionary $15 well enough after a bit of smoothing with some 4000/6000/8000/12000 grit micromesh pads. Not a daily writer, but I definitely felt it was a bit on the bargain side!

 

 I'd love to hear your thoughts about their inks!

[OCArt]

@grayautumndayAliexpress has some 20ml bottles of ink for $1.66, I've used a few colors and found them to be good.

 

They also have 70ml bottles of Hero ink for $4.63, this is a well-established ink company and widely used throughout Asia.

[Penguincollector]

9 hours ago, grayautumnday said:

What do you think of the Hongdian inks? I've been eyeing them, as a returning FP amateur with very few pens/inks. I'm disabled and extremely low income (after each month's copays for chemo, meds, and my many doctors), so FPs that cost less than $15 are the best I can hope for, and I've liked the "long knife" nib Hongdian I bought on Amazon with last month's discretionary $15 well enough after a bit of smoothing with some 4000/6000/8000/12000 grit micromesh pads. Not a daily writer, but I definitely felt it was a bit on the bargain side!

 

 I'd love to hear your thoughts about their inks!

 

    I like them so far, the colors are beautiful and well behaved. The amount of ink you get for the price is great. I also like a few of the inks available on AliExpress like @OCArt mentioned. I buy Ostrich, Ban Mi, and Yuyi inks from Dingyi Art Store for about $6-8 US with free shipping. These are smaller, 18mL, but very good sheening and shimmering inks. For Chinese pens, I prefer the Wing Sung, Yiren, and Chren brands for inexpensive pens that punch well above their weight. 

[Penguincollector]

    I found out about the new R&K Blue Eyed Mary ink from @Lithium466, and ordered it and DeAtramentis Columbia Blue-Bronze from VanNess. Maybe this thread should be subtitled “I’m a Sad, Pathetic Ink Junkie.”

[Lithium466]

12 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

    I found out about the new R&K Blue Eyed Mary ink from @Lithium466, and ordered it and DeAtramentis Columbia Blue-Bronze from VanNess. Maybe this thread should be subtitled “I’m a Sad, Pathetic Ink Junkie.”

You didn't waste any time

[Penguincollector]

47 minutes ago, Lithium466 said:

You didn't waste any time

 When I looked it up, many stores were sold out already!

[USG]

8 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

    I found out about the new R&K Blue Eyed Mary ink from @Lithium466, and ordered it and DeAtramentis Columbia Blue-Bronze from VanNess. Maybe this thread should be subtitled “I’m a Sad, Pathetic Ink Junkie.”

R&K Blue Eyed Mare ink

Columbia Blue-Bronze ink

Hey, Secrets?  What's going on with these inks?

[AndyYNWA]

I bought a bottle of Platinum Blue/Black together with a 3776 Century. There was a summer sale at one of the Swedish web shops.

[Bo Bo Olson]

7 hours ago, USG said:

R&K Blue Eyed Mare ink

I do like R&K inks...whats the scoop on it?

[Penguincollector]

7 hours ago, USG said:

R&K Blue Eyed Mare ink

Columbia Blue-Bronze ink

Hey, Secrets?  What's going on with these inks?

  The R& K Blue Eyed Mary is their limited edition 2024 ink named after a Brunnera plant, several stores are sold out. It’s relatively inexpensive for an LE at $12.95. I found it at Vanness, which gave me a chance to buy the DeAtramentis Columbia Blue-Bronze, which I have only seen sold there. Other stores carry the Columbia Blue gold, copper, and silver. I loved the Blue-Copper and thought the blue bronze would look good in my Indigo Bronze TWSBI Eco. 

[Bo Bo Olson]

 I have pens to repair. I have live auctions to go to......and I'm failing my correspondence course on Retired Budgeting; 401.

And there is only 60 inks I need.

............

I have to tell my wife to double our speculative investments. ......... Play the lottery twice.

 

[Penguincollector]

  It’s a sickness, @Bo Bo Olson, I’ll tell you hwhat. Sometimes I give in, other times I put the iPad away and go garden, or write something, or exercise. It does make less of a dent in the wallet than pens do.