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Ink Bottles
I like Noodler's/Swisher's ink quite a lot, and I appreciate paying for
ink and not a fancy bottle, but I have decided to get some bottles to decant the 'colored water' of my choice into. Partly this comes from having trouble seeing how far I am dipping the pen into the ink and getting it down too far and having to wipe out the cap threads (or drain out the cavity around the cap clip on my Lamy 2000s) but also from having knocked a capped, full bottle of American Eel off of my desk onto a brand new hardwood floor. Of course, the cap broke and I can now tell you from hands on experience that Nathan is not kidding about amazing dye concentration. At any rate it seems that retailers can't profitably stock bottles in the quantities involved. Thinking back on some derogatory comments on a brand of ink I found a place that sells Montblanc ink cheap. Shoplet.com: http://www.shoplet.com/office/db/MNB12569.html has Montblanc ink for $6.62 each, with free shipping over $25 which is covered by four bottles. They really are good bottles. |
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"svejk" wrote in message oups.com... Thinking back on some derogatory comments on a brand of ink I found a place that sells Montblanc ink cheap. Shoplet.com: http://www.shoplet.com/office/db/MNB12569.html has Montblanc ink for $6.62 each, with free shipping over $25 which is covered by four bottles. They really are good bottles. Yup. MB has great bottles. Just dump the ink. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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Am 31 Mar 2005, Bluesea schrieb: "svejk" wrote in message oups.com... Thinking back on some derogatory comments on a brand of ink I found a place that sells Montblanc ink cheap. Shoplet.com: http://www.shoplet.com/office/db/MNB12569.html has Montblanc ink for $6.62 each, with free shipping over $25 which is covered by four bottles. They really are good bottles. Yup. MB has great bottles. Just dump the ink. Oh, it's not that bad if the price is right. It's not the saturated stuff that seems to be more popular these days, but then, the same is true of vintage Skrip and Quink. The blueback is an old school blueblack, and the bordeaux is a cheaper substitute for Skrip burgundy than the Herbin Poussiere de lune. It looks like the place mentioned above only has black, though. -- Boys, you have ALL been selected to LEAVE th' PLANET in 15 minutes!! |
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"Bluesea" wrote: "svejk" wrote in message oups.com... Thinking back on some derogatory comments on a brand of ink I found a place that sells Montblanc ink cheap. Shoplet.com: http://www.shoplet.com/office/db/MNB12569.html has Montblanc ink for $6.62 each, with free shipping over $25 which is covered by four bottles. They really are good bottles. Yup. MB has great bottles. Just dump the ink. Hey! The blue-black is nice! (I haven't used the other colours, but MB blue-black, though it isn't necessarily what everyone would call a pretty colour, performs well in almost every situation I've used it in.) David |
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For bottles and caps I go to an outdoor supply store called REI. They
are also online at http://www.rei.com. Their 1,2, and 4 oz Nalgene HDPE bottles are the standard for inkjet ink storage, and I like their 2 oz Lexan bottle with the narrower mouth. Glass is better at preventing evaporation, but unless you're going to keep it over a decade, at which point it may be moldy, the HDPE is fine. Lexan is polycarbonate, which AFAIK does not allow water to evaporate though it. In any case, they don't break, and the 1 oz is a great travel size. |
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I tested the weather resistance of my collection last winter
by writing with each ink and tacking the paper outside. The Montblanc black washed away first, beating the Herbin violet by a day or so. I would think the bottles are the better buy. They are well designed. |
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"Garglemonster" wrote in message ... Am 31 Mar 2005, Bluesea schrieb: Yup. MB has great bottles. Just dump the ink. Oh, it's not that bad if the price is right. It's not the saturated stuff that seems to be more popular these days, but then, the same is true of vintage Skrip and Quink. I like Skrip and Quink. I have a bottle of turquoise MB that's the same shade as Sheaffer's but it's a much drier ink so I mix it 1:1 with Sheaffer's to make it useable for one of my pens. The blueback is an old school blueblack, and the bordeaux is a cheaper substitute for Skrip burgundy than the Herbin Poussiere de lune. It looks like the place mentioned above only has black, though. I wouldn't want to wait until I used up all the MB ink before reusing the bottles for others. That's all I meant. Boys, you have ALL been selected to LEAVE th' PLANET in 15 minutes!! What's the deal? I'm still here . -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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Am 1 Apr 2005, JP schrieb: I tested the weather resistance of my collection last winter by writing with each ink and tacking the paper outside. The Montblanc black washed away first, beating the Herbin violet by a day or so. Try any blue inks like the highly touted Waterman Florida blue? It must be bad ink, too. Some might think less permanence would also mean it's safer to use in their pens. -- If I am elected no one will ever have to do their laundry again! |
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Ink Bottles
On 2005-03-31 11:52:05 -0600, "svejk" said:
I like Noodler's/Swisher's ink quite a lot, and I appreciate paying for ink and not a fancy bottle, but I have decided to get some bottles to decant the 'colored water' of my choice into. I reached the same conclusion. My favorites (thus far) are the old Parker Penman ink bottles with the little plastic insert in the neck. I only have three of them, though. Levenger ink bottles also have a similar plastic insert. I've never tried them, but the Montblanc bottle does look like a good design. Monoject hobby syringes with the curved plastic applicator tip are pretty handy for moving and mixing ink between various containers. Probably handy for filling eyedropper pens too. Be sure to label your bottles. -- Tony Belding, Hamilton Texas |
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Ink Bottles
Tony Belding writes:
I've never tried them, but the Montblanc bottle does look like a good design. Having used Montblanc bottles quite a lot, I can vouche for their utility and ease of use. Aaron W. Hsu |
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