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I would buy your bottle of pink from you

 

 

Your in London right? Wouldn't your rather buy it directly from Akkerman? The shipping would be much cheaper.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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I love the bottles! I think I need to join this group buy as well. But what color do I pick?

 

Hi my name is Ellen and I want ALL the inks!

Wool, doghair and ink

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Ellen, start with a group buy. OR do as I did, buy a whole bunch, make samples of them all. Offer the samples for sale to pay off your inky debt and you will find out what you like.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yes I'll start with the group buy :) Just not sure which color to pick...yet.

 

I have a metric ton of samples arriving today. I took advantage of Goulet's little sale. Luckily I should beat my husband home before he sees the box :unsure:

Wool, doghair and ink

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Your in London right? Wouldn't your rather buy it directly from Akkerman? The shipping would be much cheaper.

 

The other advantage is that there's no charges of any sort (customs duty, UK VAT etc.) ordering from Akkerman for shipment to the UK, as both are EU countries. You just pay Dutch VAT and shipping charges to Akkerman at the time of ordering.

 

If you are ordering from Akkerman, consider ordering one of their chamois leather pen wipes - they work extremely well.

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Funny. The Akkerman bottle seems to be a one on one copy of the Gimborn bottle, right down to the stem in the cap and the shape of the label.

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Yup,...a copy of the Gimborn bottles.

Just got two new Akkerman bottles (#10 & #23) yesterday.

Are the little 60 ml. bottles ever cute!

*Sailor 1911S, Black/gold, 14k. 0.8 mm. stub(JM) *1911S blue "Colours", 14k. H-B "M" BLS (PB)

*2 Sailor 1911S Burgundy/gold: 14k. 0.6 mm. "round-nosed" CI (MM) & 14k. 1.1 mm. CI (JM)

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It's sad for me that there are so many manufacturers of ink. Otherwise I'd just get a bottle of Akkerman black, and after it's empty, I'd refill it with Noodler's black from their huge 133 ml / 4.5 oz bottles. Now that I want to try multiple inks (mostly blue), I can't do that.

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Your in London right? Wouldn't your rather buy it directly from Akkerman? The shipping would be much cheaper.

I can wait until I am in the US :blush:

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Are the little 60 ml. bottles ever cute!

Cute? That does it, I'm sticking with Noodler's :)

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Ah, you're not a afraid of a little cute or pink are you?

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ah, you're not a afraid of a little cute or pink are you?

Me afraid? Hey, I'm looking at my man card right now. :)

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It's okay - some of the members of my local pen club (99% men) had a bit of a stumble with the "cute" thing, but I believe all concerned have recovered nicely.

Breathe. Take one step at a time. Don't sweat the small stuff. You're not getting older, you are only moving through time. Be calm and positive.

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Okay, so here's my tasteless joke of the day, what did the elephant say to the naked man?

 

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_394.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ooooh boy, that might cause some cute relapses!

Breathe. Take one step at a time. Don't sweat the small stuff. You're not getting older, you are only moving through time. Be calm and positive.

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:) I think any bottle that will successfully fill the largest of the piston pens, is beyond cute. :) If you had never seen the larger bottle, this bottle would be huge and it is only tiny in comparison. That being said, I had to tell the elephant joke to my pre-teen boy who thinks any "naughty word" is a cause for breaking out in giggles.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I've seen one guy on youtube handling the original 150ml Akkerman bottle.

 

It's *HUGE*.

 

 

It's could be coincidence, but looking at the poster's name, it may actually be you :P

 

It's a pity Akkerman ink became so much more expensive after switching to the smaller bottles. I've seen people in older posts quote prices of €16.75 for the 150ml bottles, while the 60ml ones now cost €15. That's a raise from 0.11 €/ml to 0.25 €/ml, raising it from the low end (Quink, Diamine, Pelikan), to the higher mid-end such as J. Herbin and De Atrementis.

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Yep, those hands are those of my assistant Cinnamin.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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