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So, JustWrite, DCRoe and I were conversing back stage about saturation levels of ink. Seele and DCWaites have both directed me to powder inks. The concept of powdered inks is hardly new ... You can still buy some that is for dip pens at various historical parks.

 

BUT if a reputable manufacturer made one safe for fountain pens, would you buy it? Would you want it to be mixable?

 

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

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BUT if a reputable manufacturer made one safe for dip pens, would you buy it?

 

Did you mean, "safe for fountain pens"?

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Did you mean, "safe for fountain pens"?

 

Yes I did and I fixed it. Thank you.

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Yeah why not.I probably would use it if it wasn't very safe as well as life is too short to care about little thing like a build up off ink sediment that probably could be cleaned away in about 1/2 hr at the sink.

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Inky Thought (of the) Day.

 

Thinking it might be that but I would have thout it would then be inky TOTD

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Yep! It would also make ink mixing easy, with combining dry powders by volume / weight less potentially messy than mixing liquid ink.

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No, just a feeling out of the gut.

 

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I would definitely get some. With no water shipping would be so cheap.

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I guess I don't use that many different inks -- although I've about 9 different ones on hand right now.

 

At least for domestic shipping in US I just don't get the concern about shipping cost. Unless you're shipping a lot of inks at once, the cost for a bottle or two is kind of nominal I think -- seems to be about minimum UPS charge....

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Uh, well, it was sort of a Top O' the Morn kind of thing... which is why we Vegans aren't allowed out much. So, "Thought O' Day" and besides TOTD was sort of silly.

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'm no expert, but would imagine that many of the inks we buy are, in fact, powders mixed with water. I would buy if the brand were reputable, in the hope of benefits in postage, storage space and shelf life.

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I would buy if the brand were reputable, in the hope of benefits in postage, storage space and shelf life.

 

Yep, me too.

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I found this video from a seller. I am afraid I would look like the first guy if left to my own devices.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IjyvpSOIrgw

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 would certainly be interested. At this point, both with FPs and Inks I'm looking for things I don't already have, whether that be colors or features. So a powdered ink would be fun to play with. I wouldn't require that it be mixable, but it would be fun.

 

On the flip side, though, I don't think it's it's too likely. To much potential for someone to try supersaturated ink only to clog their pens. Or to leave ink less than perfectly capped, so that some sort of growth gets in. Based on the reading of far too many threads, the ink maker would get the blame. With liquid ink, an ink maker gets to pick their max saturation, and can make sure the proper anti-fungals are present.

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I certainly would buy and use, as dried ink has been around for ages. When WWI was about to break out, Onoto pens were advertised for having the versatility of being able to use ink pellets: unscrew section from barrel, insert one pellet, add water and you're ready to go. To my mind, dried ink - in the form of powder or pellets - was just one of the ways in which ink was sold; bottled ink was the convenient but costly form, dried ink was the less expensive but needed some work. Think about ready-to-drink bottled Gatorade and powdered Gatorade and you get the idea.

 

It appears that the convenience and consistency of bottled ink won out at the end, partly because of the extra mark-up the manufacturers can apply. Besides, the manufacturer had to assume that users of dried ink actually read the instructions and followed them correctly, so the manufacturers were getting the backs covered by producing bottled ink only.

 

By the way I found pictures of this old packet of powdered ink, made between the wars in Harbin at another fountain pen forum based in mainland China. The forum mod said that he remembered seeing salesmen offering similar dried inks to schools as late as the 1980s.

 

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Despite the video above, I admit, I'd buy (atleast) one in every color to use, another set to mix and another to hoard.

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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Looking at that tin: Mix with 1 quart of water.

 

I don't, possibly ever, need a quart of ink!

 

I dunno. Sounds fiddly and more messy. I might, but I might not. I can buy household cleaner concentrated or as power, and I don't. I don't want to mess with it. I think I want to mess with ink less.

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