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I am asking this question because I have encountered a source for some large bottles of vintage inks, mostly permanent black, blue and blue-black, Shaeffer, Skrip, Sanford, from the 1940s and 1950s.

 

If people are interested, I would be willing to put it in sample vials and sell it inexpensively until it runs out.

 

I also can get the regular sized jars of vintage ink, many of them unopened, but with the ink partially evaporated, so the bottles tend to no longer be full. Many come with the original box.

 

The person who has the ink owns a vintage pen store, and I would be helping him get rid of his old stock. He'll get any profit, and I'll just have fun playing Post Office! The buyers will have to pay the postage as well as a very reasonable cost for the ink.

 

I'm not soliciting buyers, just trying to get an idea if there is any interest in doing this. I will use the classified section for any selling, if it comes to that.

 

Thank you for your input.

 

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I would love samples of vintage ink. Inks are overwhelming to me and it'd be nice to have a helping hand.

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That sounds like a lot of fun, I'd love to purchase some.

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YES YES YES

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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My grandma told me that my grandpa used Skrip Turquoise his entire life. I'd purchase a bottle of that, or a sample or whatever you'd sell, so I could use some of "his" ink.

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Now I'm getting emotional! I don't have any vintage ink memories, but for me, using a vintage ink would be fun for the nostalga factor alone. Like putting vintage Parker Quink into a P51 to make a journal entry or write a letter to an older friend or relative.

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 can't wait to see some comparisons of the old formulas vs the new for any inks still in production. Sounds like a fun project.

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I use lots of old Skrip ink, but I must have about a gallon of the stuff. I've been very lucky on eBay. So I don't need any more for a long time.

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My ink budget is about to get shot all to heck in general, or I'd be signing on as well. I have a couple of bottles of vintage Quink Brown (one roughly 2/3 4 oz. bottle and one mostly full 2 oz. one -- I got the second one because I liked the color so much. Then I got a (sadly still unopened) * oz. bottle of Quink Violet last year; and, a couple of weekends ago, I happened onto a 2/3 full 8 oz. bottle of Skrip Peacock Blue, which I also have to put into a pen soon.

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I'm interested if there's any Carters inks. I've been following ebay for them but they tend to be rare.

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Definitely interested. Both in the partially dehydrated and the normal. From everything I've seen posted it sounds like many of these older inks hold up well and are decent (well, except for maybe superchrome inks)

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Vintage Skrip is some of the safest and best inks around for pens. I have used bottle after bottle of it in the past. As long as there isn't any sediment in the bottle you'll be fine. If there is, filter it out and you should be good.

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I am definately interested in Sanford :) I still have a few colors to track down...and I happen to love a few of the ones I have and would love to gather more :P

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