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This thread is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing the story and photos. Your ink is very nice!

 

This is going on my bucket list of things I must do some day.

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I can't get over how cool traveling to Japan to have a little, old Japanese man with the title Blending Master mix you up a custom ink in a cocktail shaker is. For an ink lover, it's like level 100 awesomeness.

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I can't get over how cool traveling to Japan to have a little, old Japanese man with the title Blending Master mix you up a custom ink in a cocktail shaker is. For an ink lover, it's like level 100 awesomeness.

Well, I didn't travel to Japan to have ink made. I have been living in Japan for the past 15 years. I did have to travel down town with wife and infant in tow, but didn't travel from overseas.

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What a wonderful story and what a beautiful ink! It is a shame that Western cultures do not appreciate fountain pens and inks as the Japanese do.

This appreciation is far from universal here. My students and wife think I am nuts for spending so much on any writing instrument, especially in the age of tablets and iPhones.

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It was a special event held at Itoya in Ginza, Tokyo. The have several throughout Japan each year.

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I'm assuming it's the second floor as there's clearly a lack of floor space on K. Itoya

Actually, it was on the first floor.

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Thank you for sharing pictures of such a personal ink! It looks like a beautiful color :happycloud9: And I can't believe he made it 2 shots! I am definitely going to need to take a trip to Japan someday

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This was such a very cool story to read! What a wonderful experience! I can only imagine how much fun such an experience would be.

 

I'd love to see this done at a pen show here in the US. Can you imagine the length of the lines?

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This was such a very cool story to read! What a wonderful experience! I can only imagine how much fun such an experience would be.

 

I'd love to see this done at a pen show here in the US. Can you imagine the length of the lines?

 

The only way to do it would be to take reservations in advance.

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What a nice blue ink.

Do you have any more custom ink mixtures you like?

New to fountain pens, older to dip pens.

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What a nice blue ink.

Do you have any more custom ink mixtures you like?

Nope, just the one. I am pretty satisfied with the other colors I have. I have many blue I love but couldn't find "the one".

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