I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to do this but I just want to make sure. I bought three bottles of ink and I would like to bring it back home from Hong Kong to Canada and the flight will stop by in Alaska. So is it alright to put liquids in your checked luggage?

Thanks
Brad

Hi Brad, There are no problems taking the ink in the hold - the only problem is with hand luggage.

Cheers

Thanks Will, just making sure it won't leak or anything.

Brad

Mine worked. I put some Penman bottles that I bought for 5 euros each.
Wet Squad, your never going to get the information.

To try and make sure mine didn't leak I wrapped them up and put them in the middle of a towel in the middle of the case - mine was fine.

Hope they aren't too rough!

Cheers

Will

There's no problem flying with ink in checked luggage. I place mine in a Ziploc bag in case of leakage. Leakage, in a previously opened bottle of ink, is a real possibility.

It's good to pack inks the way they are shipped. Plastic bag sealed around the box or
bottle in case of leaks, though you might want the bottle showing, for TSA, and bubble
wrap wrapped around to cushion them.

I've never had a problem going between Japan and the states. I put them in ziplocks and cushion them on all sides with clothing.

I never had a bottle leak in checked baggage until a recent flight. It was a plastic Visconti "travel" bottle about 3/4 filled with Omas Sepia inside a "TSA" baggie inside another baggie. A couple of drops actually made it outside of both bags! Cleaned it up at the hotel with no permanent damage done. A second never-opened Visconti plastic bottle did not leak.

Bill

My two ink bottles (I know, I only own two ) just survived France-London-Arizona. My technique: each bottle placed in one carefully sealed 1 litre ziplocs, and then another, and placed in a giant-size ziploc and rolled tightly before sealing. That makes 3 ziplocs each bottle, the last large one providing extra cushioning. A maximum of air was pressed out at each sealing.

They were placed in between two piles of clothing in my suitcase, which was quite full but not to bursting.

Both bottles had been used before and were about 1/2 to 3/4 full.

I have a Nalgene screw top pot that is just the right size to hold a Visconti plastic ink bottle. With the one inside the other and a tissue between the two, they have so far travelled successfully here, there and elsewhere.

But, apart from the US I believe, most flights require you to keep your checked luggage locked so I do not run the risk of an inquisitive someone fiddling with the pots and not putting the lids back on properly.

Chris

Traveling frequently to Asia and to Europe, I tried several ways of transporting bottled inks in checked baggage. The ziploc bag system is now my choice, although I have only double-bagged not triple-bagged the ink bottles. Pushing the air out is important. Too much air in the bags may cause the bags to open when too much pressure is exerted by the clothing, books, etc., surrounding the bags inside baggage.

Lest you think this is a new problem, I ran across an article at one point about the dangers of carrying ink-tablets (little pills popular up till the 30s or so that you mix with water to make ink) in your luggage. Apparently the tin that the writer had been carrying leaked. . .

John
PS - this article is online somewhere, but I have been googling and searching all over the place to find it. I thought it was at the Kamakura Pens archive, but I can't seem to find it - if anyone knows the link, do post it.

I just travelled from France to Canada with an important quantity of ink in my checked luggage, I put everything inside a sturdy Tupperware type container, no leak, no problems, no worries. It's always an option if you plan to travel with a lot of ink. I padded the interior with regular Napkins I found at a fast food so the bottles would be protected.

Just Come back from Canada with ink in checked in luggage. No problems.

Regards

Richard.