I am receiving my first Pelikan FP on Monday and i just started thinking, if i want to be really authentic, i should perhaps invest on a good ink well to use with my Pel,

However, when i look online all i find are tacky metal ink wells that are meant more for dip pens and not fountain pens. What am looking for is a glass inkwell typical of those used in the old days, but preferably a modern remake as i dont want to pay huge prices for vintage.

Any of you Pel owners use ink wells? Can you recomend one and where i could get it?

Please see these few pics to get an idea of what am refering to, thank you for your help. Me and my new Pel thank you!

I have bookmarked a few places, and here are the links. I included only ones with inkwells similar to your pics. Here, here, here,, here (down the page a bit), or here also down the page a bit.

As you may deduce, I have a fondness for inkwells. I also have gotten fairly decent values on eBay, but I set a strict limit on what I would pay, and lost very many more than I won.

Donnie

edited to add navigation directions on links

Thank you for all your help. You have found far more than i had, i really appreciate it. There are at least two of those that you found that am really interested on.

I think inkwells are extremely underrated. A good quality one like the ones in the old days can make filling your pen a superior experience than filling from a cheap plastic bottle, plus they look very refined and sophisticated on a desk.

My grandfather had one similar to the picture i included on the top left corner. When i was a kid i would see him re-filling his Parker Vaccumatic and Parker 51 from the ink well.

My family was always attached to fountain pens and fountain pen accessories, in fact, we still have the Parker 51 that my grandfather and grandmother used to sign their wedding certificates in 1948. I also have my mothers Parker 51, which i dont write with (i want to keep it as pristine as the day i got it).

I have changed, after trying a Pelikan ( I have ordered two now), i think the Parker tradition in the family will die there. I hope one day to pass on my future Pelikans and the art of Fountain Pen use, in fact, i have converted two of my friends and now am working on converting my girlfriend to fountain pens, plus am trying to do the same to a few of my co-workers.

My new slogan: "Real Friends dont let Friends use cheap ball point pens."

You could circumvent this problem by using Diamine Old English inks. Damn that bottle looks good... http://www.cathedralpens.co.uk/index.php?m...products_id=185
My new favourite ink...

But anyway, to inkwells, I would love to use an inkwell too. In fact I think my dad has an old fashioned crystal sort of inkwell, although the lid is a bit tarnished; I think I'll steal it.

Thank you for inspiring my planned theft.



Patrick

What about Caran d'Ache ink bottles?

@Patrick - I am just calling CrimeStoppers now - I hear that it is a £500 reward. I will be able to buy a lovely inkwell with that much

Could also try J Herbin "Ink for Man". I kid you not, scented ink, masculine stylee!

I just had to try it, the ink is rather average and a bit of an insipid blue-black, and it smells of "Brut" style aftershave, but the container is nice cut glass. Doubt it's crystal, but though the lid isn't solid metal, it does look ok. Visit the jherbin.com website and look at the ink selection, there's a picture.

Just don't tell anyone you've bought it till you've thrown the box....

Nic

None of my inks ever came in plastic bottles.

Buy Pelikan 4001 -ink in 50 ml bottle (TG 1). It looks like it is made for table top. It even has a place where pen can lay horizontally.