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I let you know when I get one of those empty bottles, which will probably be sometime in 2015 or so, given the quantity of ink I've managed to amass and the frequency with which I change colors.

 

When the time comes, I'll have no hesitation in pouring ink from a less friendly bottle into a more friendly one.

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I throw them away with the trash. I have no need for empty ones. I guess if I were interested in mixing inks then it might be worth keeping them.

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I put them out for the Milkman to pick them up. Come to think of it, they have been outside now for quite a few months. They just don't make Milkmen like they used to.

With the new FPN rules, now I REALLY don't know what to put in my signature.

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Can't throw them away.. :embarrassed_smile: But there are plenty, I'm still thinking what to do with them. Perhaps arrange them like pebbles around a water feature in the garden... :hmm1:

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I've seen wine bottles slumped in a kiln to make cheeseboards. I can imagine a few ink bottles slumped together would make a really interesting pen rest

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I put them out for the Milkman to pick them up. Come to think of it, they have been outside now for quite a few months. They just don't make Milkmen like they used to.

 

LOL ... That's funny!

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I've seen wine bottles slumped in a kiln to make cheeseboards. I can imagine a few ink bottles slumped together would make a really interesting pen rest

 

Cool idea. But my upcoming empties are J. Herbin. If they get any smaller, they'll disappear entirely.

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What do you do when the bottle runs out? I fill a Pelikan up with a Higgins, for the Higgins bottle is horible :headsmack:

 

 

I clean them out and save them to store my homemade iron gall and black walnut inks. It seems I'm always scrambling for bottles.

 

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I haven't actually finished an ink bottle yet. The plan is to use up one of the ones with a built-in reservoir, then use it for Noodler's or Private Reserve when those levels get low.

 

Of course, finishing one ink means not changing colors every time the converter runs out... :P

I'll come up with something eventually.

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I clean them out and save them to store my homemade iron gall and black walnut inks. It seems I'm always scrambling for bottles.

 

 

So when can we expect to see reviews for them? Can't wait! :)

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I clean them out and save them to store my homemade iron gall and black walnut inks. It seems I'm always scrambling for bottles.

 

 

So when can we expect to see reviews for them? Can't wait! :)

 

Oh, I guess I should've included a link to my blog before! If you'd like to read about my homemade inks, click here. Thanks.

Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

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I keep them. I'm also willing to take them off of friends' hands!

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I keep them for when I want to soak just the nib of a pen - when cleaning a pen before storing, I rinse, then stand the pen with water just covering the nib - it is great for shifting that last bit of ink from the feed and the collar............ then stand the water-filled pen nib down in tissues in a glass to leach out the last bits of ink!

.......... and I can't throw anything away either - so soon I will have a drawer full of empty bottles!!! :embarrassed_smile:

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Add note written with that ink and set it adrift at sea.

 

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No actually; I keep the pretty small ones for mixing experiments or inkwells. The Noodler's eyedropper bottles come in handy for lots of stuff. Others get recycled.

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