Quality And Prices Of Inks Available In India

[Shah91]

Also does someone see Diamine Registrars in India or do you get it from abroad ?

[hari317]

Also does someone see Diamine Registrars in India or do you get it from abroad ?

abroad. I bought directly from Diamine, they ship to India. check their website.

[subbucal]

Bril is available freely in Chennai in 200ml, 100ml & 60ml botteles...60ml costs Rs.14/- mrp. They come in following colours, Royal Blue, Red, Black, Green, Violet, Blue Black, Laurel Rose & Turquoise Blue.

[SUNIL GARG]

Also does someone see Diamine Registrars in India or do you get it from abroad ?

 

In India Diamine Registrar's is sold at pensavenue.com .

They also sell a few other colors from Diamine in 30ml.

ink bottles.

[Renfield]

Fountain Pen Revolution in India sell Chelpark and Camlin ink. They ship worldwide.

 

Link Here

[hari317]

Bril is available freely in Chennai in 200ml, 100ml & 60ml botteles...60ml costs Rs.14/- mrp. They come in following colours, Royal Blue, Red, Black, Green, Violet, Blue Black, Laurel Rose & Turquoise Blue.

Subbu, have you seen the Bril Blue-black ink available for sale in any of the Chennai shops? I want to try this ink.

[subbucal]

Sulekha Inks....they are great ink and have a even greater history. The inks are of high standards. There is a bus stop named after them in Kolkata called Sulekha bus stop, this is near Jadavpur 8B bus termimus. The factory of Sulekha is here, now they have a showroom too.

 

I picked up a Sulekha Brown ink...am yet to use it.

 

As demand for fountain pen inks is diminishing, they are now foraying into solar lanterns, home care items like soaps, detergents and dish washers to survive.

[soum]

Sulekha Inks....they are great ink and have a even greater history. The inks are of high standards. There is a bus stop named after them in Kolkata called Sulekha bus stop, this is near Jadavpur 8B bus termimus. The factory of Sulekha is here, now they have a showroom too.

 

I picked up a Sulekha Brown ink...am yet to use it.

 

As demand for fountain pen inks is diminishing, they are now foraying into solar lanterns, home care items like soaps, detergents and dish washers to survive.

Wow, Sulekha has a showroom now? Where exactly is it located? This is great news, and is on my must visit list during my next trip to Kolkata.

 

What other colours are they offering?

Edited May 10, 2013 by soum

[PennIN]

Reading this forum makes me feel very happy that I am not the only one who is still stuck onto fountain pen inks in today's era of gel pens. It was a sort of a career promotion in my childhood days and I eagerly looked forward to elevating from pencils to fountain ink pens.

 

As I am getting older now by each passing day, I get this emotional feeling of reaching back to the things of my past - inks and fountain pens were very much among them!

 

Recently I went to few shops (the ones that I frequented during my study days) and asked for green fountain pen ink. Green because it is my favorite color. And I used to always have a complete set of inks - blue, black, red and definitely green. I used to write a lot those days and except for school work, I used to write with only green ink. I remember even buying an exclusive green-golden Hero fountain ink pen for the green ink. Anyway, the shopkeeper told me that Camlin Green ink is unavailable (as there is no demand) but he has just one small bottle of Chelpark emerald green. I didnt use Chelpark as much but then something is better than nothing. Chelpark Emerald Green ink is light in color while Camlin Green is dark green.

 

What I understand is that fountain pen inks are on a decrease now. It acted as a very good foundation for developing handwriting.

 

If anyone knows where in India green fountain pen ink is available (the ones who can ship), please let me know.

 

Please carry on with this wonderful topic - it's mesmerising to read the posts in here.

 

 

 

[vishwaskrishna]

I haven't used too many inks as yet, but I have tried, Chelpark, Bril, Sheaffer and Quink, but I keep coming back to Camlin Royal Blue. No other ink has impressed me as much as Camlin Royal Blue. While in school and even during university days, I never got to write using premium papers and from my experience, I found Camlin Blue was the only one which rarely bled. It was only few months ago that I tried Sheaffer Skrip, even that was sensitive to the quality of paper. Apart from Camlin, the other ink which I like a lot is Bril Black.

[soum]

I haven't used too many inks as yet, but I have tried, Chelpark, Bril, Sheaffer and Quink, but I keep coming back to Camlin Royal Blue. No other ink has impressed me as much as Camlin Royal Blue. While in school and even during university days, I never got to write using premium papers and from my experience, I found Camlin Blue was the only one which rarely bled. It was only few months ago that I tried Sheaffer Skrip, even that was sensitive to the quality of paper. Apart from Camlin, the other ink which I like a lot is Bril Black.

I haven't tried the Bril Black, though I absolutely love their royal blue. I've tried the Camlin Black and wasn't too happy with it - it writes a sort of grey. Would you say that the Bril black is more saturated than the Camlin? Does it write darker?

[soum]

Reading this forum makes me feel very happy that I am not the only one who is still stuck onto fountain pen inks in today's era of gel pens. It was a sort of a career promotion in my childhood days and I eagerly looked forward to elevating from pencils to fountain ink pens.

 

As I am getting older now by each passing day, I get this emotional feeling of reaching back to the things of my past - inks and fountain pens were very much among them!

 

Recently I went to few shops (the ones that I frequented during my study days) and asked for green fountain pen ink. Green because it is my favorite color. And I used to always have a complete set of inks - blue, black, red and definitely green. I used to write a lot those days and except for school work, I used to write with only green ink. I remember even buying an exclusive green-golden Hero fountain ink pen for the green ink. Anyway, the shopkeeper told me that Camlin Green ink is unavailable (as there is no demand) but he has just one small bottle of Chelpark emerald green. I didnt use Chelpark as much but then something is better than nothing. Chelpark Emerald Green ink is light in color while Camlin Green is dark green.

 

What I understand is that fountain pen inks are on a decrease now. It acted as a very good foundation for developing handwriting.

 

If anyone knows where in India green fountain pen ink is available (the ones who can ship), please let me know.

 

Please carry on with this wonderful topic - it's mesmerising to read the posts in here.

 

I tried two bottles of Chelpark Emerald Green recently and both bottles had some stringy things in the ink that would come up with the nib after filling. I decanted them to clean bottles and I'm mindful of how I use the ink.

[Kesava]

I have used Camlin Permanent Black and Royal Blue, Parker Quink Blue and Black, and Waterman Florida Blue and Blue/Black (I know they're not Indian, but they're what I compare with).

 

The Parker inks were rubbish, the black wasn't strong and I didn't find it nice to write with, same with the blue.

 

I then got Camlin Permanent Black and Royal Blue, at 15rs each. I didn't end up using the black, as even though it was stronger than the Parker black, I don't really like using black ink. The Royal Blue, however, is my favourite ink. I love it's colour and it works nicely in both of my Parker Frontiers and my Lamy Safari, although it is a little wet in my Frontiers, so I prefer the Waterman Ink in them.

 

Waterman Florida Blue and Blue/Black are my standard writing inks. However I have no issue with using either Camlin Royal Blue or Waterman Florida Blue in my Safari, as both flow well and are nice colours. I do prefer the Royal Blue colour though.

[PennIN]

Subbucal and Soum,

 

Is Sulekha Moss Green and Emerald Green available in Calcutta especially near Salt Lake Bypass (Hiland area)?

 

Any idea if they ship or have distributors in other parts of India?

Edited May 28, 2013 by PennIN

[soum]

Subbucal and Soum,

 

Is Sulekha Moss Green and Emerald Green available in Calcutta especially near Salt Lake Bypass (Hiland area)?

 

Any idea if they ship or have distributors in other parts of India?

I hear they have a sales outlet at Sulekha More near Jadavpur. I doubt they have distributors elsewhere. I haven't spotted any of their inks here in Bangalore. BTW, their shipping page says it is under construction on their website.

 

I'd be very interested to try Sulekha inks. I guess I'll pick up a few bottles the next time I'm in Kolkata.

[PennIN]

Any information which online store ships P.W. Akkerman 28 Hofkwartier Groen to India?

[manp]

[PennIN]

1) Just got to know from Sulekha, Jadavpur, Calcutta that they don't have anymore green shades inks and some other inks too. They might (can't really say) re-manufacture from September-end..but that seems unlikely.

 

2) Camel has stopped manufacturing green ink.

 

3) Chelpark too. Though they too might start again from September.

 

4) I don't know about Bril.

 

Why is green fountain-pen ink so unpopular, I wonder?!

[soum]

Br

 

1) Just got to know from Sulekha, Jadavpur, Calcutta that they don't have anymore green shades inks and some other inks too. They might (can't really say) re-manufacture from September-end..but that seems unlikely.

 

2) Camel has stopped manufacturing green ink.

 

3) Chelpark too. Though they too might start again from September.

 

4) I don't know about Bril.

 

Why is green fountain-pen ink so unpopular, I wonder?!

 

Bril green is available here in Bangalore without much difficulty. It isn't as common as Royal Blue, or Black, but it isn't rare either. I currently have a Deccan Advocate eyedropper filled with it. I found the colour less vivid than I'd like. So, I added a few drops of Private Reserve Ebony Green to darken it. I love the colour that the pen lays down now.

[theadityajain]

Camlin has not stopped manufacturing the green inks as per the distributor of my state. I have a green ink with mfg. year 2013, besides there is plenty of camlin nos available (atleast in my city). I have seen bottles dating back to 1998.

 

Bril green is available here in Bangalore without much difficulty. It isn't as common as Royal Blue, or Black, but it isn't rare either. I currently have a Deccan Advocate eyedropper filled with it. I found the colour less vivid than I'd like. So, I added a few drops of Private Reserve Ebony Green to darken it. I love the colour that the pen lays down now.

Is Bril Laurel Rose, Violet and Blue-Black available in Banglore??