Cheap Bottled Ink I Can Bring To High School And Leave In Locker?

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My opinion.

 

Do NOT take bottle ink to school, even in a vial.

Use a converter with a cartridge as a backup/spare.

 

Refill/top off the converter each night after you do your homework. Before you do your homework if you are forgetful, and top it off when you are done with your homework.

Take a spare cartridge of ink with you.

 

At school you will primarily use the ink in the converter.

IF you run dry, remove the converter, put the converter into a small zip lock bag, stick in the cartridge, and continue on.

Carry a ball/gel pen as backup. If you run out in the middle of class or a test, it is easier and faster to just switch to your backup pen than try to hassle with removing the converter and loading the cartridge.

 

When you get home, refill the converter.

Use the syringe to top off the cartridge, and tape it shut, and put it into a double zip lock bag, one inside the other (just in case). I've used blue masking tape on some of my cartridges when temporarily sealing them.

 

When I was in college I used a Parker cartridge pen, and I doubt I used up a cartridge in a day. I did have to switch cartridges, because I did not know about using a converter or refilling a cartridge. If I had the knowledge that you have now, I would have used bottle ink and a converter.

 

That 350ml bottle of ink is cool. That is the equal of 7 smaller 50ml bottles of ink, which is probably a few years worth of ink. But I question if it makes sense to get that much ink. Just how much ink will you use? 2 bottles of Sheaffer Skrip may last you through a full year, depending on how much writing you do. If you use the 350ml bottle of ink, you will need a small bottle to transfer that ink into to use on a daily basis. IMHO, dealing with a huge bottle of ink like that on a daily basis is an accident waiting to happen. I like the Sheaffer Skrip bottles for their wide base and stability. But I don't like them because it seems like it will be difficult to get the last bit of ink out of the bottle into the pen. However, if you fill your cartridge with a syringe, you will be able to get ALL the ink out the bottle.

 

Note that your ink usage depends on many factors including; tip size (F uses less ink than a , how wet or dry your nib is (a dry nib will use less ink than a WET nib), paper (some paper will "suck" the ink from your nib), and how much you write.