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corniche Antique

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A great story. A great, great story.

 

Thank you Welch. :)

 

All the best,

 

Sean :)

https://www.catholicscomehome.org/

 

"Every one therefore that shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father Who is in Heaven." - MT. 10:32

"Any society that will give up liberty to gain security deserves neither and will lose both." - Ben Franklin

Thank you Our Lady of Prompt Succor & St. Jude.

 

 

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Hello all,

 

A couple of things in this story I'd like to update....

 

I remembered the surfactant: Dow Triton X-100, (a foam inhibiting non-ionic surfactant - quite acidic).

 

I also want to send out a special "thank you" to James Partridge, (of Pear Tree Pens), who was a retailer who went out of his way helping me set up the "business end" of my business - with ordering spread sheets, etc.

 

I also want to say a special "thank you" to my parents, family and friends, who served as an outstanding support system. :)

 

I'd also like to thank Welch for dredging up this story :D - it was refreshing to share it with all of you; I was quite depressed for a little while when this whole venture tanked. Now I can look back on it with laughter.

 

I've already thanked the gang here at FPN, but I'll thank them again one more time for their support and encouragement through the whole process - then and now.

 

I also want to thank God for giving me what I needed, (in many different ways), so that I could play with inks for a while. :)

 

Before this starts sounding like an award presentation, I'm going to step down... besides, the collar on this tuxedo itches.

 

 

All the best & God bless,

 

Sean :)

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https://www.catholicscomehome.org/

 

"Every one therefore that shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father Who is in Heaven." - MT. 10:32

"Any society that will give up liberty to gain security deserves neither and will lose both." - Ben Franklin

Thank you Our Lady of Prompt Succor & St. Jude.

 

 

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Penoholic Dipped Only

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Nice to see all those ink custom ink loving people over here with much experience!

I have just cooked up my first batch on ink,and it seems to get much attention throughout my friends and family along.

Can anyone name some beta testers for my ink?

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It's honestly a shame that your venture into the ink manufacturing business didn't turn out so well, and it's perfectly understandable that you were depressed about it by the way, but poop happens from time to time. I'm just glad for you that you can now look back on the whole incident with a smile on your face.

 

I wish I were interested in FPs seven years ago! I missed the whole thing. Anyway, I'm currently in the process of looking for scans of the inks from your catalogue (no luck so far). From what I can tell, they were really well received.

 

Bah, the price of being late to the party :P

 

I'm taking a year off after college before pursuing my Master's, and I may or nay not try for a similar venture. It's doubtful, but I kinda really want to, haha. Anyway, if ever you get back in the game, Mr. Sean, please count me as one of those willing to do a review of your ink!

 

 

Best wishes, and cheers!

 

Kevin

"The price of an object should not only be what you had to pay for it, but also what you've had to sacrifice in order to obtain it." - <i>The Wisdom of The Internet</i><p class='bbc_center'><center><img src="http://i59.tinypic.com/jr4g43.jpg"/></center>

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Organics seem to have a nice start, there is some fellas in Paris that are 'new to the scene'...and well recommended here.

 

$$$$ + knowledge + drive....in the Golden Age of Inks in a market that is over-saturated.... ...I advise buying kegs of single malt instead.

 

I have over Euro 50 inks....and have not really touched the Noodler-Private Reserve or Diamine inks.

That 50 is the established main land Continental inks only and I need the other 50 of the 250-300 inks.

 

There are 400 Noodler inks, 250 Diamine inks, lots of inks from Japan....the new Organics and those folks in Paris who have a good mailing system of foil bags so you can put it in your inkwells....cheaper than bottling it.

Pharmisistis is making iron gall inks...small batch.

 

I'd think mixing inks would be as much fun and lots cheaper than trying to start an ink company.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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