Less "thought"; More "hey, Look!"

[amberleadavis]

Mhh Amber can we please see some #13 scribbles? (O) (O) <--- puppy eyes

 

Konrad - if #13 is not teal it could be the winner in the blue contest

 

 

Dang it, I was looking for Maybe from SNL. This is what comes up .... All the other inks...try and chase me.... Though I had a car like that.

 

[kwzi]

Ok. So I prepared 3 test batches of Blue #1-3, and everything looks fine. There is no staining, after 5 days, while all other properties are the same.

 

I feel now kinda dumb because to remove the staining problem I just needed to slightly modify one of the first versions of those inks

[UDog]

That's okay, kwzi. I feel dumb every day.

[nomadhacker]

How did I miss this? These look fantastic.

[Morames]

I've decided I'd like to start with #'s 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32, 34, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46 if I get those at 30mL that's what $39 + S&H? I bet I could swing that. Now Amber, if you are able to get them in pouches and put them in the Akkerman style bottles...Priceless.

 

Amber, in this post https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/270057-k-w-z-i-konrad-3-and-4/?do=findComment&comment=3056478 you wrote a 791 in red ink that had a gold tinge. Is that one of these inks? J Herbin Rouge Hematite? I'd love to find something like that. Thank you again for the sample page. Though looking at what you wrote I think I'm just confused and you said the blue #3 sheens gold.

Edited July 19, 2014 by Morames

[Cyber6]

I've decided I'd like to start with #'s 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32, 34, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46 if I get those at 30mL that's what $39 + S&H? I bet I could swing that. Now Amber, if you are able to get them in pouches and put them in the Akkerman style bottles...Priceless.

 

Amber, in this post https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/270057-k-w-z-i-konrad-3-and-4/?do=findComment&comment=3056478 you wrote a 791 in red ink that had a gold tinge. Is that one of these inks? J Herbin Rouge Hematite? I'd love to find something like that. Thank you again for the sample page. Though looking at what you wrote I think I'm just confused and you said the blue #3 sheens gold.

 

 

The #791 is written with "Tears of a Clown"... a BungBox ink.

 

May I ask where are you getting the price for 30ml bottles of these luscious inks ?

[Venemo]

Hey kwzi, that's some very nice work! My favourite is your violet iron gall ink. Is it possible to order some?

[amberleadavis]

 

 

The #791 is written with "Tears of a Clown"... a BungBox ink.

 

May I ask where are you getting the price for 30ml bottles of these luscious inks ?

 

 

I think she meant it to be ironic *hmm... irony or satire?*, she wasn't serious.

[Morames]

Okay, I never predicted that there would be such interest in this ink and I'm a bit unprepared Before PenShow I made around 280-290 ml of each color, some of the ink was already sold there, and now the rest of it is already reserved. So I'm sorry that everyone else would have to wait a bit for this ink - production takes some time, at average 5-7 weeks I can speed up the process but 3-4 weeks, but this is a minimum to settle down the ink.

I never made a chart with colors because I constantly add new ones and sometimes change existing ones - creating inks is a hobby for me and earlier sales were made either on pen meetings or after sample exchange. During this Easter I will try to prepare charts with inks - there is around 34 of them.

Like with all waterproof or water resistant inks proper pen hygiene is a must - do not mix this ink with residues of older ink and everything is going to be alright. I also do not recommend using those inks with celuloid pens - dyes used in those inks have high affinity to cellulose, I never spotted any problems, but there should be no reason to risk.

I have two types of bottles 60 ml for (5,8€/8$) and 30 ml (3,1€/4,3$) - I ship using standard service by Poczta Polska (quite reliable) inside Europe for shipping it would be around 6$ for up to four 60 ml bottles, to North America it would be up to 8$ for four 60 ml bottles.

Because of coming Easter I will be absent for few days - I will post more information about inks on Wednesday (23.04). I hope that I gave answers for most of the questions for now.

 

This is where I got the price for the 30mL bottles. Though I'm guessing they are open to change depending on how the future evolves. You can see the 60mL bottles are about $8 and the 30mL are $3. If we can import the inks though in pouches and transfer into gimborn bottles. I know I've already said it once, but the idea gets me excited.

Edited July 21, 2014 by Morames

[Morames]

 

 

The #791 is written with "Tears of a Clown"... a BungBox ink.

 

May I ask where are you getting the price for 30ml bottles of these luscious inks ?

 

Ah, yet another ink that is not so easy to come by here in the US right? I need to stop pining for what I can't have and fall in love with some Diamine, Noodler's, PR, OS inks.

[kwzi]

30 ml bottles were for ~4.3$, not 3$ But they are currently not available for sell. I ordered a small number of them for use as samples, but there were some problems with cap quality so they are no longer sold.

To be sure about seal I would have to buy 30 ml bottles that are almost twice more expensive than 60 ml bottles.

 

The inks are not so easily avaible because I still use most of my time on R&D, and not on marketing. But now there is another chemist which helps me in this project, so it tends to be easier;)

[amberleadavis]

 

This is where I got the price for the 30mL bottles. Though I'm guessing they are open to change depending on how the future evolves. You can see the 60mL bottles are about $8 and the 30mL are $3. If we can import the inks though in pouches and transfer into gimborn bottles. I know I've already said it once, but the idea gets me excited.

 

 

OH --- good catch. Sorry about above! Glad you were paying attention.

[tringle]

 

 

I think she meant it to be ironic *hmm... irony or satire?*, she wasn't serious.

is it irony? or wrinkly?

 

[amberleadavis]

Since I was mistaken ... it was definitely wrinkly.

[Morames]

30 ml bottles were for ~4.3$, not 3$ But they are currently not available for sell. I ordered a small number of them for use as samples, but there were some problems with cap quality so they are no longer sold.

To be sure about seal I would have to buy 30 ml bottles that are almost twice more expensive than 60 ml bottles.

 

The inks are not so easily avaible because I still use most of my time on R&D, and not on marketing. But now there is another chemist which helps me in this project, so it tends to be easier;)

 

I was paying attention to the posts, but my silly Americaness caused me to glaze over the European method of denoting "dollars and cents." Sorry KWZI. I'd rather have the larger 60mL bottles, but you are creating so many beautiful inks, and I want to collect them all.

 

I've been following the post for only about 3 days so the posts are all fresh in my mind. That's how I was able to see the pricing, though wrongly, and others may have missed it. You'd have to go back to the first page to see the post regarding price. I had to find out more about these inks. Amber keeps posting reviews on FPN and I feel like I'm chasing her posts around like a silly puppy trying to catch a butterfly.

 

I'm not in any rush though. Actually KWZI the delay is saddly beneficial for me. My wife isn't so keen on my ink and pen hobby at the moment, and I need to save up a little pocket money to buy new toys. It's a hard balancing act, do I buy better pens? More inks? I'm new to the fountain pen world and I'm suffering from gotta-have-it-fever.

 

I'm happy to hear you now have someone to work with. Two heads are better than one, and four hands are better than two.

Edited July 21, 2014 by Morames

[TheGreatRoe]

Tonight I'll start scanning in all 47 pages of "light-reviews", and once I've got them all I'll create a big topic under comparisons.

 

 

After some computer reformatting, I was finally able to complete this. You can see all the inks here.

[ethernautrix]

Wow, you guys.

 

Wow!

 

 

 

 

I mean, with the reviews. Great reviews! All y'all are wonderful!

Edited July 24, 2014 by ethernautrix

[Cdub24]

I know this is an old thread and the conversion may have moved to another thread but is there an update or process at which i can secure some of these inks?

[amberleadavis]

Konrad has been off line for a little while. We are pushing him as hard as we can from thousands of miles away. He is a graduate student and keeps getting interrupted by pesky little things like dissertations or something (I channeled my dog and ignored all the parts so the conversation was like this "...dang good reason...no inks yet ... someday soon...."). Anyway, someday soon.

[Cyber6]

The list is officially OPEN!!!! Head to the link below and pick your KWZI Inks..

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/273375-kwzi-ink-north-american-group-buy/