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I found a Visconti traveling ink pot and it sparked the question in my mind, how many people actually use these?

I'm curious because I'm always running out of ink when I'm on the go so it wouldn't be a bad idea to get one. But the possibility of leaks and usefully seem low.

 

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I just use an ink vial.

Then it does not matter what fountain pen I carry.

The trick is NOT to knock over the ink vial when filling the pen.

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I have two Visconti Travelling ink pots. I carry them, along with an eyedropper, in a Nock 3-pen case. I also carry inks in sample vials in an Otterbox 1000.

 

I usually travel with many pens, and they are loaded with different inks. Truth is I seldom run out of ink on the road, but it's great to have refills with me. I have used my traveling ink to greatest advantage when I have bought a pen (or pens) while away from home, e.g., at a pen show, and want to fill it and try it/them right now!

 

Back to the Visconti TIP's: They have never leaked, but neither have the sample vials.

 

As for what's best for you, that depends on your pen and ink use. Consider scenarios that you encounter, and act accordingly.

 

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I have one but I have never used it. It has the friction top instead of the screw on top and that makes me nervious.

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usually take a 30ml Pelikan Blue Black bottle with me. A dedicated travellng ink bottle would be nice, but I havent found one practical enough.

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I too have one but have not used it. I will work up to it one day but haven't had the need to date.

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Similar to DMS 525 I usually travel with between 5-8 pens with different nibs, and I primarily use my pens for relaxation. So truthfully I have never found myself running out of ink. Despite this, I still travel with the travel ink pot, especially on long international trips. This is in the preparation of impulse on the road buys, which happen to me quite frequently, so that I can ink the pens up and use them.

 

However, during my last trip to Tokyo I brought along a pen that had a VERY limited ink supply, and the Ink Pot really came in handy because I would fill it up when I ran out.

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I use one because it's the only way I can get anything like a full fill of my Homo Sapiens. If the HS isn't in rotation the travelling ink well tends not to be used.

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The idea of the Visconti pot is interesting, but I don't travel enough to justify having ink on the go. I usually have a couple of pens filled and one of the pens will be the cartridge kind that I have a spare for.

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It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Mr. Hemingway ! I do not travel to desolate, primeval lands. The last time that I was away from home , I took a Parker 45, a bottle of Quink, 5000 buddies, and a big gray boat. Yachting on the Gulf of Tonkin, on six meals a day. (Three doing down; and three coming up. :lticaptd:) There are few places, I can go, where a I cannot take, or buy, a bottle of ink.

An "Altoids" mint tin, containing four cartridges, or a full TWSBI, will easily last a week.

 

I never considered "investing" in a special device for carrying ink. (Did someone say $70 ?) :gaah:

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usually take a 30ml Pelikan Blue Black bottle with me. A dedicated travellng ink bottle would be nice, but I havent found one practical enough.

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I use a 30ml Pelikan Black bottle.

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I use the TWSBI Vac 20 inkwell most days. I was really worried about leaks at first, but I filled my first Vac 20 with water and really put it through it's paces by dropping it, squeezing it very hard, and leaving it at the bottom of my bag for 2 pretty strenuous days before I trusted it with any ink.

 

I've probably had my first for a year or so and not a drop of ink has leaked from it. The other 2 I bought later have been just as impressive. I like the Diamond 50 bottle TWSBI makes, but I think they're too heavy to carry around all the time.

 

If you're willing to spend the $70 USD on the Visconti option I'm sure you'll be happy with it, but I think the TWSBI option to be a much better value and I haven't experienced any lack of quality given the price difference.

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I've found the olastic 30 mL Diamine bottles to be an excellent, all-around traveling ink pot.

 

The 5mL vials are also great in case you need to carry various inks and want a lighter weight option. The key is steady hands with these!

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I have an older version that works well with Visconti Power Filler style pens. For others I used to carry a bottle of Penman Sapphire ink in a leather 35 mm lens case.

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I use Nalgene wide mouth leakproof bottles. They are just the job when you need to be sure you will not have problems with leaking ink containers while travelling.

 

They also appear to be stain resistant to a fair degree.... they are cheap too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I use Nalgene wide mouth leakproof bottles. They are just the job when you need to be sure you will not have problems with leaking ink containers while travelling.

 

They also appear to be stain resistant to a fair degree.... they are cheap too!

 

 

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Those are a good solution. Don't they make those in opaque solid colors too?

 

I use those plastic vials that Goulet uses for their ink samples. Cheap, tough, practically leak proof and hold a generous amount of ink without taking up a lot of space (it would take a long time for me to use 5ml of ink!). Some steel BB's and a dab of hot glue gives the bottom some weight so there's less chance of tipping over too. I haven't done this yet, but there's enough space to do it since the bottom of the vial isn't flat. Just an idea...

 

I can appreciate the idea behind the Visconti product, but it really seems overkill to me -- especially at that price point. No need to reinvent the wheel when much simpler solutions exist IMHO.

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