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Vintage Sheaffer Skrip - Consistency Over Time?


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I'm not sure whether this is allowed to be posted here, or if it belongs in Inks, Inc. but I figured that the people who frequent the Sheaffer forum might be more likely to know the answer to this question.

 

I've recently decided to collect some of the vintage Sheaffer Skrip inks (coinciding with the decision to collect the different colors of Snorkels) and am a bit confused by the packaging. I currently have four colors, with a fifth on the way, and each comes in a different box.

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As soon as I tried peacock blue, I wanted more. It's pretty obvious from the packaging that it is the most recent of the lot.

 

My question is whether I can expect the same color (within reason) from an unopened / NOS bottle regardless of the packaging? Also, would peacock blue containing RC-35 look the same as the newer one I have?

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Sheaffer ink is extremely stable. What I use everyday dates from the 1950's. I don't know but, I'd bet a color from the 1950's would be pretty much the same as the 1980's.

 

I'd use old Skrip before I'd try a lot of the new inks.

 

Roger W.

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I have almost used up all of my old 1960s Sheaffer Skrip blue black. I bought a recent bottle of blue black, and it writes almost the same. An old bottle of Royal Blue is also just about like I used back in the 1960s.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Is this excessive?

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In the real world, yes.

 

On this site, most people would not bat an eyelash.

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In the real world, yes.

 

On this site, most people would not bat an eyelash.

Exactly. "only seven bottles?!?"

 

greg

Don't feel bad. I'm old; I'm meh about most things.

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Vintage Sheaffer inks make up a good part of my ink collection and I use them often.

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I had 8 quart bottles of Sheaffer Permanent Blue-Black which I purchased in a sealed box several years ago. Have since given 2 to friends. The postage date on the box, which I no longer have, was 1948. There is no sediment in the bottom of any of the bottles. No strange odor either. I use the ink in several modern high end piston fillers, and it performs perfectly. Also have a cardboard box of 12 small bottles of Skrip Purple. Well, 11 bottles now, as I've used one. Same condition as the Permanent Blue-Black & bottles appear to date from the same era. Though both inks appear a bit faded (when compared to same inks from 30 or so years ago) they are just fine for daily use. This is the sort of treasure that one used to discover frequently in old stationers a few decades ago.

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Would anyone be able to give an approximate date range for the bottles of Peacock Blue that I posted above? I'd assume that all seven are relatively new (although in two different types of packaging). If I were forced to guess, I'd think 90's just from the text styling. Might the printed label "94270" on the red lot indicate 1994?

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