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Thanks! Good to know. I had just picked up one of the intra-bottle Ink Misers at Fountain Pen Hospital a couple of weeks ago, but it is going to be a little tall for some bottles. And $3.25 per is definitely cheaper than $6 plus NYC sales tax....

I had considered getting the free-standing one as well, but I pulled it out of the box to take a peek -- and honestly, it looked a little flimsy, and more than a bit top heavy (i.e., a bit less stable than your average 5 ml sample vial). So just got the one, and will see how well I like it.

I like the fact that the R&K ones look a little sturdier -- but up till now I wasn't sure where to get them from.

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This came in with today's JetPens newsletter. Same idea for a bit less than the Ink Miser

 

https://www.jetpens.com/Rohrer-Klingner-Erka-Rapid-Ink-Reservoir-Pack-of-3/pd/21719

 

Comes out to $3.25 a piece

 

-k

 

 

The link posted above takes me to an item with a list price of $9.75, not $3.25! Is this the correct link/page???

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The link posted above takes me to an item with a list price of $9.75, not $3.25! Is this the correct link/page???

Yes. It's $9.75 for a pack of 3, each being $3.25 if the cost is divided between them.

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Yes. It's $9.75 for a pack of 3, each being $3.25 if the cost is divided between them.

 

Yes, thank you!! I just went back and double checked (before I read your response) and saw the "pack of three" notation. Jumping to conclusion isn't so bad. Especially when you have nice people to remind you to double check my "parachute". :blush: :blush: :blush:

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If you get an inexpensive plastic dispensing syringe you will find many uses for it, including getting the very last drop out of an ink bottle, refilling cartridges so you can reuse them, filling converters directly (which I don't like, because it means taking the converter out of the pen, which increases wear on the converter mouth), and filling eyedropper pens (which are among my favorites). And there's no pouring ink back and forth between various containers.

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If you get an inexpensive plastic dispensing syringe you will find many uses for it, including getting the very last drop out of an ink bottle, refilling cartridges so you can reuse them, filling converters directly (which I don't like, because it means taking the converter out of the pen, which increases wear on the converter mouth), and filling eyedropper pens (which are among my favorites). And there's no pouring ink back and forth between various containers.

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those are available readily at your local Daiso
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Looks interesting! Please let us know how it goes. I may have to add a pkg to my next order.
Sailor ink bottle engineers, take note!

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Looks interesting! Please let us know how it goes. I may have to add a pkg to my next order.

Sailor ink bottle engineers, take note!

 

The older Sailor bottles do have something like an Ink Miser or the R&K ones in them. Or, at least my bottle of old-version Sky High does....

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