Sheaffer Skip Bottles

[Charles Skinner]

Have you ever seen the old Sheaffer Skip bottles for sale? C. S.

[bob_hayden]

Yes, often, on eBay -- both empty and full.

[welch]

As Bob suggests, just check Ebay, searching for "vintage sheaffer ink".

 

Here's one example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SHEAFFERS-SKRIP-Writing-Ink-Washable-Blue-42-Full-With-Box/192502337648?hash=item2cd2089070:g:2BMAAOSwARtamgMc

 

Or this, five bottles, and some with ink:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-5-VINTAGE-SHEAFFERS-SKRIP-INK-JARS-4-w-BOXES-DIFF-COLORS/382428783218?hash=item590a882272:g:uqkAAOSwQaFaxVW-

Edited April 6, 2018 by welch

[AL01]

Hahahaha...

 

I bought mine from a vintage pen dealer.

 

They are great bottles...

 

I put new Sheaffer ink in the bottle and then throw away the new Sheaffer bottle.

 

It holds about 55 - 60 mL.

[Chrissy]

Search on ebay for Sheaffer Skrip and you will see some come up.

[Barry Gabay]

Old glass Sheaffer Skrip bottles with the filling lip have been available at every pen show I have attended for the past 35 years. Reasonable prices & no danger of damage during postage.

[escribo]

Writing fluid LOL. I wonder why they didn't call it ink?

 

Also, I wonder what a bottle of Skrip cost back in say, the mid- to late sixties? I've forgotten.

[AL01]

Cause 'Writing Fluid' is fancier than Ink....

 

Gotta love marketing.

[Roger W.]

They didn't call it ink because when Sheaffer introduced ink it had a bad reaction with other inks that were previously in pens and caused a mess which lead to Sheaffer recalling the whole lot of it. So then they came out with "writing fluid" as it wasn't that terrible ink that they had to make all their dealers send back. As you see Skrip is the "successor to ink" literally.

 

Roger W.

[pajaro]

Writing fluid LOL. I wonder why they didn't call it ink?

 

Also, I wonder what a bottle of Skrip cost back in say, the mid- to late sixties? I've forgotten.

 

It cost twenty-five cents ($0.25). I bought enough of them. I just followed the link above and bought another apparently full of blue black for $15.99. It seems a lot, but it's my favorite ink.