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Gorgeous display, Amberlea! I do not yet have that many bottles but what I struggle with is the temperature in my apartment. Rarely is it not too warm! In the winter, the heat is on so high that I have to crack open the windows and in the summer, when I'm not home to turn on the a/c, it is a sauna! I keep my inks in a dark closet, but I would love to display the few I have!

 

 

I promise you it isn't as hot as the caboose - I haven't heated it or A/Ced since I left for North Carolina - so my inks sat around without AC in the Las Vegas heat (but not direct sun) for at least 14 years. Don't worry, your inks will be safe.

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Pretty soon the books will have to start finding other homes...ask me how I know ;) :embarrassed_smile:

Either, you saw which books I removed ... or personal experience!

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I broke down and reorganized the cabinet. (I'd acquired a few new inks and needed to make room).

The embosser on the top shelf is a nice touch.

 

Even better it's from

 

WELLS FARGO EXPRESS

Bill D. Moody

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CORDELL, OKLA. TERR.

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Ikea Billy book case with glass doors, stuck in crannies between 80 50 beer mugs with pewter tops.

15 of the 'missing' mugs are displayed in the living room...the others left home at a flea market.

 

If I flea market that '80's Jack Daniels decanter, I'll have room for 10-15 inks.

I am a George Dinkel man as is.

 

Ah ha, so that was what was in that decanter. Southern Comfort.

 

Pictures of comfortable messes are not needed here.

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Gorgeous display, Amberlea! I do not yet have that many bottles but what I struggle with is the temperature in my apartment. Rarely is it not too warm! In the winter, the heat is on so high that I have to crack open the windows and in the summer, when I'm not home to turn on the a/c, it is a sauna! I keep my inks in a dark closet, but I would love to display the few I have!

 

 

I promise you it isn't as hot as the caboose - I haven't heated it or A/Ced since I left for North Carolina - so my inks sat around without AC in the Las Vegas heat (but not direct sun) for at least 14 years. Don't worry, your inks will be safe.

 

Oh wow, good to know! I can take them out again! Thanks!

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The embosser on the top shelf is a nice touch.

 

Even better it's from

 

WELLS FARGO EXPRESS

Bill D. Moody

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CORDELL, OKLA. TERR.

 

Oh man! Now I AM impressed. There has to be a story behind it. Do you know any of it?

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No clue. My dad found it at an antique store many years ago and he decided that I "needed" it. So now I've had it for a few decades.

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Pretty soon the books will have to start finding other homes...ask me how I know ;) :embarrassed_smile:

Either, you saw which books I removed ... or personal experience!

A little of both, but mostly the latter...I just had to add another shelf for inks that involved moving stuff out of that shelf!

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I have two drawers that I store a majority of my inks in, just a simple plastic draw cabient.

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Since the Akkerman order came in, and the new Vac 20 bottles came out, and I received some very wonderful gifts .....

 

My potions cabinet expanded.

 

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/INK/attachments/IMG073.jpg

 

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If you think it's none of my business, that's fine, it's just that every time you post a new picture, the book on SQL jumps out at me. All of the other books seem to fit the profile of a lawyer who likes reading for pleasure. But that SQL book...are lawyers retrieving old cases now using SQL? Or, maybe your pen collection has grown huge enough that it needs it's own database? :D

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Display my inks? With my wife around l spend much time trying to hide them :)

Wife found the bottle of quink permanent violet I bought last weekend and asked me if it

was new. I told her with the bakelite cap and the blue box it had to be from WW II

 

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I love the glass fronted book case. When my collection of ink grows a bit more I may have to displace some books and put my ink on display. For now it is contained in my 19th century Japanese clerk's/storekeeper's box that seems like it was made for the job. It is portable and goes well with the rest of the Japanese art in my office. I am quickly running out of room in it however and must either stop buying ink or find another container. Here are a few pics:

 

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Awesome Box! Where'd ya get it?

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If you think it's none of my business, that's fine, it's just that every time you post a new picture, the book on SQL jumps out at me. All of the other books seem to fit the profile of a lawyer who likes reading for pleasure. But that SQL book...are lawyers retrieving old cases now using SQL? Or, maybe your pen collection has grown huge enough that it needs it's own database? :D

 

Nah, it's even worse. I use it every day. My first lawyer gig was for a huge BK, I was reviewing the other lawyers fees. Now, I use SQL to track robosigners.

 

The Coldfusion book beside the SQL book was written by my evoL-ex (and others).

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Display my inks? With my wife around l spend much time trying to hide them :)

Wife found the bottle of quink permanent violet I bought last weekend and asked me if it

was new. I told her with the bakelite cap and the blue box it had to be from WW II

 

Ken

 

Great answer. Did she fall for it, or did she commit an act of domestic violence?

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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... or did she commit an act of domestic violence?

...or domestic bliss?

 

 

 

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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Quick sketch of a display box I was thinking about attempting to make.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

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"Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it will get you the right ones."

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I just put this up tonight.

 

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top shelf - Noodlers: 54th Massachusetts, Walnut; Diamine: Ancient Copper, Maroon, Midnight Blue

bottom shelf - Sailors Epinard, Noodlers Liberty Elysium, J. Herbin Perle Noire, Chinese chop stamp, airmail stamp

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Pens - Lamys: 2000, AL-Star, Safari; Reform 1745s; TWSBI 540s

Inks - Diamine Midnight Blue, Liberty Elysium, Perle Noire, Yama-Budo

Paper - Cranes & Co, Fabriano Medioevalis, G Lalo, Rhodia, Strathmore

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Wow. You guys have a lot of ink! Me, I just keep all the original ink bottles in a box at home, and at my work desk in the office I have the ink sample vials rack containing 31 vials of ink. That's all the ink I have.

 

I'm trying to resist the temptation to buy more ink!

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