How Much Le Ink Is It Reasonable To Hoard?

[Fuzzy_Bear]

Is that an Eastlake cylinder desk?

 

Necroposting!

[AlohaLani787]

Gee, I have three bottles of the color I use every day and think that was a mistake. As someone above opined, there will always be new colors to enchant.

[amberleadavis]

Is that an Eastlake cylinder desk?

 

Necroposting!

 

 

Probably, but it isn't signed.

 

Every once in a while someone comes in my office and is aghast that I actually use my antiques.

[Morphling27]

I don't own every blue ink made yet, so I can't tell you the appropriate number.

 

And I was once told, even after that, just one more would be about the right amount.

[Tas]

I saw this today -

Use the good china every day, as today is all that matters

Buy as much as you think you'll use.

I've found that by the time I've used up my spare bottle of much-loved ink, I've found another that I love just as much if not more

(edited for punctuation, my phone somehow posts without apostrophes)

Edited September 27, 2018 by Tas

[amberleadavis]

Tas, I'm with you!

[Tas]

Tas, I'm with you!

 

:)

[azbobcat]

I just ordered my first bottle of Edelstein Amber after reading reviews and looking at swabs. What kills me about it is that that it's the outgoing ink of the year and as such is ending production forever. I really think I'm going to love this color and am already planning on buying two more bottles so I at least have three. Already though that seems inadequate, I'm thinking of upping it to five or six bottles....

 

Which brings me to my question: How many bottles of LE ink do you think it's reasonable to hoard?

 

The answer to this question is more along the lines of how much of this ink do you realistically plan to use ie is this your ink for everyday use, or is this ink an infrequently used ink?? If you use this ink every day, and depending on the size of the bottle you can expect to run through at least a bottle per year, in which case stocking up on it is a wise move. When I was in high school I could go through a bottle of Quink every 9-12 months. An ink that is likely to no longer be made buying 10 bottles is not enough, but beware: I recently discovered that jars of ink that had rarely been used had simply evaporated -- actually the water in the ink had evaporated. I recovered the ink -- I *think* -- by simply re-hydrating with Distilled Water. If you buy say 10 bottles once they arrive ensure that the caps are snugged down tight, then get something like papaffin wax and seal the joint between the cap and the bottle with paraffin wax before you put it away. If worse comes to worse you can probably sell your excess supply on some place like eBay and make a tiny profit in the process.

[sidthecat]

I have a bad habit of falling hard for LE inks, so I like to have a couple of extra bottles on hand. Or maybe three.