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Just received the newsletter from Kevin Watson at Justwrite (makers of Blackstone Inks):

 

Coming soon... Australian made Blackstone Fountain Pen Inks. This is a sneak preview of the packaging that will be available. All plastic bottles are reusable and recyclable HDPE (High density polyethylene - the toughest plastic available). The first release will be the Colours of Australia series featuring Sydney Harbour Blue, Barrier Reef Blue, Black Stump Black, Uluru Red and Daintree Green.

 

Couldn't manage to paste the included picture but the accompanying text should excite some of you inkophiles:

 

Front row left to right: 5ml concentrate syringe (makes 60ml), 30ml, 60 ml translucent, 60ml amber, 30ml amber, 15ml amber.

Back row left to right: 1L plastic jerry can, 1L bottle, 500ml bottle, 250ml twin chamber bottle (fill directly from chamber).

 

1L is one litre! That's about 33 ounces for you imperial folks. That's a staggering quantity of ink. If the other colours are as good as the blue then we are going to have another interesting high quality ink maker to talk about.

 

Can't wait....

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Teaser for people to get excited about....

 

Barrier Reef Blue

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Daintree Green

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Uluru Red

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Black Stump

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Wow, that uluru...!

 

Actually, they're all very nice colors.

 

Will be curious to see reviews. Better be good if you go buy a liter bottle!

 

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I would love to get my hands on that green! My favorite tea comes from Daintree Forest too. And selling the concentrated ink, does anyone else do that? Very clevah.

 

When will it be available, when??

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When will it be available, when??

 

Subscribe to the newsletter at http://justwrite.com.au/ and don't miss the launch. :D :D :D :D

 

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I like the Daintree at 16%

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They are wonderful.

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Colors are VERY nice BUT I am excited as I have NEVER seen ink offered in a "jerry can" size before! That amount of ink has been & may still be sold BUT never in a container described as a JERRY CAN!

 

......................I envision "departing on a journey in ye Range Rover with jerry can of ink strapped inside!"

 

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BLACK STUMP - both strengths :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

That blue isn't too shabby either. :)

 

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To get 16%, will we have to buy the concentrate and dilute?

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I will definitely be getting the concentrated form when the inks become available.

 

fountainpagan, Kevin already ships his products overseas. If you just get the concentrate inks, the postage should be minimal too, as you won't be paying for all the water or the glass bottles most inks come in.

 

I can't wait for the line to be available!

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I agree!!!

 

Will they be available for europeans, too?

 

That's the idea of the concentrate in the syringes, so Justwrite can send the ink overseas and save money.

 

The idea is, you buy the syringe, get so enamoured that you then buy one of each in the 1 litre jerry cans...

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Are they mixable?

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