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I bought two Bungubox inks, my first. 4B and Ink of the Witch, if you must know. The IotW is nearly a purple-black, darker than Diamine Pansy, but still in a violet lane, unlike Montblanc Lavender, which I found a bit purple-burgundy.

 

An entirely technical question: on following Bungubox directions (inverting the bottle) and getting ink into its internal basket, I can't submerge a Montblanc 149 nib any more than about 2/3, not nearly reaching the section. I'm able to aspirate a bit of ink with the piston but perhaps only half the capacity, since I think it's also aspirating air.

 

Are my options 1) use a smaller nib, 2) transfer the ink to a deeper bottle, 3) use a C/C or ED filler? Many thanks!

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Remove the little basket and practice some convoluted gymnastics to get the round bottle on its side to submerge the MB149 nib.

 

 

As a beginner... I will suggest another set of hands to help. ;)

 

 

 

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I suspected as much. Hmmmm...glass vials...and not to get horribly inky along the way...Thanks!

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Oh god. Those infernal Sailor Jentle ink bottles strike again. Loathsome things.

 

Yes, as others have said, discard the useless basket asap. Then buy one of these (or tilt the bottle against some stacked papers or magazines).

 

Or better yet, decant it into something decent (or wait for a new supply of the original 'diamond' bottles)...

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Oh god. Those infernal Sailor Jentle ink bottles strike again. Loathsome things.

 

Yes, as others have said, discard the useless basket asap. Then buy one of these (or tilt the bottle against some stacked papers or magazines).

 

Or better yet, decant it into something decent (or wait for a new supply of the original 'diamond' bottles)...

 

Exactly. Now, if only someone had a supply of empty Akkerman bottles —best design for fountain pen refilling that I can think of!

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^i sometime have some problems with Akkerman bottles. The nib touches the glass ball. I have 60ml bottle.

 

Quel dommage !!!... I have the 150ml bottles.. no issues.. ;)

 

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Or, send the IoftW to me - I love it - well actually, I love both of the inks you bought and I have them too. I'd suggest decanting it into a smaller widemouthed vial. That way you can't contaminate the ink. 4B does not stain, though I don't know if IoftW does so watch out on the MB149. I hope you love these inks.

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Good idea. The Levenger bottles really are well designed.

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The largest nib in my small collection of pens is a JoWo size # 6.

While I've had to remove the plastic filling thingy from my Sailor bottles to be able to draw up any ink with this nib, Akkerman bottles have posed no filling problems (I have both the 150 & the 60 ml sizes). There seems to be enough space in the bottle's ink chamber to safely fill with my larger nib.

 

When you invert the Akkerman bottle to fill the ink chamber, wait a while before you slowly turn it upright. The chamber is usually filled close to its rim (if the marble has a good seal).

I have thought about the possibility of a larger nib touching the glass ball. Hasn't happened yet.

 

I've had one 150 ml. bottle that had a wonky neck (like the leaning tower of Pisa). An overall intriguing shape,...but the glass ball in this bottle did seal as well & allowed ink to drain back into the main chamber.

Miss those big 150 ml bottles :crybaby:

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I bought two Bungubox inks, my first. 4B and Ink of the Witch, if you must know. The IotW is nearly a purple-black, darker than Diamine Pansy, but still in a violet lane, unlike Montblanc Lavender, which I found a bit purple-burgundy.

 

An entirely technical question: on following Bungubox directions (inverting the bottle) and getting ink into its internal basket, I can't submerge a Montblanc 149 nib any more than about 2/3, not nearly reaching the section. I'm able to aspirate a bit of ink with the piston but perhaps only half the capacity, since I think it's also aspirating air.

 

Are my options 1) use a smaller nib, 2) transfer the ink to a deeper bottle, 3) use a C/C or ED filler? Many thanks!

 

I think it was Brian Goulet or SBREBrown that used a blunt needle syringe to fill a piston filler, you fill the syringe to 2-3ml and saturate the feed and suck up the ink, takes a while but you can get it filled like that.

It seems like a better idea to get 20ml tall bottle or a waterman bottle that can be tilted, or the visconti traveler inkpot.

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the visconti traveler inkpot.

 

 

What a GREAT suggestion. I love my Inkpots!!!!

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(Face palm) Why didn't I think to find mine? D'oh!

 

 

Blame the cats.

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Quel dommage !!!... I have the 150ml bottles.. no issues.. ;)

 

:lol: :lol:

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I think I will take the suggestion made in the thread about Akkerman bottles. I'll invert them and let them stay like that for a while. I used to keep them inverted for a few seconds only. :)

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