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It will be a long time before I can contribute meaningfully to this thread.

 

Meanwhile, here is one I did earlier:

 

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It is from at least a decade ago, probably far older. I did not even remember owning any black, but I still have the bottle!

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I have only finished 1 bottle of ink, Edelstein Garnet, when it was the only ink I was using. It took almost a year. Now I have over 500 bottles of ink so will probably never empty another bottle. I did pour 1 bottle down the sink as it was so ugly.

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I have only finished 1 bottle of ink, Edelstein Garnet, when it was the only ink I was using. It took almost a year. Now I have over 500 bottles of ink so will probably never empty another bottle. I did pour 1 bottle down the sink as it was so ugly.

 

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In 5 years, haven't emptied a single bottle. So many inks. Perhaps next year I'll stick with one ink and give it a go, but what will happen to my other inks if I do that 😳. So many problems this hobby has given me 😉.

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In 5 years, haven't emptied a single bottle. So many inks. Perhaps next year I'll stick with one ink and give it a go, but what will happen to my other inks if I do that . So many problems this hobby has given me .

Same! I feel accomplished if I finish a sample, let alone a bottle. (Hasn't happened in over 10 years.) Lol! Well, I am dedicating Pelikan 4001 Dark Green to my Pelikan 140, sooooo perhaps in a year or so?

I'll come up with something eventually.

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I used to finish bottles of Waterman Florida (Serenity) Blue, when that was the only ink I was using. Since I discovered FPN, I doubt that I will ever finish another bottle.

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In my early fountain pen days, over 20 years ago, I wrote a lot more meeting notes than now. The first bottle I emptied was MB blue black - I went through a couple of those. Then I was on Skrip Black for a while and emptied three or four of those. For a few years I bought more than a few (I still have several) bottles of vintage Quink Blue Black and emptied at least three. I've emptied a couple of vintage Waterman bottles, blue black, if I remember correctly. I've emptied a couple of Noodler's bottles, maybe as many as four. I also emptied one of the Noodler 4oz eye dropper bottles of high lighter ink (actually one and a half bottles) when I was in seminary.

 

It seems I'm writing less with my pens these days and I have certainly branched out in terms of ink, so the number of bottles being emptied is less. Not so true when it comes to single malt...

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4.5 ounce bottle of Noodler's Nikita. It was my go to grading student papers ink for several years and I finally finished it.

Dave Campbell
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Not completely, but almost finished Diamine Majestic Blue. It's been used as a tester ink for my new (brand-new or pre-owned) pens.

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I feel ashamed to say I have never finished a single bottle. I keep buying more and then pass my older bottles on to friends. Having said that I am getting close with a bottle of Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite.

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I feel ashamed to say I have never finished a single bottle. I keep buying more and then pass my older bottles on to friends. Having said that I am getting close with a bottle of Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite.

 

 

When you start to find the colors and the inks you like, you'll keep the bottles I think. I always finish a bottle when I start it. It allows me to understand the all features and kinks of an ink.

 

That's said, I always find myself liking the "old" more traditional inks more, mostly because of their behavior in pens and on paper. Maybe they are boring, but they are boring in a good way. I think this is what experience means (from the producer's point of view).

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I funished a 30ml bottle of Pelikan 4001 Black just yesterday. Another one in Blue Black is not far behind. I 've already purchased replacement bottles, both inks are staples for me.

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J Herbin Rouge Hematite isn't finished, but the level isn't high enough for pens to suck it up with converters... Used a syringe but it's not very practical with a notoriously gunky ink. Luckily I was given one as a replacement, it might make sense to take the remains of the old one into the new one.

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I just killed a sample of Platinum Citrus Black. Does that count?

 

Although I am looking to decide on some inks so I can start killing off bottles myself.

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I am close to finishing a bottle of sailor kiwa-guro. I guess i have like 10ml left at best. That would be my first empty bottle since i started my FP frenzy 1 year ago.

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I just finished my bottle of P.W. Akkerman 23 "Bekakt Haags".

In the pic you'll see I already cleaned out the bottle before: it's a nice filling system, but you can't get the last like 5ml past the marble, so I poured the last bit in an empty MB shoe. You'll see the seringe that took the last Bekakt to the Vista and the Faber-Castell.

 

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Since this thread has been resuscitated, I'll post again since I've finished a couple bottles since I posted earlier in the thread.

I've been writing a LOT lately in journals (thousands of A5 pages) and have gone through two bottles of Sailor Rikyu Cha.

 

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'almost' finished Waterman Florida blue

 

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I have one more unopened bottle of Florida blue (not Serenity) and one opened bottle of Florida at the office...

 

Florida just sounds better...

 

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What is this madness called "finish" with a bottle of ink? I have never experienced this, because I keep myself in so many inks that I can avoid it with ease.

 

Although I'm close with my Namiki Blue. Oh-so-close...!

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