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The crassest names for any certain ink color of any certain ink brand are like "blue", "red", better yet "brown"...... :lticaptd: :lticaptd: :lticaptd:.......

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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The crassest names for any certain ink color of any certain ink brand are like "blue", "red", better yet "brown"......

 

Hell no.

 

I always wanted to have my own line of inks, (wall) paints, nail polish, etc. with names like Cadaver Grey, Mucus Green, Urine Yellow, Morning Pee Ochre, Carrot Chunks Shimmer, etc.

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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I always wanted to have my own line of inks, (wall) paints, nail polish, etc. with names like Cadaver Grey, Mucus Green, Urine Yellow, Morning Pee Ochre, Carrot Chunks Shimmer, etc.

I’d buy ‘em! :-)

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I’d buy ‘em! :-)

 

Sure, but then what would you use 'em for?

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Sure, but then what would you use 'em for?

Drawing? Co-razy-views?

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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Got an email notice a little while ago that Vanness has the R&K Aubergine LE in stock. I've ordered my bottle. Looking forward to it.

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Thanks! :D I just finished packing them. I'll post them tomorrow.

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Happy to report that they arrived safely today. Thank you for your excellent service :-)

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OO Very pretty

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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But I love the R&K ink names!

Seriously. Who can’t love “Fernambuk”, “Smaragdgrün”, or “Scabiosa”?

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Seriously. Who can’t love “Fernambuk”, “Smaragdgrün”, or “Scabiosa”?

 

Don't forget the legendary Alt-Goldgrun

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Alt-Goldgrün is the perfect ink for a white tortoise M400 or vermeil gold tortoise M450. There have been a lot of green inks appearing on the scene recently, but Alt-Goldgrün is still the best.

 

Now if Pelikan would just indulge us with an M650 vermeil gold tortoise . . .

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Well, not tryin' to be a smart alec but then there's always the good ol' M900....

 

Alec

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Thanks for the like Lapis, there is the Aubergine and a green I'd like to add to my R&K selection of 6-7 bottles.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Considering the price of a good ol' 50-ml standard R&K ink (3.99 Euros) or even today's LE R&K (8.88) this company's ink should be bought before they (R&K) raise their prices....

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... even today's LE R&K (8.88) this company's ink should be bought before they (R&K) raise their prices....

You talked me into it. :blush:

 

Originally I'd already lost interest in acquiring this ink, but just now because of your post, I did a search in my mail app for 'rohrer' to see how much I paid (answer: €2.98, after discounts and VAT excluded) each for the R&K inks I bought from LCdC over Fountain Pen Day weekend, and was surprised to see LCdC's latest newsletter came up in the search – it's now carrying R&K Aubergine! Given that there are a bunch of outstanding items it has yet to ship to me from my FPD orders, I have ordered three bottles of this ink, to add to the next shipment effectively free of delivery charges. Net expense: €8.11 a bottle, or about $38 all up, as opposed to $83 delivered if I were to order three bottles from a local stockist.

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Looks like very nice ink, and I ordered some against my no-more-ink pledge, but how "limited" is 2000 bottles of an ink from R&K? Do they sell more than that of, say, Leipziger Schwarz? At any rate, I think they make fine ink at a good price. Just curious.

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Looks like very nice ink, and I ordered some against my no-more-ink pledge, but how "limited" is 2000 bottles of an ink from R&K? Do they sell more than that of, say, Leipziger Schwarz? At any rate, I think they make fine ink at a good price. Just curious.

Getting back to considering what a new MB Elixir Parfumeur costs, you could get 17 and a half bottles of any of the 20 R&K standards for the same price instead.

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