Your Most Recent Impulsive Ink Purchase? (Replacement Bottles Don't Count.. Only 1St Timers!)

[DilettanteG]

4 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

  I just bought a bottle of Diamine Gold Star. I’m on my last fill of Edelstein Golden Beryl (which I can’t find without buying the set), and Mountain of Ink said this was closest.  

That Edelstein Golden Beryl is a great ink. I hope the Diamine Gold Star is a good substitute. (I already bought the set, so that isn't even an option for me. It's a nice little pen, if you're on the fence) I think the new Edelstein Golden Lapis for 2024 is going to be in stores in the next week or so. I'm really looking forward to Pelikan's shimmer ink in aqua and gold.

 

I finally inked up an impulse buy of god knows when: Levenger's Empyrean. It's kind of a teal dark blue, but is feathering even in an EF nib on fountain pen friendly paper. I was hoping for a dark violet blue from the picture on their site. Probably an incentive to research my ink purchases a little more carefully in the future. I hope the bottle of True Teal I bought with it performs a bit better. Levenger was one of my to go brands when started collecting decades ago, but their inks don't make it into my rotation very often anymore. There really are some amazing inks being produced today that just write so much better. They do sell some great leather goods and very pretty pens. I think most of my wooden pen chests are from them as well. At least the ink bottles are nice.

[inkstainedruth]

Well, last night I put in an order to Vanness, (mostly for more bottles of Namiki Black so my husband takes longer to go through his stash) but also a bottle of the Lamy Pink Cliffs LE; and to round out the order to hit the threshold for free shipping, a sample of Diamine Green Edition One More Sleep -- which I think was from last year's (?) Inkvent Calendar, or maybe the year before's: saw the swab and sort of said "ooooh", because "purple"  (the only one of the Inkvent series I have is Blue Edition Gingerbread -- mostly so I could get the cool little bottle with the legs).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[chromantic]

I pre-ordered two bottles of Edelstein Lapis Gold from Cult. I also finally ordered an EF M400 nib a to replace the M on my red-stripe; I wish I had done so a few years back when they were $105, now they're going for $145.  At least, I'll finally get to use it. Of course, the nib will ship with the ink, so sometime next month.

[Penguincollector]

On 3/16/2024 at 11:01 AM, DilettanteG said:

That Edelstein Golden Beryl is a great ink. I hope the Diamine Gold Star is a good substitute. (I already bought the set, so that isn't even an option for me. It's a nice little pen, if you're on the fence) I think the new Edelstein Golden Lapis for 2024 is going to be in stores in the next week or so. I'm really looking forward to Pelikan's shimmer ink in aqua and gold.

 

I finally inked up an impulse buy of god knows when: Levenger's Empyrean. It's kind of a teal dark blue, but is feathering even in an EF nib on fountain pen friendly paper. I was hoping for a dark violet blue from the picture on their site. Probably an incentive to research my ink purchases a little more carefully in the future. I hope the bottle of True Teal I bought with it performs a bit better. Levenger was one of my to go brands when started collecting decades ago, but their inks don't make it into my rotation very often anymore. There really are some amazing inks being produced today that just write so much better. They do sell some great leather goods and very pretty pens. I think most of my wooden pen chests are from them as well. At least the ink bottles are nice.

  I’m thinking about looking into the Golden Beryl set in May (hopefully the store I saw it in doesn’t sell out by then), but I’m waiting to see what the Golden Lapis pen looks like. I will probably order one of the sets and definitely a bottle of the Lapis. 

[Penguincollector]

  I just received a PenBBS ink 374 云黯天低 Sky Shrouded by Pale Clouds,Blue Green. The color is so nice!

[Misfit]

I was looking at eBay for something else. Then I searched for Levenger items. There was a box of six older Levenger inks that cost $8.30 each (including tax) which is very good price. The colors are Pinkly, Always Greener, Skies of Blue, Smokey, Fireball, and Blue Bahama.  

I have the Pinkly fountain pen, and I’ve wanted Blue Bahama.  It’s still part of the ink lineup, but costs $25.50 now. 
 

The seller had some negative feedback. Overall the seller has 95% positive. Shipping is free, so I hope the ink arrives with no broken bottles. The inks come in a box, so that should help.  Or rather, each ink comes in a box, and all six ink boxes have a special box they go in.

[Penguincollector]

  Still on a Chinese ink kick, today I received 2 bottles of a tropical fish themed set of gold shimmer ink. I bought an angler fish and a flat looking pixel fish. Both are tealish/bluish. I’ve only swatched one so far. They were really inexpensive, like $5 something, and shipping was free, packaging was very secure. They look similar in the bottle, but the angler fish one is a bit greener.

[DilettanteG]

On 3/31/2024 at 12:49 AM, Misfit said:

I was looking at eBay for something else. Then I searched for Levenger items. There was a box of six older Levenger inks that cost $8.30 each (including tax) which is very good price. The colors are Pinkly, Always Greener, Skies of Blue, Smokey, Fireball, and Blue Bahama.  

I have the Pinkly fountain pen, and I’ve wanted Blue Bahama.  It’s still part of the ink lineup, but costs $25.50 now. 
 

The seller had some negative feedback. Overall the seller has 95% positive. Shipping is free, so I hope the ink arrives with no broken bottles. The inks come in a box, so that should help.  Or rather, each ink comes in a box, and all six ink boxes have a special box they go in.

I’ll keep my fingers crossed for their safe arrival. Blue Bahama is a lovely ink! I added True Teal to my collection awhile back (also an eBay deal) and am really enjoying it.

[DilettanteG]

On 3/20/2024 at 3:34 PM, Penguincollector said:

  I’m thinking about looking into the Golden Beryl set in May (hopefully the store I saw it in doesn’t sell out by then), but I’m waiting to see what the Golden Lapis pen looks like. I will probably order one of the sets and definitely a bottle of the Lapis. 

The Golden Lapis is on my list as well. I should probably wait in hopes of a set, but doubt I will be patient enough. I love the Golden Beryl ink! 

[Penguincollector]

34 minutes ago, DilettanteG said:

The Golden Lapis is on my list as well. I should probably wait in hopes of a set, but doubt I will be patient enough. I love the Golden Beryl ink! 

  Thanks for the reminder that I need to write with the new Gold Star and see how it compares with the Golden Beryl.  It looked really close on Mountain of Ink. The set is on a list of pens and inks that I want for my birthday, but it keeps getting pushed back by harder to find vintage pens. It’s in late May, so I’m waiting to see what is available closer to the day. 
 

  Do you know when the Golden Lapis will be available for purchase? I thought it was April.
 

[Misfit]

 

My set of six Levenger inks arrived yesterday. Of the six, the red ink Fireball was used quite a bit. It is half full at a guess. The other five seem to be full. My True Writer Pinkly still has a fill of Iroshizuku Yama Budo, and must wait for its namesake ink. Pity. 

[Runnin_Ute]

4 hours ago, DilettanteG said:

I’ll keep my fingers crossed for their safe arrival. Blue Bahama is a lovely ink! I added True Teal to my collection awhile back (also an eBay deal) and am really enjoying it.

Another fan of Blue Bahama.  I also have Cobalt Blue, Amethyst, Forest Green. On the second bottle of Amethyst, Forest Green and Amethyst. Recently finished the last of my second bottle of Pomegranate. (long discontinued)

[pucipatas]

A ridiculous number of Birmingham pen company sale ink in a variety of colors. Pinks, greens, purples, and yellows. 

[RJS]

Tonight I ordered: 

 

Guitar Fujiyama Irodori San 
 

Lamy T52 Dark Lilac

 

Pilot Tsuwairo Blue

[DilettanteG]

On 4/9/2024 at 2:00 PM, Penguincollector said:

  Thanks for the reminder that I need to write with the new Gold Star and see how it compares with the Golden Beryl.  It looked really close on Mountain of Ink. The set is on a list of pens and inks that I want for my birthday, but it keeps getting pushed back by harder to find vintage pens. It’s in late May, so I’m waiting to see what is available closer to the day. 
 

  Do you know when the Golden Lapis will be available for purchase? I thought it was April.
 

I just ordered a bottle from Cult Pens as it seems pretty tough to find here in the US still. I impulse added a bottle of Lamy Dark Lilac, and Wearingful’s Dracula and Frankenstein to justify the $15 shipping fee. Definitely not a practical purchase, but a deal compared to a bottle of Pelikan Edelstein Amethyst I just received from eBay. 
 

Fingers crossed that Pelikan releases a Golden Lapis matching pen soon!

[AmandaW]

On 4/10/2024 at 5:43 AM, Misfit said:

 

My set of six Levenger inks arrived yesterday. Of the six, the red ink Fireball was used quite a bit. It is half full at a guess. The other five seem to be full. My True Writer Pinkly still has a fill of Iroshizuku Yama Budo, and must wait for its namesake ink. Pity. 

Whoa! That looks like a treasure box.

[Runnin_Ute]

On 4/9/2024 at 3:43 PM, Misfit said:

 

My set of six Levenger inks arrived yesterday. Of the six, the red ink Fireball was used quite a bit. It is half full at a guess. The other five seem to be full. My True Writer Pinkly still has a fill of Iroshizuku Yama Budo, and must wait for its namesake ink. Pity. 

Those are older boxes. The current ones are green and gold with a square label on top in a color close to what is in the bottle. 

[Misfit]

@Runnin_Ute I’m not surprised to read that. The ink boxes are older too, as are the inks. I couldn’t resist buying the set because I have the True Writer Pinkly. And I got Bahama Blue for $8.30 vs the current $25.50.  

[Runnin_Ute]

9 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@Runnin_Ute I’m not surprised to read that. The ink boxes are older too, as are the inks. I couldn’t resist buying the set because I have the True Writer Pinkly. And I got Bahama Blue for $8.30 vs the current $25.50.  

Except that might be the only way to get some colors. Like Pinkly. I do have an empty or two with the black/white box. 

[Misfit]

2 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Whoa! That looks like a treasure box.

I like that description.