Hamilton & Shields Scottish Fountain Pen ink

[Tdtd]

Hello everyone from Bonnie Scotland. 

 

I have loved fountain pens all my life and loved collecting pens and inks from all across the world. 

I came to the conclusion that over the years Scotlands ink and pen history was well and truly in the past but lately I discovered not only was there still inks and pens being made in Scotland. But an ink company that is still operating in the town next to mine. 

 

The Hamilton and shields ink company has been operating over the past 70 years and produces over 30 different colours. 

 

Due to the current coronavirus pandemic they have switched manufacturing to produce sanitisers etc for the NHS, but lately they have started back at producing inks again and with a little search on ebay, amazon etsy etc they are a beautiful array of inks to find. 

I recently bought. 

Sky red

Stagg black

Leaf green

Mount purple

Grecian blue

And Moroccan orange. 

They all have their unique points and are great fun for those who love their pens. Beautiful bottles. 

 

I hope my review and pictures give a wee bit of food for thought and for those who live in the UK, I highly recommend you try a wee samples

 

Thank you

 

[yazeh]

Thanks for posting this. It would help if you say what paper you're using, what pen and taking a photo where there's wee less shadow

 

[checkrail]

Good news. What town are Hamilton & Shields in? I don't stay far from Ayrshire and wouldn't mind swinging by once lockdown is over.