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After admiring the inks over at Birmingham Pen Co. for a while I ordered three of their weathered brick (a nice muted red), waterfront dusk (dusty purple), and marmalade (a nice orange-yellow). Not a ton of reviews out there (I guess due to being a new company) but what I’ve read is positive. Anyone know if these are safe for vintage pens or sac pens in general?

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My understanding is that they're supposed to be (or at least some of their earlier lineup (the ones with Pittsburgh referenced names) were.  But I don't know as how I've ever tried, other than a couple in the Sheaffer Balance Oversize which had belonged to my husband's grandfather.  Schenley Park Thicket Green did well in that pen; I just checked my notes and Shadyside Walnut Street Brown was a bit of a hard starter.  I'll have to go through my combo journal log to see about other vintage pens, and I'm afraid I don't have time at the moment (too much chaos happening at the moment -- this is the first time I've been on FPN in nearly a week as it is) to go beyond the pages for the Sheaffer pens.

As for Waterfront Dusk in particular, I think they've changed the formula -- my bottle was a dark purplish blue, but the more recent version on their website seemed to be a lot redder than my batch.  

I do miss Smithfield Street Bridge Truss Blue, which I never managed to get a full bottle of, only a few samples.

Sorry I can't be of more help.  I REALLY miss their B&M store -- they tried to keep prices comparable to online venders, and I liked wandering in every now and then, going "Nick!  Whatcha got new in for me today!"  One time I went in to take a look at the Pacific Blue Lamy al-Star.  Didn't get that pen, but walked out with a much lighter weight wallet than the al-Star would have been: a pink TWSBI 580-AL and three bottles of De Atramentis ink that hadn't really even been sorted yet because Nick had literally just gotten the bottles out of the package and onto the counter.... 

All I can really suggest to you is to contact them and ask, and/or hope other people have more experience with their current lineup.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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I have similarly used several of the original Birmingham inks in vintage pens, but the reformulations look different enough that they might also behave differently.

 

 

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Great company! Excellent attention to detail. In today's environment, very classy presentation, which is nice to see. Great communication. Items well packed and they make the customer feel special. Buy with confidence. I am sure they will address any questions you may need answered.

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I'm sort of excited to try those Twinkle inks or the sheeny inks.

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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