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On 5/28/2025 at 3:40 PM, LizEF said:

For "older and newer data tables", do you mean your own data as found in this thread?

Aaah, sorry, no - lost in translation. :unsure:

I meant the tables already existing long before I started my own measurements - plus my own measurements... :rolleyes:

 

On 5/28/2025 at 3:40 PM, LizEF said:

What you say here suggests that's correct, right?

Correct! 👍

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6 hours ago, InesF said:

Aaah, sorry, no - lost in translation. :unsure:

I meant the tables already existing long before I started my own measurements - plus my own measurements... :rolleyes:

Got it, thanks!

 

6 hours ago, InesF said:

Correct! 👍

:) Thanks!

 

I'll pink the reddit thread, in case the person asking there isn't following here...

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Dear forum members and ink aficionados.

 

The data table has 5 new entries, extending it to 149 inks.

New are:

Octopus & Fountainfeder / Midsommar
Octopus & Fountainfeder / Nordsee
Tintenlabor / Purpur-Schwarz IG 3g/L
Tintenlabor / Petrol IG 1g/L
Tintenlabor / Purpur IG 1g/L
 

Have fun, find joy in writing with pen and ink!

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2 hours ago, InesF said:

5 new entries

Your ink drawer must be bursting at the seams! ;)  (Or did Quin stop by with a gift?)

 

2 hours ago, InesF said:

Tintenlabor / Petrol IG 1g/L
Tintenlabor / Purpur IG 1g/L

:lticaptd:I'm looking forward to your reviews! ;)  (David told me he did this, and I was laughing, imagining how you were going to puzzle out the overflowing ink drawer problem.)

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18 hours ago, LizEF said:

Your ink drawer must be bursting at the seams! ;)

It would had, it would must have ... if not ... good old European magic crashed my mind! 💥

To be precise, it was a magic procedure that required some preparation and a mind, fully cleaned from daily routine thoughts: I put 5 ink bottles into a new cardboard box, named "to be gifted away" - and all of a sudden, the magic did it's intended work and <splash> there was room for these new bottles!

Great, absolutely great! I will repeat that on demand! ;) 🧙‍♀️

 

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18 hours ago, LizEF said:

(Or did Quin stop by with a gift?)

No! Waiting for Quin any longer! 👍

;) :) :lol:

 

18 hours ago, LizEF said:

I'm looking forward to your reviews!

Me too, me too! They will not come all together, more like one at a time. What I can reveal so far is: Petrol IG 1 g/L is magic! 🧙‍♀️ Who would have thought? But I also love the "standard" Purpur-Schwarz IG 3 g/L quite a lot. And the Purpur IG 1 g/L is a fully worthy follower of the unobtanium Fritz Schimpf Gelassenheit (which was/is one of my favourites over years ...)

 

Aaaahhh, long teeth, nail-biting tension, tachycardia?

Haha! ;) 😈 :) :lol:

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5 hours ago, InesF said:

To be precise, it was a magic procedure that required some preparation and a mind, fully cleaned from daily routine thoughts: I put 5 ink bottles into a new cardboard box, named "to be gifted away" - and all of a sudden, the magic did it's intended work and <splash> there was room for these new bottles!

:lticaptd::thumbup:

 

5 hours ago, InesF said:

Me too, me too! They will not come all together, more like one at a time. What I can reveal so far is: Petrol IG 1 g/L is magic! 🧙‍♀️ Who would have thought? But I also love the "standard" Purpur-Schwarz IG 3 g/L quite a lot. And the Purpur IG 1 g/L is a fully worthy follower of the unobtanium Fritz Schimpf Gelassenheit (which was/is one of my favourites over years ...)

:D

 

5 hours ago, InesF said:

Aaaahhh, long teeth, nail-biting tension, tachycardia?

Haha! ;) 😈 :) :lol:

:lol: Touché.

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On 6/23/2025 at 1:48 PM, InesF said:

The data table has 5 new entries, extending it to 149 inks.

Thank you for all of your work! Wanted to buy and try a certain (iron gall) ink but due to this list decided not to. 

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Dear FPN users.

 

Life changes - sometimes for the worse, but most time for the better. And so it is for me.

My daily schedule changed end of summer with me now most of the time AFK. I rarely start my computer and even less often have a look at or  read contribution at FPN or Reddit and I canceled most podcasts and all YouTube subscriptions with fountain pen and stationary topics.

 

This is not the end of me using fountain pens in daily life - such a thing will "never1" happen. But I now spend much more time with traveling, with outdoor sports and with gardening than with reading reports and reviews of stationary products.

 

No doubt, I will visit FPN and its great community from time to time, but not in such a density as in the years before and only as a reader.

 

My special thanks go to @LizEF and @yazeh for always being constructive discussion partners! 👍 Thank you so much! 🙏

With a cordially "thank you" to all FPN contributors (you all know, who I mean ;) ),

and with best wishes for the 2026 fountain pen year! 🎉 🎆

InesF

 

 

1) never in this context means: as long as I can hold a fountain pen I will write with a fountain pen! ;) :) 

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Oh... this is going to be a loss for us all, but of course it sounds like a very nice development for you.

I do hope you will still be attending future Pelikan Hubs or similar meetings in Vienna. 👋

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56 minutes ago, InesF said:

Life changes - sometimes for the worse, but most time for the better. And so it is for me.

May they always be for the better! (I know they won't be, but I can wish it for you!) :) 

 

56 minutes ago, InesF said:

I rarely start my computer and even less often have a look at or  read contribution at FPN

:crybaby: I've already been missing you - the search for Professor Eenness isn't the same without Professor Ines to comment on its progress!  Clearly, I'm going to have to print out our progress and mail it to you from time to time. ;) 

 

57 minutes ago, InesF said:

My special thanks go to @LizEF and @yazeh for always being constructive discussion partners! 👍 Thank you so much! 🙏

It has been such a joy to learn inky science from you, to have your insights on what my microscopic photos reveal, and just to discuss inky and fictional adventures with you.  Thank you for greatly improving my FPN experience!

 

1 hour ago, InesF said:

But I now spend much more time with traveling, with outdoor sports and with gardening than with reading reports and reviews of stationary products.

:) I wish you all the best in your real-world adventures and look forward to whenever you do happen to drop in.

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@InesF thanks for letting us know. 🙏 I'm glad you're enjoying life, travelling, gardening, drawing and writing.

I'm happy that you've disconnected from digital web and connecting to the beautiful web of life, even though I miss your posts and input. 😺😿

Thanks for teaching me, that science can be fun.

Thanks for your lovely, graceful art and lovely handwriting samples  Fare forward. :)

 

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@InesF -- We'll miss you!  But I completely understand how people's lives can change....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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I will very much miss your contributions, but it sounds as though the changes in your life right now are all good, so I am very pleased for you!  Thank you for all you've taught us, and for your lovely handwritten posts.

"To read without also writing is to sleep." - St. Jerome

 

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Thank you so much, all of you!

 

@LizEF: I promise, I continue reading the adventures of "our" magical party! A delay? Yes. But missing? No! :) 

 

@yazeh: There is no one sided teaching. Thank you for teaching me, the pleasure is all mine! 🙏

 

@inkstainedruth: I always enjoyed your contributions. Thank you for sharing with the community! :) 

 

@knarflj: Thank you so much! Indeed, there is a life beyond bits and bytes! ;) 

 

PS: I'm still reading here at FPN .... ;)  No chance to give up such a great community!

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Glad to see you drop in, @InesF!

 

5 hours ago, InesF said:

@LizEF: I promise, I continue reading the adventures of "our" magical party! A delay? Yes. But missing? No! :) 

:) Quin, Makhabesh, Essri, and Vika are very happy to hear it! ;) 

 

5 hours ago, InesF said:

PS: I'm still reading here at FPN .... ;)  No chance to give up such a great community!

:thumbup: The balance between the real world and the online world can be a challenge. Glad to hear we still make the cut. Hope you're enjoying some winter adventures out there in the real world! :D 

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