At What Point is it Hoarding?

[Dione]

I thought that Penman inks were designed around Sonnets but if you ask Leighton he will tell you that the modern Duofold and Penman inks were designed to be used together. I eliminated my Duofold vent hole using a piece of sticky tape.

[bunnspecial]

Not doubting at all-like I said it just hasn’t come up when I’ve talked to him. 
 

When we were talking about Duofolds I only had a French one at the time and didn’t see the hole he was talking about. I’ve since acquired a few Mk Is buy probably wouldn’t have seen the hole if he hadn’t told me where it was. 

[ErrantSmudge]

8 hours ago, bunnspecial said:

I have a hard time buying that old Sapphire is darker from water loss at least in glass bottles. On the surface it's a logical explanation because evaporation would cause the ink to appear more saturated.

 

I have a glass bottle of Sapphire purchased about twenty years ago, which has become much darker and saturated over the years.  About a year or so ago I siphoned out a bit and diluted it (I forget the ratio I eventually needed) to get it to approximate its original appearance.

 

20 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

I think buying more than I can expect to use up or give away — or, I suppose, sell which is something I don't do — before the (either explicitly, or derived by ‘shelf life’) recommended use-by date of the retail product, constitutes hoarding if the unit count is greater than one.

 

I like this definition better than the one I originally posted.  The key point to me is buying up more than you can reasonably use or pass on to others.

 

[Dione]

Maybe @bunnspecial is just a teenager so he's hoping to have enough to use during the rest of his life?  I'm old enough to know I will never use my ink bottles.

[bunnspecial]

6 hours ago, Dione said:

Maybe @bunnspecial is just a teenager so he's hoping to have enough to use during the rest of his life?  I'm old enough to know I will never use my ink bottles.

What would make you think I'm a teenager?

 

I am looking toward hopefully 50+ years of using this stuff, though.

[Dione]

2 hours ago, bunnspecial said:

What would make you think I'm a teenager?

I only suggested that maybe you were in order to have plenty of time to use your Penman inks rather than be a hoarder.

[bunnspecial]

1 hour ago, Dione said:

I only suggested that maybe you were in order to have plenty of time to use your Penman inks rather than be a hoarder.

 Fair enough

 

I'm in my early 30s, so suspect that I may well use a decent bit of this ink although I'm going to dole it out judiciously.

 

I've had work meetings this morning and have actually been enjoying Ruby in a Duofold(Mk. 1 International-I normally don't get along as well with smaller pens and the Centennial at 146/M800 size is near perfect for me, but the International is surprisingly comfortable) and it's been great to use.

 

With that said, I have a few other intents for this stash of Penman. For one, I'd like to dole out samples at least some, as Sapphire in particular is on a lot of people's "want to try but may never  get to" list. That also goes at work for the few FP nuts around(haven't met any at my new job, but had a couple at my old job) and I do like letting someone fill their pen from a bottle they're interested in.

 

I've used a decent bit of the bottle of Indigo I bought back in March also, and I should probably order another especially as I don't know how long Leighton will keep it up. It's still available, though, so I'm resisting the urge to truly hoard. With that said, I don't think it's entirely unreasonable to have a "backup bottle" of an ink you like.

[como]

If one suspects that he/she is hoarding ink, he/she probably is.😏

[Bo Bo Olson]

I used up my first bottle of MB Sepia in only 13 years.

The rate I'm going I'll be pushing 94 by the time I use up my extra bottles of Edelstein Smoky Quartz and Oliverine.

 

Ah forgot.....W.Germany Lamy, blue and turquoise. Still got a drop in the 13 year old classic bottle of Turquoise.

 

I've held my hording in borders. LOM is the culprit.

Really got to use up the old inks........ brown MB Christmases. Not using an ink is as bad as hording.

 

I am trying, the less pens I have inked....say about 7 the more ink I'll use. Back when I had 17 pens inked......some sat months, many months.

[Mercian]

I’d say that ‘keeping a stash’ of ink can be said to have crossed over into ‘hoarding’ once one finds oneself sitting over one’s stash at night, wide awake, with weapon in hand.

 

Although, given that you have now announced that you have ‘extra’ or ‘spare’ bottles of Parker Penman Sapphire, doing that might qualify as merely ‘a sensible precaution’…

 

Beware the Raiders of the Lost Ink! 😱

😉

[VersoFolio]

Of the many ink lovers and fans of author Tom Robbins, "Jitterbug Purfume" I ask; "exactly what is in that dusty old (ink) bottle at the bottom of the cupboard, and what is that curious odour"? Smells vaguely 'caprine'!

Happy herding..(sorry hoarding)

vf..a walking contradiction, partly true and partly...hallucinated.

[ridiculopathy]

In my personal definitions: having one backup is prudent, having more than one backup is hoarding

 

I don’t hoard ink because I use it slowly enough that I worry more about mold than running out. But I did start hoarding paper after the Tomoe River Paper Crisis (lol). Mainly because there aren’t any great substitutes yet and I didn’t want to risk the Nanami leather covers I have going to waste.

[chromantic]

The 2nd and 3rd Kana-cho Midnights, no, as I knew I'd eventually use them (just about to break open the 2nd bottle, in fact).

 

The 4 extra bottles of Golden Beryl, probably so, though that was with the possibility of reselling them once they're out of stock for a tidy profit. If not, well, I can make it my EDC for the next 5 years, I suppose.

[Bo Bo Olson]

I should have stockpiled ink when it was cheap...a decade or so ago.....

The prices today.

 

 

Good inflation of only 3% per year is only 30% in a decade.....

Well when one is retired the Government  don't keep up with inflation....which is why all the old folks B*tch all the time about the high prices.

 

In 12 years to go from E-13 to E23 for a bottle of normal MB ink is more than inflation....they have to keep up with the Jones, of Japanese inks and GvFC and Cd'A.

 

Lamy Turquoise has only increased  2+X now 10E, was E-4.00, 13 years ago.

T-53 at E 9.50 for 30ml is a tad expensive. Of course it's got all of Pelikan Edelstein names and much cheaper......got to look that up.

 

[RJS]

I paid about 13 Euros for my last regular bottle of Montblanc a few months ago.... shop about, order from Europe...

[Bo Bo Olson]

Am in Germany......

[RJS]

1 minute ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

Am in Germany......

Buy from LCDC during their next 20% off sale

[Bo Bo Olson]

11 hours ago, RJS said:

LCDC

I'd not heard of it until now....am now looking.

Ink prices in some cases look good.

Never heard of Ferris Wheel ink.

MB LE ink down from E35 to E19 in one or two cases.

 

Not buying in I spent my limit on a rare Geha 780 fountain pen. E150+ is my limit in most cases. I can't afford new pens.

Get better nibs and great balance with vintage as is.

Maxi-semi-flex B., which was discovered later.

I'd had and chased Geha black and gold 790's for a decade before I even knew there was a 780.

[RJS]

That pen looks lovely! Good buy 👍

[Bo Bo Olson]

Vintage Color pens outside of Pelikan, go for 20% more than the normal black and gold..........which explains why I have so many black and gold pens.