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18 hours ago, wallylynn said:

if I recall, Antarctica is actually a desert.  It doesn't really snow.  It's just the little bit of snow never melts.

True.  But that's still too much snow for me....

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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On 3/3/2022 at 8:52 PM, I-am-not-really-here said:

Forty different inks and brands? No.  That's called diversification. 

Forty different inks and brands? That's called a good start!

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On 3/5/2022 at 4:34 PM, A Smug Dill said:

Pirates and dragons keeping and zealously guarding their caches of treasures

Certainly... What is a dragon without a hoard? Or two or... Hm well, ink is at least one of mine.

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Penguincollector Antique

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On 3/3/2022 at 5:40 PM, A Smug Dill said:

 

Who/where in Antartica?

As a penguin, I guess I should move back home. I should also start buying the Polar inks just for this occasion.

Top 5 of 23 currently inked pens:

Namiki Origami Tradition maki-e Penguin F, Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku

Sailor X Sakazaki Penguin Pro Gear Slim MF, Sailor Manyo Konagi

Lamy 2000 EF, Diamine Purple Bow

Platinum Hibiscus SF short-long, Platinum Green

Indigo Bronze TWSBI Eco 1.1 Stub, De Atramentis Columbia Blue-Copper 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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On 10/20/2022 at 2:38 PM, Penguincollector said:

As a penguin, I guess I should move back home. I should also start buying the Polar inks just for this occasion.

 

So, how is it going? Did you acquire polar 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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Penguincollector Antique

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On 1/29/2023 at 2:35 PM, amberleadavis said:

 

So, how is it going? Did you acquire polar inks?

No polar inks (too many vintage pens has scared me off buying them), but I keep acquiring penguins!  

Top 5 of 23 currently inked pens:

Namiki Origami Tradition maki-e Penguin F, Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku

Sailor X Sakazaki Penguin Pro Gear Slim MF, Sailor Manyo Konagi

Lamy 2000 EF, Diamine Purple Bow

Platinum Hibiscus SF short-long, Platinum Green

Indigo Bronze TWSBI Eco 1.1 Stub, De Atramentis Columbia Blue-Copper 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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On 1/31/2023 at 10:36 AM, Penguincollector said:

No polar inks (too many vintage pens has scared me off buying them), but I keep acquiring penguins!  

We'd love to see pictures of the penguins.

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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26 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

We'd love to see pictures of the penguins.

I want to put a gallery album up of them, but I don’t know how yet. When I figure it out, I will post a link here.

Top 5 of 23 currently inked pens:

Namiki Origami Tradition maki-e Penguin F, Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku

Sailor X Sakazaki Penguin Pro Gear Slim MF, Sailor Manyo Konagi

Lamy 2000 EF, Diamine Purple Bow

Platinum Hibiscus SF short-long, Platinum Green

Indigo Bronze TWSBI Eco 1.1 Stub, De Atramentis Columbia Blue-Copper 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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I've heard of the concept of supplies adquired beyond life expectancy (SABLE).

With my current usage I have enough for 5 years or so, so I need to use it up or stop buying.

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11 hours ago, glittergreen8 said:

I've heard of the concept of supplies adquired beyond life expectancy (SABLE).

With my current usage I have enough for 5 years or so, so I need to use it up or stop buying.

You need to buy more ink. You're going to make it more than 5 years.

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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If you have a bunch of inks you never use... but you're holding down a job, you pay your bills, your family life is good and you aren't in danger of being suffocated under a Cult Pens Diamine ink 3-for-2 sale bottle avalanche... Maybe it's wasteful, but it ain't hoarding. 

 

I like having the right tool for the job on hand. Sometimes that's actual tools, or it could be herbs and spices for cooking... Or it could be inks.

 

There's no better feeling than needing just the right thing and finding it in your stash. I'll continue to make some wasteful decisions on all fronts, with great satisfaction.

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On 2/4/2023 at 5:25 PM, Horseflesh said:

If you have a bunch of inks you never use... but you're holding down a job, you pay your bills, your family life is good and you aren't in danger of being suffocated under a Cult Pens Diamine ink 3-for-2 sale bottle avalanche... Maybe it's wasteful, but it ain't hoarding. 

 

I like having the right tool for the job on hand. Sometimes that's actual tools, or it could be herbs and spices for cooking... Or it could be inks.

 

There's no better feeling than needing just the right thing and finding it in your stash. I'll continue to make some wasteful decisions on all fronts, with great satisfaction.

 

Cult pen is having a sale?????

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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5 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

Cult pen is having a sale?????

Noooooooooo!  Diamine inks are already so cheap over there.  I didn’t see this. I didn’t see this.  

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Thankfully, I took a hit for the team….it does not APPEAR that Cult Pens is having a sale on Diamine. If they are, they are hiding it from me….

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On 3/4/2022 at 7:57 AM, A Smug Dill said:

 

I dunno. To me, using an EF nib never had the inescapable logical equivalence with laying down less ink (by volume) per unit area covered by ink marks. If I can put umpteen parallel lines inside a 5mm×5mm square area on the page, that's a lot of area — more than 50% of the 25mm² — covered in ink, and if it's a reasonably wet-writing nib, probably more densely deposited ink than if a 1.9mm Stub/Italic nib was used to spread ink in a single continuous stripe. It just takes longer to make so many pen strokes and ‘colour in’ the page, to form whatever larger symbols or overall visual effect.

 

I’m a proud ink hoarder.  I recently moved and even the commercial mover was shocked at how many boxes and plastic 3-drawer “cabinets”’were filled with inks.  They had never heard of a fountain pen, and asked why would I need so much ink?

 

My answer was elegantly sublime.  
 

Because I love it all.  
 

it fell upon deaf ears. 

With the new FPN rules, now I REALLY don't know what to put in my signature.

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4 hours ago, SamCapote said:

I’m a proud ink hoarder.  I recently moved and even the commercial mover was shocked at how many boxes and plastic 3-drawer “cabinets”’were filled with inks.  They had never heard of a fountain pen, and asked why would I need so much ink?

 

My answer was elegantly sublime.  
 

Because I love it all.  
 

it fell upon deaf ears. 

You and AmberleaDavis are the people my husband once said (after showing him photos of the ink hauls the two of you had posted a few years ago): "This is NOT a competition!"

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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