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I’ve got three tiny (12ml !!) bottles of an old Sheaffer color. I’d like to give these away to anyone who is relatively new, an ink fiend (but who isn’t?), and new to this obscure ink. 
 

The bottle are full to the brim and the caps tighter than tight (it’s going to take a six year old body builder or a tool to uncap these), so I suspect the ink is good, apart from any color degradation from time (been in drawers and cupboards as long as I’ve had them, though). But with those spiffy new needle cartridge/converter fillers, those 12 milliliters are available without losing half of it, so out they go. 

 

The others inks aren’t available, just props. Sheaffer lavender was quite nice, as was the burgundy. Full disclosure: I didn’t like this color then or now but some certainly did. It was an unusual color in the time before Private Reserve & Diamond & Noodlers and the rainbow flood we all have access to!
 

Happy to mail on my dime anywhere in the US. I’ll watch the thread for the first three requests. 
 

[I didn’t reread the PIF guidelines, so I hope I’m not violating any, but if I have, please let me know.)

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2 hours ago, Mar_ said:

I'd be interested in a bottle If I may?

You’ve got bottle #1. You can PM me your address and I’ll get it out this week. 👍

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Oooh, I'd also really enjoy one and can help with postage if you'd like.

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You’ve got bottle #2! PM me with your address. Thanks, but no postage help needed, that’s part of the PIF. People were really good to me in the pen world, always, nice to give back. 

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I LOVE this ink.  It is a favorite, but I still have a teeny amount so not a request, just a kudos.

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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It is and I’d almost given up on giving it away. Send your address and I’ll get it out early next week with the others. Even if you don’t like the color, I think you’ll find it interesting. 
 

Dan

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All three tiny bottles are claimed! I imagine one of the lucky (??!!) people will post an ink sample after receiving it. 

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On 4/13/2022 at 9:54 AM, Mr5x5 said:

Very generous of you.  Not in, but curious what it looks like.

 

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When I first started here, Kings Gold was one of the inks that people seemed to wax nostalgic about -- almost as much as Parker Penman Sapphire.

Congratulations to the three lucky recipients!

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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6 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

When I first started here, Kings Gold was one of the inks that people seemed to wax nostalgic about -- almost as much as Parker Penman Sapphire.

Congratulations to the three lucky recipients!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

❤️ Such a good ink.

I got a sample of ppsaphire but I never heard of kings til this post.

 

Also getting to know Dan though direct messages- he's genuinely a cool guy! That opportunity in itself is spectacular!

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3 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

When I first started here, Kings Gold was one of the inks that people seemed to wax nostalgic about -- almost as much as Parker Penman Sapphire.

Congratulations to the three lucky recipients!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

It got discontinued a few years after I got active at Pentrace and later here, along with several other colors, including the fabled lavender and at least one other color. KG was a love/hate thing for many and I wasn’t really an admirer. For several years afterwards you could find the NoNonsense calligraphy pen in a blister pack with these little bottles. I would buy them, sell the pen, and hoard the bottles—that’s how I got lavender!
 

I stayed away from a few chances I had at several Parker Penman inks because their rep was so bad. I was given Sapphire carts and used them in a specific easy-to-clean pen. It was an very intense blue but probably wouldn’t merit a second glances with the amazing colors today. I’d totally forgotten until I peeked in my ink cupboard. 

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4 hours ago, Mar_ said:

 

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Not as ugly as I remember lol!!  Pretty close to J Herbin Buttercup, perhaps?

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Not as ugly as I remember lol!!  Pretty close to J Herbin Buttercup, perhaps?

Mayhaps, need a good Google search but. Now for some reason I want butterscotch pudding 

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Thanks.  Interesting color but not one I would see myself using.

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59 minutes ago, Mr5x5 said:

Thanks.  Interesting color but not one I would see myself using.

Fair! I'll only ever dip pen the ink. Super rarely 

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