The appeal of Parker Penman Sapphire

[Bo Bo Olson]

5 hours ago, PJohnP said:

flat tassie BP and a mechanical pencil of the same era. 

 

The pen I used for my second to last PPS cartridge, will be used for the last.

 

Back when the P-75 was still sort of new on the market at least to me a converted to BP Barbarian, ('71) the thin as the then In pen the Cross  matt black  BP**.

The silver BP/MP was by 'us' called a P-75 and not the 'Classic' of later (as I later read, but always thought of as a P-75 BP), came with for me with a MP Cartridge that I still have. Looks just like the Jotter ink cartridge.

 

** Jotter $3.60, Cross thin black BP a whopping $8, and I'd gone to the BX to buy a Cross. I drooled over the black and gold Snorkel (somewhere at or under $15) I'd promised my self when 13-14 I'd get when i got a real job. .

I had money in my pocket.

I got mugged by  the P-75 brothers, in silver money. $22 for the FP, a staggering $18 for the MP/BP.

[effrafax]

17 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

It's not only the water that evaporates. I wish we could find "rehydrating fluid" for ink.

 

Check this out:

 

https://www.vandiemansink.com.au/products/van-diemans-fountain-pen-ink-diluter-and-rehydrator

 

[Note: no affiliation etc.]

 

I've seen similar products from other ink makers, but this was the first that came to mind.

 

[SamCapote]

12 hours ago, effrafax said:

 

Check this out:

 

https://www.vandiemansink.com.au/products/van-diemans-fountain-pen-ink-diluter-and-rehydrator

 

[Note: no affiliation etc.]

 

I've seen similar products from other ink makers, but this was the first that came to mind.

 

effrafax, that looks truly awesome!  Thank you.  I'm ordering 3 bottles

now.

 

That was pretty reasonable shipping coming from Australia to USA.  $20

 

[effrafax]

8 hours ago, SamCapote said:

effrafax, that looks truly awesome!  Thank you.  I'm ordering 3 bottles

now.

 

That was pretty reasonable shipping coming from Australia to USA.  $20

 

 

Yes, their inks and other products are reasonably priced too, and good quality.  I have 'several' of their inks (make that 15) and they are all well behaved, although their shimmering inks, like most offerings, do tend to bleed on poorer papers.  Australian postage is more reasonable than most of the world these days, even after they recently raised their rates.

 

[Lithium466]

21 hours ago, effrafax said:

 

Check this out:

 

https://www.vandiemansink.com.au/products/van-diemans-fountain-pen-ink-diluter-and-rehydrator

Interesting, thanks!

Not sure how they manage to make it work with the multitude of various inks, different PH and different fungicides, but I guess in small quantities used fast that doesn't really matter.