Is Edelstein Tanzanite being discontinued?

[MHBru]

It is out of stock almost everywhere and some sites list it as discontinued.  I know that 4001 blue black is returning to the US and wonder if the two are related.  Does anyone have any insight?  My web search has not yielded anything specific.  Thanks.

[inkstainedruth]

No, haven't heard about this until seeing your post just now.  I hope Tanzanite ISN'T being discontinued, because I like it a lot -- and sometimes I might NOT want the extra maintenance of an IG ink, even though I also like 4001 Blue Black a lot as well -- which I had to get last spring from Cult Pens because even though it was supposedly now being sold in the US again, it was OOS most places I looked....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

This doesn’t answer your question. It is in stock on Amazon. I looked at Pelikan’s website, and it’s still listed there in Edelstein inks. 

[MHBru]

well the good news is that I found something else I like.  GvFC Midnight Blue.  I did see Tazanite avail on Amazon.  Nibs.com shows it as "no longer available" and it's out of stock at many other locations.  That was what initiated my question.  

[welch]

Years ago, meaning when the Edelstein inks were first issued, I mixed Edelstein Sapphire and Tanzanite to make and ink something like Asa-Gao: a solid purplish blue. 

[AmericanMonk]

I feel like Amazon requires a good amount of digging before you can rely on it as a source of ink trends. The Tanzanite that is currently being featured on Amazon isn't being sold by Pelikan. It is being sold by Altman Luggage Co. Since they are primarily a luggage company it is possible that their stock ink doesn't sell as quickly as a pen store's. Maybe they'll get restocked; maybe they won't. That is very different from Amazon having a regular supply.

[welch]

Goulet Pens has Edelstein Tanzanite in bottles and cartridges. So does Fountain Pen Hospital. Vanness has the 4 ml samples, but they have sold out the 50 ml standard bottles. Anderson Pens has the 50 ml bottles. 

[MHBru]

9 hours ago, welch said:

Goulet Pens has Edelstein Tanzanite in bottles and cartridges. So does Fountain Pen Hospital. Vanness has the 4 ml samples, but they have sold out the 50 ml standard bottles. Anderson Pens has the 50 ml bottles. 

actually Goulet shows sold out and it is not on the FPH website at all.  Not that it matters at this point because I decided to go with GvFC Midnight Blue. 

[Christopher Godfrey]

OK -- May I divert this thread slightly, now that the original question has been answered?  OK, so then it's quiz time: 

 

Anyone know how or why Tanzanite derived its name?  (No, <don't> go diving into Google to ask!  That's far too easy...)  😉

[JohnT]

Tanzanite is a semi precious stone, found in a single region in the world. Only one mine, situated in Tanzania Africa. Hence the name. 

[Christopher Godfrey]

Correct!  And Tsavorite has a very similar crystal, I believe, but in a green colour.  Tanzanite came into Nairobi first c.1968 and I saw a sample of it quite soon after in a jewellery/mineral shop in Nairobi.  The interesting thing about the tanzanite crystal is that when you view it one way it is a beautiful blue-ish/purple-y colour; but when turned through ninety degrees, the (unpolished) crystal appears brown.  They both come from northern Tanzania.

 

My best friend and I used to pick up garnets by the handful along the roadside across the Athi plains in Kenya, too.  Anyway, excuse the sidetrack...

[Misfit]

@Christopher Godfrey I think your digression was fascinating. 

[jmccarty3]

Anyone have any further updates on the availability of Tanzanite?

[inkstainedruth]

I did a quick Amazon search just now.

Cult Pens in the UK seems to have it in stock.  Goldspot Pens has cartridges, but not bottles at the moment.  Ditto for Goulet Pens and Pen Boutique. Jet Pens also only seems to have cartridges.  Vanness only seems to have samples at the moment.

Streetfair on eBay has bottles in stock and if you buy more than 1 you get a discount per bottle.  But I've had mixed experiences with them.  The Online Pen Company seems to have bottles in stock, but I don't know anything about that vendor (and a four pack of bottles from them seems to be OOS).  Haven't checked at other places like Anderson Pens -- I was just doing a quickie Amazon search.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[jmccarty3]

22 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I did a quick Amazon search just now.

Cult Pens in the UK seems to have it in stock.  Goldspot Pens has cartridges, but not bottles at the moment.  Ditto for Goulet Pens and Pen Boutique. Jet Pens also only seems to have cartridges.  Vanness only seems to have samples at the moment.

Streetfair on eBay has bottles in stock and if you buy more than 1 you get a discount per bottle.  But I've had mixed experiences with them.  The Online Pen Company seems to have bottles in stock, but I don't know anything about that vendor (and a four pack of bottles from them seems to be OOS).  Haven't checked at other places like Anderson Pens -- I was just doing a quickie Amazon search.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Anderson says "Call for Availability," but it says that for quite a few of the Edelstein inks.

[Lam1]

On 12/1/2023 at 12:10 AM, Christopher Godfrey said:

Correct!  And Tsavorite has a very similar crystal, I believe, but in a green colour.  Tanzanite came into Nairobi first c.1968 and I saw a sample of it quite soon after in a jewellery/mineral shop in Nairobi.  The interesting thing about the tanzanite crystal is that when you view it one way it is a beautiful blue-ish/purple-y colour; but when turned through ninety degrees, the (unpolished) crystal appears brown.  They both come from northern Tanzania.

 

My best friend and I used to pick up garnets by the handful along the roadside across the Athi plains in Kenya, too.  Anyway, excuse the sidetrack...

 

That was the best part of the thread. By far!!