I now have a problem…

[Carguy]

I don’t have ENOUGH pens or ink! I have finally found a cabinet suitable for pens which I got ridiculously cheap at an estate sale. After lining the drawers with pen trays, each of 5 drawers will hold 96 pens with two drawers for ink or other parts. I’m in heaven….my wife, unfortunately, is not!

[AmandaW]

Lovely! What a problem to have.

[Shanghai Knife Dude]

so what's your problem? your wife? 

 

now you have a hotel with 400+ rooms for your pens. you will be needing a hotel manager, a database to rule them all. 

[Lam1]

nice cabinet, congrats!

 

But, if I understand well your problem, at 480 pens, the cabinet is too small and you need another equal to it, right?

So, your wife doesn't think the other one will fit in the house? 🙃

[mke]

Which ink bottles are so small that you get them into these drawers?

 

[Carguy]

So here are a couple of photos….the 51/61/45 drawers

[AmandaW]

Very nice! May I ask what is the pastel pink pen with the silver cap in the centre of the first drawer?

[Carguy]

That is a custom 51 by Kullock that I bought from Teri at Peyton Street Pens. She has several Kullock creations but not sure about another pink one.

[inkstainedruth]

Well, you COULD explain to your wife that at least it's not a full size antique dental cabinet....  

This spring I really AM going to try to get the knobs on the drawers and maybe even get the metal parts of the interiors of the drawers treated with Rustoleum....  And then see if I can order a bunch of the flocked plastic pen trays to line the drawers with....  Of course I've been saying that since I bought the thing just as the world was going into COVID lockdown....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Carguy]

8 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Well, you COULD explain to your wife that at least it's not a full size antique dental cabinet....  

This spring I really AM going to try to get the knobs on the drawers and maybe even get the metal parts of the interiors of the drawers treated with Rustoleum....  And then see if I can order a bunch of the flocked plastic pen trays to line the drawers with....  Of course I've been saying that since I bought the thing just as the world was going into COVID lockdown....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

You HAVE been talking about fixing that cabinet up forever! Are you familiar with Penn Industries for the trays?

[inkstainedruth]

Possibly.  I remember buying a few from some vendor at an early pen show, and it might have been them or was a reseller for them.

Just looked at their website, though, and it seems as if they only have the one color.    

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[Misfit]

@Carguy I remember you posting about loving color in pens and clothes. Cool to see it in your pens. Thank you for sharing the photos. 

[Penguincollector]

That’s such a great problem to have! What a lovely cabinet, I hope you get to fill it to capacity with marvelous pens.

[Carguy]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

Possibly.  I remember buying a few from some vendor at an early pen show, and it might have been them or was a reseller for them.

Just looked at their website, though, and it seems as if they only have the one color.    

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

That is true on color but I ordered way more than I needed and they are nice ones.

[Carguy]

56 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@Carguy I remember you posting about loving color in pens and clothes. Cool to see it in your pens. Thank you for sharing the photos. 

I absolutely love a pop of color in everything. I actually bought a bright green wallet today that I am currently enamored with.

[Misfit]

@Carguy I bet that bright green wallet will get comments. Sounds fun. 

[Prof Drew]

Thanks @Carguy for posting your cool storage facility and especially for the info on Penn Industries's trays. I was looking for such trays for a drawer set I have so the pens don't just roll around.