The sadness of limited edition and bygone inks

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On 1/25/2026 at 3:43 PM, inkstainedruth said:

Thanks, but I have way too many inks already (including a bunch that have never been opened).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Bite your tongue.  No such thing.

 

I don't have any regrets about prized inks running out because as soon as I found a great one, I bought at least 3-5 of them!  Still have 7 unopened bottles of PPS, 4 MB Racing Green, and most all of those special edition MB inks.  Rarely have I ever met an ink that I actually hate.

[inkstainedruth]

LOL!

A number of years ago my husband was complaining about how much ink I have (he tells people that the pens were just the gateway to the "real" collection...). 

And I said that you and Amberlea Davis BOTH had way more inks than I did -- and he said, "This is NOT supposed to be a competition!"

Of course, he has three pens (four if you count a Sheaffer Snorkel he "borrowed" so he could use a different color ink but hasn't ever returned) but I think he has a total of three inks: Namiki Blue, Namiki Black, and some Noodler's black ink (I think it was Noodler's Dark Matter) that someone talked him into getting the year he came to the Commonwealth Pen Show with me (back when it was only one day) and we were sitting at a table in the middle of the room that had inks for people to try/take in trade.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth