How many converters of ink do you use in a week?

[Music and Ink]

The real question is how fast do you go through ink. But it's usually phrased "how long does a bottle last you?" And the question is ruined because people switch inks. So I'm wondering how much ink you use. Thanks in advance for anyone taking the time to help!

[top pen]

I don't get through ink very quickly as my course is mainly calculation based and I prefer to use a pencil for this. Maybe 1 fill per week or 2 so averaging out to 30ml a year.

[nospam666]

I use a ml each week, on average.

[Paddler]

The garden is dormant, the freezers are full, and the pantry is stacked with supplies. I am in the middle of a long anticipated writing binge. So the ink use here is about 15 - 16 refills (converters, sacs, piston cylinders, etc.) per week. That is about 2 refills per day in a stingy pen -- more, if the nib is a medium or wider.

[stub]

What is a converter ?

[inklord]

About 2ml/week - that would make 4 con-50 from Pilot and about 3 standard international or Lamy converters, or roughly 2 fillings of a Lamy 2000... my eyedropper filled Franklin-Christoph p66 makes it (just) through the week. For reasons stated by Paddler above (garden dormant, larder full, time available) I'll soon use more like double to triple that amount.

[Jon Szanto]

What is a converter ?

You should definitely have a bookmark for these pages. (http://www.richardspens.com/ref/glossary/00_gls.htm) Click on "C", scroll down to "converter".

[Morgaine]

No idea, depends on how many letters I can get through!

[View from the Loft]

Hmm, eldest son is at university reading maths. Since the beginning of October, he has gone through a 30ml bottle of one of the green Herbin inks.

I use an average of 7ml of ink per week, and between OH, younger son and daughter and my occasional fill, we go through an 80ml bottle of black every 8 weeks.

[VertOlive]

I'm a big letter writer. I fill 8-10 pens per week. Saturday is refill day.

[Armstrong]

None, I prefer eyedropper conversions which I will use in a minute to do some study. And piston pens for carry or where I change out the ink more frequently. I write a lot so cartridges and especially converters hold no appeal. Though, if you like to change ink color frequently I can see their attraction.