Jolltax
May 9th, 2014, 11:07 AM
I shambled into Paperchase (http://www.paperchase.co.uk/) today, I am away on business and need some FP ink. For some reason I have all my pens and no ink, duh.
Anyway, I had a quick look round and they had a few Lamy and Cross pens and not much else and I asked if they had any bottled ink. The assistant handed me a bottle of black Cross ink and I said fine and reached for my wallet. She then said "Is your fountain pen a Cross pen?", I answered "No" and she then politely lectured me about "we don't recommend using Cross ink in any other pens" and tried to take it back. She didn't want to sell it to me .........
I (a bit grumpily) replied "I'll take it anyway" and bought it for £4.25, she looked at me disapprovingly. Now either Cross pens run on special dangerous ink or sales assistance was over-doing it a bit, is there something I need to know? A quick google suggests that it actually made by Pelikan (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/160612-index-of-ink-reviews/#entry1600178) anyway, lol - the bottle looks just like a Pelkan one.
Anyway I feel better now having shared, my knackered old Sheaffer hasn't exploded yet - is it likely to? Perhaps I inadvertantly ran into a member of the SFPP (Secret Fountain Pen Police)
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e352/Jolltax/Pen%20Stuff/20140509_181024_zpsfaf612aa.jpg
That's quite enough excitement for today .....
Jolltax
Anyway, I had a quick look round and they had a few Lamy and Cross pens and not much else and I asked if they had any bottled ink. The assistant handed me a bottle of black Cross ink and I said fine and reached for my wallet. She then said "Is your fountain pen a Cross pen?", I answered "No" and she then politely lectured me about "we don't recommend using Cross ink in any other pens" and tried to take it back. She didn't want to sell it to me .........
I (a bit grumpily) replied "I'll take it anyway" and bought it for £4.25, she looked at me disapprovingly. Now either Cross pens run on special dangerous ink or sales assistance was over-doing it a bit, is there something I need to know? A quick google suggests that it actually made by Pelikan (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/160612-index-of-ink-reviews/#entry1600178) anyway, lol - the bottle looks just like a Pelkan one.
Anyway I feel better now having shared, my knackered old Sheaffer hasn't exploded yet - is it likely to? Perhaps I inadvertantly ran into a member of the SFPP (Secret Fountain Pen Police)
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e352/Jolltax/Pen%20Stuff/20140509_181024_zpsfaf612aa.jpg
That's quite enough excitement for today .....
Jolltax