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Originally Posted by
Chrissy
If I lived in the US I would be taking a long look around the Birmingham Pens web-site. :)
Hi Chrissy,
I live in the US and I have at least half a dozen Birmingham Pens inks. Most of them are absolutely wonderful; one or two were a little disappointing, BUT... the real kicker with them is that if you find an ink they carry that you really like, you'd better order several more while they still have them in stock, because it seems that once they run out of a color, instead of making up more of it, they fill the hole in their lineup with a new color. That means there's always something new and exciting to see when you go to visit them, but if you want to reorder a favorite, you may be disappointed.
Now, to be perfectly fair, that was the pattern when they were having their formulæ made up in Germany, but now that they're making their inks in-house (and they've been doing that for -- two or three years? -- not sure exactly), it may be a different story. I recently went through an extended period of using only DeAtramentis document inks to avoid obliteration when spills occur, but now that I'm back to living dangerously, I will no doubt be paying more attention to them (Birmingham) again.