The ultimate ink lovers birthday gift or the penultimate

**Bogon07** · January 28th, 2013, 03:21 PM

Gourmet Pens rec'd a real ink lovers birthday gift that is hard to beat....all 24 Iroshizuku inks and nicely laid out too.
http://www.gourmetpens.com/2013/01/m...then-some.html

The biggest problem would be which one do you try first !

**eriquito** · January 28th, 2013, 04:08 PM

Gorgeousness! I've daydreamed once or twice about doing the same, but there are a couple colors that I know I wouldn't care for. Whew!

**KrazyIvan** · January 28th, 2013, 04:15 PM

Holy vibrant inkiness!

**Bogon07** · January 28th, 2013, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by eriquito

Gorgeousness! I've daydreamed once or twice about doing the same, but there are a couple colors that I know I wouldn't care for. Whew!

But there will be rare occasions when those colours will be exactly right (I deliberately avoided the obvious pun here).

The entire Noodler's, DeAramentis or Diamine collections would be pretty impressive too.

**snedwos** · January 29th, 2013, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Bogon07

But there will be rare occasions when those colours will be exactly right (I deliberately avoided the obvious pun here).

The entire Noodler's, DeAramentis or Diamine collections would be pretty impressive too.

Cost about the same, too... Maybe not teh DeAtramentis, because their range is just ridiculous.

**fountainpenkid** · January 29th, 2013, 04:46 PM

That is a lot of ink and a lot of money.

**Bogon07** · January 30th, 2013, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by snedwos

Cost about the same, too... Maybe not teh DeAtramentis, because their range is just ridiculous.

Yes, come to think of it with DeAtramentis you would be getting several versions of the same ink under different names and maybe smells.

**Carole** · February 10th, 2013, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by Bogon07

But there will be rare occasions when those colours will be exactly right (I deliberately avoided the obvious pun here).

Dear Bogon07,

Even after 3 cups of espresso, I can't figure out what the obvious pun is. Please tell me! (I admire your refinement in resisting temptation and avoiding the obvious, but now it's driving me crazy. Not a long trip, admittedly. ) Thank you, fellow inkster.

**Tracy Lee** · February 10th, 2013, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Carole

Dear Bogon07,

Even after 3 cups of espresso, I can't figure out what the obvious pun is. Please tell me! (I admire your refinement in resisting temptation and avoiding the obvious, but now it's driving me crazy. Not a long trip, admittedly. ) Thank you, fellow inkster.

Exactly right, exactly write? My guess.

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**Carole** · February 10th, 2013, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by Tracy Lee

Exactly right, exactly write? My guess.

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Ah, thank you kindly Tracy Lee! Why couldn't I see that? Your guess may well be rite!

**GourmetPens** · March 17th, 2013, 10:55 PM

Haha funny to find this in here. We actually got it from Mike at Vanness Pens and the whole lot + shipping wasn't too bad. They certainly weren't at $30 a bottle

He did offer us a quantity discount. It was inevitable I'd have them all eventually anyway so it was cheaper to get them all at once!

**earthdawn** · March 17th, 2013, 11:55 PM

WOW... thats just... I dunno ... AWESOME !!!

I would not be surprised to see Mike toss that package up as an option.

Considering I don't have any Iroshizuku inks I would consider something like that.

Enjoy !!!

And great photos too !

Love your blog.

**GourmetPens** · May 6th, 2013, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by earthdawn

WOW... thats just... I dunno ... AWESOME !!!

I would not be surprised to see Mike toss that package up as an option.

Considering I don't have any Iroshizuku inks I would consider something like that.

Enjoy !!!

And great photos too !

Love your blog.

Thank you so much

The nice thing about having them all is I don't feel shy about using them whereas before, I used to feel like I had to "justify" each use. I know, totally silly. Anyway, now I freely use them all! Woo hoo! At the very least, it makes for some very nice eye candy hehe.

**Pingo5** · May 14th, 2013, 06:48 PM

god, i can only dream of something like that!
ive always wanted to have atleast one of the iroshizuku inks, and this is making me drool beyond extent. ive heard great great things about them; and i know for a fact id use them every day, im not shy with my colors haha.

**AltecGreen** · May 14th, 2013, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Bogon07

Gourmet Pens rec'd a real ink lovers birthday gift that is hard to beat....all 24 Iroshizuku inks and nicely laid out too.

There are actually 27 Iroshizuku inks. Very few people have the three limited edition colors.

**GourmetPens** · May 14th, 2013, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by AltecGreen

Originally Posted by Bogon07

Gourmet Pens rec'd a real ink lovers birthday gift that is hard to beat....all 24 Iroshizuku inks and nicely laid out too.

There are actually 27 Iroshizuku inks. Very few people have the three limited edition colors.

Ohhh yes, good point. I totally forgot about those!! Rats. Gorgeous boxes & labels and all.

**Bogon07** · May 14th, 2013, 09:39 PM

Well you learn something new everyday here.

Three LE Tokyo Ito-ya inks from around 2009
edo-murasaki
fukagawa-nezu
shimbashi-iro

Here is a link to a one on JetPens from early 2010 - you get a gold string instead of the usual silver one. The Simbashi-iro looks a nice colour too.
http://www.jetpens.com/articles/Prom...ashi-iro_Color

I recall at one stage Ito-ya had a special LE Al-Star too. Dark blue ?

KI, help its like the MiniDisc LE releases in Japan all over again.

**AltecGreen** · May 15th, 2013, 04:46 PM

Edo Murasaki was the one that sold out first. It's the only one I do not have.

Of the three, I like the Fukugawa Nezu the best.

**KrazyIvan** · May 16th, 2013, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by Bogon07

Well you learn something new everyday here.

Three LE Tokyo Ito-ya inks from around 2009
edo-murasaki
fukagawa-nezu
shimbashi-iro

Here is a link to a one on JetPens from early 2010 - you get a gold string instead of the usual silver one. The Simbashi-iro looks a nice colour too.
http://www.jetpens.com/articles/Prom...ashi-iro_Color

I recall at one stage Ito-ya had a special LE Al-Star too. Dark blue ?

KI, help its like the MiniDisc LE releases in Japan all over again.

Let's just hope their marketing does not kill it like Sony did MiniDisc.