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    Default Re: What Was The Last Bottle Of Ink You Emptied?

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    I just emptied all 10 first fun bottles of OrganINKS by dumping them down the drain. You should have seen the amount of sludge left in the bottom of some of those bottles. Don't know why I didn't take pictures!
    OMG, this same thing happened to me with inks from Organics Studio. (Is that the same company?) I had two of the initial "Elements" colors. I, too, dumped them once I discovered the problem.
    Yeah, that's the same company. I think their first line of inks was called OrganINKS or something.

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    I just emptied all 10 first fun bottles of OrganINKS by dumping them down the drain. You should have seen the amount of sludge left in the bottom of some of those bottles. Don't know why I didn't take pictures!
    I've got some sludgy ones still. Dare I taste them...?
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    Default Re: What Was The Last Bottle Of Ink You Emptied?

    Quote Originally Posted by dannzeman View Post
    I just emptied all 10 first fun bottles of OrganINKS by dumping them down the drain. You should have seen the amount of sludge left in the bottom of some of those bottles. Don't know why I didn't take pictures!
    Not sure that counts for this thread. :-)
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    Default Re: What Was The Last Bottle Of Ink You Emptied?

    My last emptied bottle was 80ml of Diamine Eau de Nil. I would guess I go through about 3 bottles of Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black every year for work. In the past few months I've emptied 80ml bottles of Diamine Bilberry and Sherwood Green. I think because I tend to use wide italics I go through ink pretty quickly.

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    Waterman Florida Blue was the first ink I used and it was exclusive for awhile so no surprise it was the first to empty. And the bottle I have now is still that second Florida Blue bottle. Also emptied MB Bordeaux but slowed down with that to make the last two bottles last longer. I'm not very imaginative getting the last drops - pour it into the next bottle.

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    I've only ever emptied one bottle, Pelikan Brilliant Brown, and that was because I spilled 3/4ths of it all over my carpet

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    Default Re: What Was The Last Bottle Of Ink You Emptied?

    My last bottle was a Parker Quink Black.

    I'm using Sheaffer Black and Sheaffer Dark Blue. These two will be next to be empty.


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    I bought a 7 or 8 bottles of ink many years ago, and the Waterman Violet and South Sea Blue are almost gone. In those days, I carried only 1 pen and I rotated the inks that I used, so they didn't run out very quickly. Using the bottles was interrupted by a long period when I frequently used cartridges for convenience during travel. I switched back almost exclusively to bottles again a few years ago when I discovered Iroshizuku. (A couple of my pens are cartridge only. I haven't yet begun refilling empty cartridges.) More recently, I keep buying ink samples for the variety. So I've finished samples, but no bottles. I have settled on Iroshizuku Syo-Ro for testing pens and nibs, so that bottle will probably be the first one that I will actually empty.

    I compiled a database of my ink inventory recently, and I realized that I am the original owner of inks that are over 20 years old. According to the price tag on the box, I paid the outrageous price of $5 for a bottle of Waterman Rouge. I recall that price being an increase over what I paid for my first bottle of Waterman ink. I think it was $4.50.

    Does that make me vintage?

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    Default Re: What Was The Last Bottle Of Ink You Emptied?

    Well, if we're counting samples....lots.
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    Pelican blue, but to be fair, some did get spilled. I emptied the last unusable bit into the new bottle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    Well, if we're counting samples....lots.
    Nope. No samples.
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    Hmmm ... wait while I count them ... nope - none.
    (and I still keep buying them
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    Default Re: What Was The Last Bottle Of Ink You Emptied?

    I hope it will be the Montblanc Albert Einstein ink. I now own 7 bottles. However, I'm yet to finish even one (although getting close with the J. Herbin Cafe du Brèsil).

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    Default Re: What Was The Last Bottle Of Ink You Emptied?

    This morning I syringed up the last drop of Diamine Bilberry from an 80ml bottle I purchased in December. Used every day in a 1.1mm nib to write in my journal. It's one of my top 3 inks.

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    Default Re: What Was The Last Bottle Of Ink You Emptied?

    Quote Originally Posted by wayne.robinson View Post
    I hope it will be the Montblanc Albert Einstein ink.
    Why? Do you not like it? I would be happy to take it off your hands...

    The only bottle I've emptied is some Parker Blue. Except I haven't really, there's still some of it lying around mixed with other colours, and with drawing inks, in the original bottle. Which I now can't open, possibly because of the shellac in the other inks.
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    I have gone through a couple of bottles of lamy blue. I have a bottle of blue, red and black mix. When it gets low I just use the syringe and add a little more. The colour is always changing. This is what I use at work.
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    Just killed off my bottle of PR DC Supershow Blue. I empty Waterman Serenity Blue a few times a year. Otherwise my ink supply is so far behind my demand I may never empty any others!
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    Namiki Blue took me six weeks. I'm weird that way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jde View Post
    Namiki Blue took me six weeks. I'm weird that way.
    I wouldn't say weird, you just write a lot! Do you have a primary pen that blows through that much ink?
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    A good 'ol bottle of Parker Black!

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    Default Re: What Was The Last Bottle Of Ink You Emptied?

    I never empty a bottle completely. I'm afraid I would feel the need to toss it when it's empty and they are so cute for decoration when they are not (oh horror) cleaned.... :-)

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