Mystery Ink #34 and #35

[junglejim]

And so we are back! It's been a little over 6 months since our last Mystery Ink series and it's time to start anew. Many profound thanks to Chrissy, Deb (who is still away), FredRyder, Sailor Kenshin, and Jon Szanto for your kind words and encouragement while I was gone!

And so without further adieu, Mystery Ink is now open to FPG veterans, n00bs, newbies, and lurkers. You volunteer, I send free ink, you write with it and post your thoughts and observations. Guessing is welcome, but not required. There is nothing to "win" aside from perhaps personal satisfaction that you recognized it. No guess is confirmed until the mystery ink is finally revealed. The point of the mystery ink threads is an unbiased review. Fear not about the quality of your handwriting or sketching abilities. We don't care. We are all appreciative of those with the gift of artistic ability, but how well you draw or write doesn't impact your ability to test an ink and provide your opinion on it.

I will act as the Procurer, Packer, and Post Office Porter. This ink flight will consist of 1 packet containing 2 inks, each vial filled with 3mls of Mystery Ink labeled MI-34 and MI-35. There will be 10 packets available and only 2 of the packets will be for overseas participants due to the high cost of postage ( US$16.25/each ). If you are international, please let me know. If there are more sign-ups for overseas participants than slots, then I will run a Random Number Generator to pick.

The inks in this ink flight are dye based, not pigmented, no shimmer and not iron gall. I don’t use any of the Noodler’s Bay State inks, so there won’t be any in the ink flights I send out.

Post below if you would like to volunteer to receive a free ink flight. I'll leave this open until 12 Noon PDT Tuesday May 18th. Overseas packets will post on Thursday May 20th and US mailing will be on Saturday May 22nd.

Note: Packets sent to the UK generally arrive within 8 working days. Packets I sent to penfriends in Austria and the Netherlands on 02 April have still NOT arrived at their destinations, so EU is "iffy".

Covid-19 Precautions -- I am now fully inoculated, but for everyone's safety, ink samples will be prepared using a face mask and gloves. Ink Packets will be put together with a face mask and freshly washed hands. ( Sorry, but it's impossible to use sticky tape with gloves on... )

Until then, stay Safe and Healthy.
All the Best.