I've been inspired to make this confession after reading Empty of Clouds thread about swapping inks - "Confessions of an Inkaholic"
Of late, given the number of pens and inks I'm accruing, I have found it difficult to keep track of what ink is in which pen - especially where I have similar colour inks such as Diamine Merlot and Mont Blanc Burgundy, its tricky to know which is which.
I am, as some of you may already have realised from other threads, a bit of a watch-nerd - I am a part-qualified horologist, and a collector. To keep track of my watches, I use my "other" occupation - IT nerd - to good effect. I have written a database which details every watch I own, where it was purchased, when, how much for, it's current value, every piece of work I have ever carried out on the watch and, if it's sold, details of that also.
It's a great way of knowing what I have, what it owes me and, if things take a turn for the worse and I need to make an insurance claim, there is even photographic evidence the purchase, the watch and every receipt relating to it. All replicated to the cloud.
My pen-life isn't that involved yet (yet!), but I still need some sort of record, so I've built a quick and dirty spreadsheet - similar details - purchase, history, costs etc. but I also have a column showing if the pen is inked an in use, or resting. If it's inked, I also record what colour ink.
Is this something that others also do?
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