Since I Have a Lot of Ink, I Should Get a Yink, I Think

This one,
I think,
is called a Yink.
He likes to wink,
he likes to drink.
He likes to drink, and drink, and drink.
The thing he likes to drink
is ink.
The ink he likes to drink is pink.
He likes to wink and drink pink ink.
SO…
if you have a lot of ink, then you should get
a Yink, I think.

The relevant excerpt from Dr. Seuss’ classic book, “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” (although, they are all classics really). I couldn’t begin to count the number of times that I read this book with my three children, especially my oldest. It still makes me smile and laugh to think about those times and this book. We just love that book!

So, back to the relevant part of the post. Yes, I have a lot of ink; however, it is mostly blue (not pink). I got thinking about this as I cracked open a fresh bottle of Parker Penman Sapphire Ink that one of my pen club friends purchased for me when he was recently in the UK (yet another good reason to join a pen club!).

The facts are this – I have a wooden mechanic’s tool cabinet drawer [64 cm (25 in.) long by 46 cm (18 in.) wide] that is chock full of bottles of fountain pen ink (as well as a few smaller drawers filled with cartridges that I have accumulated). I am not going to list each colour and brand separately – that would take FOREVER. Instead, I have taken a quick and dirty census of the colours, that reveals the following:

1. 30 Blue
2. 3 Purple
3. 5 Blue- black
4. 9 Black/Grey
5. 9 Red
6. 5 Green
7. 1 Brown
8. 1 Orange (well, Saffron, actually)

Quite a compilation of mostly blue and near-blue inks – and I am desperately trying to find a bottle of Delta blue to add to my collection along with a bottle of the new Private Reserve DC Supershow Electric Blue!!

I have no one to blame for this “problem” except for myself. However, if you are interested in expanding your ink collection, one of the best etailer for ink is Pamela Huynh at A Pen Lover’s Paradise (https://www.apenloversparadise.com/products/?cat=493). She has all the great ones – Aurora, Diamine, Diamine New Century and Private Reserve – in stock.

Of course, you also need a good source for Noodler’s Ink and Sam Fiorella at Pendomonium (http://www.pendemonium.com/ ) has some as well as the other brands previously mentioned. You need to check her stock carefully though as I unfortunately find that some of the more popular colours are not occasionally available (and I mean unfortunate because Sam is a great person to deal with).

My other favourite place to check out ink is The Writing Desk, who has a terrific ink colour comparison tool (http://thewritingdesk.co.uk/ink_cat/inkchooser.php) that enables you to compare up to three ink colours side by side or you can check out each colour using their “Col-o-rama” (http://thewritingdesk.co.uk/ink_cat/ink_cat.php?none). Some day I will order ink from them because I have used these tools so often, I feel I owe it to them (even though the cost will be $$$ because I am in Canada and they are in the UK).

Filed under: fountain pen, Parker Penman Sapphire, Seuss, Yink

Since I Have a Lot of Ink, I Should Get a Yink, I Think

This one,
I think,
is called a Yink.
He likes to wink,
he likes to drink.
He likes to drink, and drink, and drink.
The thing he likes to drink
is ink.
The ink he likes to drink is pink.
He likes to wink and drink pink ink.
SO…
if you have a lot of ink, then you should get
a Yink, I think.

The relevant excerpt from Dr. Seuss’ classic book, “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” (although, they are all classics really). I couldn’t begin to count the number of times that I read this book with my three children, especially my oldest. It still makes me smile and laugh to think about those times and this book. We just love that book!

So, back to the relevant part of the post. Yes, I have a lot of ink; however, it is mostly blue (not pink). I got thinking about this as I cracked open a fresh bottle of Parker Penman Sapphire Ink that one of my pen club friends purchased for me when he was recently in the UK (yet another good reason to join a pen club!).

The facts are this – I have a wooden mechanic’s tool cabinet drawer [64 cm (25 in.) long by 46 cm (18 in.) wide] that is chock full of bottles of fountain pen ink (as well as a few smaller drawers filled with cartridges that I have accumulated). I am not going to list each colour and brand separately – that would take FOREVER. Instead, I have taken a quick and dirty census of the colours, that reveals the following:

1. 30 Blue
2. 3 Purple
3. 5 Blue- black
4. 9 Black/Grey
5. 9 Red
6. 5 Green
7. 1 Brown
8. 1 Orange (well, Saffron, actually)

Quite a compilation of mostly blue and near-blue inks – and I am desperately trying to find a bottle of Delta blue to add to my collection along with a bottle of the new Private Reserve DC Supershow Electric Blue!!

I have no one to blame for this “problem” except for myself. However, if you are interested in expanding your ink collection, one of the best etailer for ink is Pamela Huynh at A Pen Lover’s Paradise (https://www.apenloversparadise.com/products/?cat=493). She has all the great ones – Aurora, Diamine, Diamine New Century and Private Reserve – in stock.

Of course, you also need a good source for Noodler’s Ink and Sam Fiorella at Pendomonium (http://www.pendemonium.com/ ) has some as well as the other brands previously mentioned. You need to check her stock carefully though as I unfortunately find that some of the more popular colours are not occasionally available (and I mean unfortunate because Sam is a great person to deal with).

My other favourite place to check out ink is The Writing Desk, who has a terrific ink colour comparison tool (http://thewritingdesk.co.uk/ink_cat/inkchooser.php) that enables you to compare up to three ink colours side by side or you can check out each colour using their “Col-o-rama” (http://thewritingdesk.co.uk/ink_cat/ink_cat.php?none). Some day I will order ink from them because I have used these tools so often, I feel I owe it to them (even though the cost will be $$$ because I am in Canada and they are in the UK).

Filed under: fountain pen, Parker Penman Sapphire, Seuss, Yink