My friend Chris knows more about fountain pen ink than anyone I know, and she also bought good amount of ink last year, making me feel more “normal.”
I’m going to publish Chris’s 2015 ink purchase highlights soon. But before that, I asked her a few questions about last year’s inks.
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I entered 2015 with the firm determination to hold off buying new ink bottles until I used up ink I already owned. Excellent, sensible resolution. And how did I do?
Very badly.
When I went through my inks, I realized that I had purchased thirty new bottles of ink this year. Plus a box of ink cartridges. Too many bottles to fit in one photograph.
Yes, I did use up some bottles of ink. And I sold many. But, still, adding thirty new bottles is not what I wanted. Time for the walk of shame.
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I like to do an end-of-the-year “accounting” of the pens I bought, not to create the illusion that there’s any business-like veneer over my acquisitiveness, but more like an assessment, to see if I can learn anything.
This year was just fantastic. I got great pens this year. I did totally blow the budget in the last week. But I’m still thrilled.
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