As some of you know I have a small supply of ink, some of which have appeared in blog posts. I have a mixture of bottled ink and cartridges. I can’t say which I prefer – both have their advantages. I was keeping the ink all over the place until I reorganized my office. Now I have all my ink in one place: my ink cabinet.
The top shelf houses my Lamy ink in the middle, and my two bottles of Quink. The middle shelf holds my J. Herbin ink cartridge tins, and the bottom shelf has the rest of my cartridges on the left, my Akkerman bottle in the middle and a spice jar full of empty cartridges on the right. I want to buy an ink syringe so I can re-use the empty cartridges.
Here’s a bit of a close up. I realize now the dark ink against the dark wood does not make for a great picture but you get the idea. The lighter cartridge packages and tins make for an interesting contrast I hope.
The cabinet was a Christmas gift from my sister many, many years ago. I think it originally contained bath products or something like that. I kept the cabinet because I thought it was beautiful. It’s been keeping some figurines safe for me but I recently bought a curio shelf at an antique store and it is perfect them. That left this cabinet open for possibility, and I thought my ink would look nice in it, while still being kept out of direct sunlight.
I will post further updates as the collection grows, as I’m sure it will. I have 11 J. Herbin colours out of a possible 30, so there is definitely room for growth. And then there are the bottled J. Herbin inks!! I will need a bigger cabinet! 🙂
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Very nice.
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Thank you Carl!
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🙂
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That is a gorgeous cabinet! There is something I love about bottles of ink, the stationery geek in me I guess!
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Me too. Stationery geeks, unite! 🙂
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Definitely! We need a badge or something!
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Very pretty! I’ve been wondering what to do with my ever-growing ink supply. I’m thinking of getting a shelf and putting it on the wall next to my kitchen table but I haven’t quite figured it all out yet;)
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Yeah the curio shelf I mentioned in my post was going to be for the ink but it’s kind of a flimsy shelf and I was afraid it might not hold the ink now or down the road. And it’s a lot less mess to clean up a couple of broken figurines than a broken ink bottle. You’ll have to post pictures of what you end up getting for your ink.
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Your cabinet is so lovely, what a great way to store and display your inks! Fab sister you have! I am loving the shape of the Akkerman bottle, they look cool when I see them used. Can you email me at my address below, as I am writing you tonight, but there is no last name only your first on the letter and I want to make sure the leater gets to you up there! Thanks, Winnie
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Thanks Winnie, I do have a fab sister! I didn’t see your email address so I sent you a message through Winnie’s Inky Fingers on facebook, hopefully you get it. I love the Akkerman bottle as well, and the ink is pretty good too. 🙂
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Gorgeous
Thanks for sharing
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Thank you I am partial to it. 🙂
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I bought 5 syringes at the drug store – 3ml, 18 gauge – for 39 cents (US) each. To make them blunt, cut off the tip of the needle with wire nippers at just the point that it’s sliced on the diagonal to make it sharp, squeeze hard at the cutoff end with pliers to make sure the hole is open, then rub the needle end on rough sandpaper to smooth out burrs. (I like to fiddle with things, like Noodlers Ahab pens.)
Or you can simply purchase 2 blunt 5 ml ink /laboratory syringes from Goulet Pens for $5. Brian has a great video on using them at
http://blog.gouletpens.com/2011/04/how-to-use-ink-syringes.html
I could not live without them – most useful pen/ink/paper tool in my tiny toolkit!
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LOVE filling my pens with syringes! Great tip on making the tips blunt, thanks!
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