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You are brilliant! Thank you!

NEver too late to start my own ink journal, i like the notebook one ink per page idea thanks

There are 'pen shows'? It's a whole new world!

Thank you, thank you! Wonderful! I used Skrip Washable Black all through the 1960s. With the Topwell bottle.

I've read that there are "permanent" versions of Parker Quink inks called "Super Quink", however I haven't seen any modern Parker ink box/bottle with such a name ("Super Quink") written on it so far, but just "Quink". How to differentiate the "Super Quink" (permanent ink) bottles from the standard "Quink" (non-permanent ink) ones? Or is it the same ink that some people call it "Super Quink" when in fact it is just "Quink"? Maybe they refer it to as "Super Quink" when there's no legend "washable" written on the box/bottle (black, blue-black) and as "Quink" when there's the legend "washable" written on the box/bottle (blue)? It's just so confusing!

Where did you go? You make great, informative videos.

Molto interessante, grazie!

This is so helpful. Thank you!

That case of Super Quink Diamonds is the most satisfying thing on the Internet.

I recently got 2 of 60’s sheaffer inks someone knows if is still secure use this ink in pens? Cause I know the bottles are unusual for me but I don’t know if is better use it or empty and later put other actual ink inside.

Been a fan of Sheaffer Skrip ever since my first bottle of blue-black in around 1983. And of the inkwell bottle since the same time. I've recently found a purple ink, same name as the ink Nick Stewart came out with a while back, but the brand, not ink name. It was sold for writing checks, and purportedly as permanent as the Warden inks from Noodler's (maybe not laser resistant. 😁) And even changes color when tampered with. Have you ever come across anything like this? It seems possibly 1940s or 50s, based on the lettering on the bottle.

When your packaging is prettier than your ink.....

Sometimes rickshaw is a motor vehicle.

Just thought, maybe an address book to keep track of ink pages.

This is so helpful. I feel ready to get mine started! Thank you.

What year was 42 blue made frank in Oswego ill

Best ink journal video - not using brushes on aquarelle paper and documenting the different pens with one ink over time - thank you very much!

Wonderful! Where, may I ask, do you collect your vintage inks from? As a resident of Iowa, I've never found any vintage Schaefer products here at any flea markets or garage sales. 😢

Thank you a lot! Amazing video! This is a very good idea to make my own ink journal! <3

No discussion of paper quality . . . especially use with fountain pens?

This is just waffle, isn't it?

Dude the beeping in the video fuckin sucks

It's your fault. 😁 I've started getting and using more vintage fountain pen inks since discovering your blogs. On my fixed disability income, they can be as reasonable in price to some modern inks, and they seem to "play nice" with more types of paper than many today. Been a couple of years. When are other vintage inks going to be showcased?

John, love this video! It makes practice - which is already a mindful activity - even more enjoyable. Excellent motivation! Also, I'm thrilled that you - like me - write in small cap block letters. Please add more of these videos!

I just recently found your channel but it looks like you haven’t posted in a year or so. I sure hope you will resume your doodling videos again sometime soon. Very inspiring!

Fantastic video!

Fantastic video! Are you a Virgo??

I started using blue Quink in the sixties as an alternative to Skrip blue, which I preferred. It's still a great ink though not 'fashionable'.

PS-the Skrip bottles with the side well was introduced to go with Sheaffer's 'touchdown' pens...

I grew up in the sixties and seventies and until my senior year in high school, cartridge pens (usually Sheaffer) were the standard. Funny thing is, I can remember in junior high that my Spanish teacher used to keep a quart of Skrip in her cabinet, and for a penny any of the students could use a provided syringe to refill their cartridges. Can't see any teacher doing that now!

Thank you!!! I watched your video and got inspired enough to create my own ink journal. I thought it would take forever, but went through all my bottles and samples in a day. I can't believe I did not do this before!!! Such a nice, visual way to see what you already have - and appreciate it, instead of permanently wishing to have new things.

Mold! I’m a fountain pen newbie! I had no idea!

Hérbin (in France) recently made larger bottles of ink with vintage labels, and the caps sealed by dipping them in wax. They were sold in gift sets with a little ceramic ink-cup, like the ones used in the desks in French schools, back when violet ink was the standard (because it used the cheapest dye). You might find vintage French master inks in wine bottles. These were used during WWI and WWII, when new bottles were scarce.

Sheaffer's Skrip had tiny samples too, but I've never seen one. According to a vintage print ad that had an illustration of the tiny bottle, Sheaffer's had exhibit trucks that travelled the country. People were encouraged to visit the trucks to see how Sheaffer's pens and inks were made, and to have their Sheaffer's pens cleaned and repaired. And everyone who visited would be given a little sample of Skrip.

As stated, brown-label Skrip dates from the late 1930s. Fun Fact: A bottle is on the family's desk in "A Christmas Story", set in 1940. I love that attention to detail. Unlike the movie "Annie", set in 1933, in which Miss Hannigan kept her bathtub gin in modern Skrip master ink bottles.

The earliest version was a disaster. Sheaffer had widely tested it, by having its employees use it in their own pens. It was indeed clog-proof. But those employees had only ever used Sheaffer in their pens. When the ink was put on the market, it clogged people's pens terribly, because they'd used various brands of ink before trying Skrip, and people didn't flush their pens before changing inks. When the Prussian Blue dye in the Skrip touched the residue of a different brand of ink, it formed serious clogs. Sheaffer withdrew the product, and reformulated it.

Thanks for sharing. Appreciate your process and progression.

Thanks John. I've got a conundrum after watching this. I really need/want to make an ink journal so I have a nice overview of my ever expanding ink collection. Now that Tomoe River is being discontinued, I don't want to "waste" any of my precious TR notebooks on making an ink journal. But if make the journal with any other paper, it won't display the inks in all their glory. Decisions, decisions. First worlds problems, really. :)

Didn’t talk about bleed through on them

Very informative! Exactly what I was looking for. Great job!

Getting these notebooks for under 10 dollars is hard in Mexico. None of the standard notebooks that I buy can handle the Uniball Vision.

Just so you know there is currently a full 32oz plastic bottle of blue on ebay. If you were interested in picking up another one. I saw it while browsing for some blue black skrip.

I’ve always found bottles of skrip ink, but they always solidify into a putty like substance. Every bottle I’ve encountered is like this, do you know why this happens?

Come back! This is one of the best fountain pen channels on youtube!

I have a bottle still in the box. Red box does not say skrip. What can you tell me about it? It was given to me by the owner of an antique store that went out of business locally.

Thank You for your videos and info about Parker ink. I started collecting them now also. I was happy to see the box for the Micro Film ink, I have a near full bottle and now I know what to look for in a box, also I have one of the 16 Oz bottles in a fair box. I also found the earlier ink and box for the Parker 51 only ink, and then I found a box and nearly full bottle of the superchrome ink. This is interesting and fun. Anyway, thanks for getting me interested due to your videos.

Very interesting!! Best regards from Brazil, Mário.

So you collect ink but don't use them? Where's the sense in that. When you buy ink you're supposed to use it.

So glad I came across your channel, very informative, design seems to go with the zeitgeist, I am fascinated with the vintage inks. I would agree with a previous comment that more close ups would be nice. How many of the old inks have you tried and what are your impressions, perhaps you have already done a video like that. Anyway thank you, New sub