I have a small, corked bottle of "Stafford's NEW Black Ink", salvaged
from a ship that went down off the Falkland Islands. It's probably
not worth opening ...
Chris
On 13 Oct 2009, at 21:30, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Don't neglect vintage inks. Some of them have gone "bad" in that they
> have nasties in them, but others are perfectly usable. Shaeffer was
> particularly adept at exceptional inks back in the day. Also
> Waterman's. For a while I had a thing for V-Mail inks by various
> manufacturers. They were made during World War II, black, and had
> interesting boxes. Usually, you can tell by look/smell whether an ink
> has gone bad.
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