On a recent impromptu trip to Antwerp for my wedding anniversary last weekend, we came across a few fun pen stores: Penworld, Kockx and Pen and Pencil. They are definitely worth the visit! I found a few vintage fountain pen ink gems I want to share with you here.
At Penworld I found the Caran d'Ache blue in a J. Herbin bottle. They are pre Colors of the earth series and I was lucky enough to find a turquoise bottle not too long ago at de Roos in Heemstede, NL.
Also at the same store, in a little corner tucked away, I found these super cute mini baby bottles of sheaffer skrip inks.
They are the size of those tiny baby bell cheeses, super cute! I do love cheese, but I rather have these inks than those baby bells though. Just saying in case you were wondering ;)
Then over at Kockx which is the oldest fountain pen store in Antwerp (and also has a lot of exclusive and expensive pens) I found the montblanc violet ink. I am very curious how this compares to the lavender purple.
I can't wait to swab these on my Maruman Mnemosyne word card tabs.
What is your latest lucky vintage find?
Thanks for stopping by!
namasté
Fantastic find. Caran d'Ache Turquoise is my favorite color ink and has been for about 60 years. The nuns in school hated it as they wanted everyone to use black.
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