traveling ink well?

cameraflier · Nov 6, 2012

My pen habit has been drifting away from cartridges, and into bottle fillers. The problem: I travel a lot.
In the past I've carried a few backup cartridges for when the converter runs dry, but that's not an option for my new favorite.

Any suggestions for a traveling ink well? I need something that will hold a few fills, deep enough to dip into, and won't leak in my luggage.

Mike H · Nov 6, 2012

You could fill few ink sample bottles and put them in a zip lock bag.
Goulet sells empty bottles.

The Nid Hog · Nov 6, 2012

Go to REI or a similar store and buy a small Nalgene bottle. There are a number of different small sizes. I've been using one for a while and it works great. Here's what else I do. I get a ball of "stick tack," the putty that you use to put up posters, and put a wad of that on the cap of the bottle and then use baggies to double bag it (suck the air out of each bag when you seal it).

Why the stick tack? When I refill my pen, I put it on the bottom of the bottle and use it to stick it to the desktop in my hotel. That keeps the light bottle from spilling when I refill my pen.

maxman · Nov 6, 2012

Visconti makes a travelling inkwell, but it's really expensive.
The reviews are good though.

celestino · Nov 6, 2012

Great question and information, gents.

Doc4 · Nov 6, 2012

Bottles of ink manage to travel from the Goulets to me without leaking, so maybe just using the bottle with the cap on tight? Store it in a zip-locked bag or some such thing just in case, and you are good to go.

Dave258 · Nov 6, 2012

Doc4 said:
Bottles of ink manage to travel from the Goulets to me without leaking, so maybe just using the bottle with the cap on tight? Store it in a zip-locked bag or some such thing just in case, and you are good to go.

I think a bottle of ink packed by the Goulets would make it to the moon and back without a problem!

Dave258 · Nov 6, 2012

maxman said:
Visconti makes a travelling inkwell, but it's really expensive.
The reviews are good though.

I have seen great reviews on the Visconti Travel Inkwell, but, $70 seems a bit steep for that(to me)!

andrew98 · Nov 6, 2012

The Nid Hog said:
Go to REI or a similar store and buy a small Nalgene bottle. There are a number of different small sizes. I've been using one for a while and it works great. Here's what else I do. I get a ball of "stick tack," the putty that you use to put up posters, and put a wad of that on the cap of the bottle and then use baggies to double bag it (suck the air out of each bag when you seal it).

Why the stick tack? When I refill my pen, I put it on the bottom of the bottle and use it to stick it to the desktop in my hotel. That keeps the light bottle from spilling when I refill my pen.

This is a stroke of genius. Those little Nalgene bottles are great.

-Andy

Squidma · Nov 7, 2012

Mike H said:
You could fill few ink sample bottles and put them in a zip lock bag.
Goulet sells empty bottles.

I have been doing this using regular old noodlers bottles for about 2 years without incident. Even the 100ml bottles can go right on the plane.

BowTieGuy · Nov 7, 2012

I travel all the time and include bottles of ink in my checked luggage. I close it tightly, put it in the box it came in, wrap that in a paper towel witha rubber band around it and put the whole shebang in a ziplock bag. So far not a drop has even gotten out into the box. Good luck! (Of course, now I've jinxed myself . . . )

Doc4 · Nov 7, 2012

USCGME3 said:
I have been doing this using regular old noodlers bottles for about 2 years without incident. Even the 100ml bottles can go right on the plane.

... and if you get one of those 1-ounce bottles, even better.

acesn8s · Nov 16, 2012

Dave258 said:
I have seen great reviews on the Visconti Travel Inkwell, but, $70 seems a bit steep for that(to me)!

I received one as a gift. It works wonderful. I'm able to get nice deep fills with it.

one cut · Nov 16, 2012

there are some historical traveling Ink wells from the time before ball point pens and cartridges.

If you can find one.

I normally take the inkwell that they sell in the store, wrap it carefully in some cloth and place that in a small lock lock or other plastic box.

I have also on one occasion taken a small paint can, filled it with granules placed the ink well in the middle and sealed it up before packing it up and sending it off.

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