The Unsung Hero: The Ink Meiser Ink Shot Inkwell

I have an ink problem.

I have never counted them all - partly because I am probably scared as to how many I will find. I have a literal chest full of ink bottles, and I now have a quickly growing rack of ink sample vials.

What is the problem? Well, I see (or hear about) an ink on The Goulet Pencast, or Mountain of Ink and I have to have it! So I go to my friendly neighborhood fountain pen website and procure a bottle. Thus I now have an entirely new 30ml or 80ml (or in some cases, 100ml) bottle that gets lost in the collection!

My solution? I recently discovered The Ink Meiser Ink Shot Inkwell after an episode of the Pencast. The concept is simple, an inkwell where you can easily pour in 1 to 2ml of ink and still get a fairly full fill even in a piston filler such as a TWSBI Eco. It is a very inexpensive addition to my pen maintenance arsenal, and I don’t know why I haven’t picked one up before now.

I know I can get a similar result by using a syringe to fill cartages, cartridge converters, and even a TWSBI Eco with the nib unit pulled, but sometimes I do not want to go through all that drama. I may be loosing a small amount of ink, but I am not that concerned. I have more ink than I could use in a lifetime, and I’ll still buy more.

So, I am happy to welcome the Ink Meiser to my collection. Maybe I will start to buy more ink samples when I see something that interests me, or maybe I will just start distilling some of my larger bottles into easier to manage vials?

This is not a promotional post nor did I receive any product or compensation for the content.