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[matt]

If you ever got bored with fountain pens, you could fill a room with Carter's Ink products.

There's more than just the "holy grail" cathedral bottle












Blotters



Typewritter ribbon tins

[matt]

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and don't forget the ads












How many years would it take to put together an actual display of these inks?

[matt]

This is a "reproduction" of a Carter's Cathedral that never was (it also comes in various colors that never were), marked Wheaton on the bottom:

[philm]

Great collection of Carter's ink stuff Matt.

Here are a few from a bit earlier -

Back Inside Cover of a book about Carters Inks from the late 1920s



An old blotter using Teddy Roosevelt for Carters Inks





A little more here - The Story Your Ink Bottle Tells

Phil

[Rick Krantz]

I remember seeing prints of the kittens, in all of the colors, many years ago. It was, what I believe the artist renditions of the artwork? They were not marked Carter's, but anyone that saw the advertisements, knew what they were. The were real cool, not sure who had them, or what happened to them.

[Penman]

http://www.1001inkbo...tle_gallery.asp

A link to some nice bottles

[matt]

I remember seeing prints of the kittens, in all of the colors, many years ago. It was, what I believe the artist renditions of the artwork? They were not marked Carter's, but anyone that saw the advertisements, knew what they were. The were real cool, not sure who had them, or what happened to them.

Rick,

This might be one of the prints you remember:

http://cgi.ebay.com/...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I think there were others recently, but don't see them now.

[pen piddler]

I enjoyed reading this immensely!

[Frank(Federalist Pens)]

Over the weekend, I purchased a QUART BOTTLE of Carter's Blue-Black Ink at a local Antique Store!

The bottle looks 100% full, and has the original box! The ink looks like it was bottled yesterday- no sedimentation at all!

I have already tried some of it- Looks greenish-blue, but faded. I recall thinking the same of the Sheaffer Quink BB that I purchased a year or two back as well!

Just goes to show that vintage ink was not as "vibrant" as modern inks!

Edited by Frank L, 22 May 2013 - 03:20 PM.

[Shadow Wave]

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I have already tried some of it- Looks greenish-blue, but faded. I recall thinking the same of the Sheaffer Quink BB that I purchased a year or two back as well!

Just goes to show that vintage ink was not as "vibrant" as modern inks!

True, but...I have some Carter washable blue ink that is quite lovely and relatively "vibrant" (rather like Diamine Mediterranean Blue.) I don't know if it was that way originally or if evaporation has just made it more saturated.

[Greg Minuskin]

My wife would love the kitty cat colors Carter's Ink advertising; been looking for one for years!

Greg Minuskin
greg@gregminuskin.com
www.gregminuskin.com

[matt]

Greg, if you search ebay for "carter ink kitten" there are currently 2 blotters and an ad.

[welch]

I've been writing with Carter's American Blue for a couple of weeks. Splendid ribbed bottle. A dark blue...maybe from evaporation/saturation? Certainly as punchy as any current ink.

[pajaro]

Fantastic collection!  I have never seen any of those items before, but I used to use Carter's red ink to write letters to a girlfriend in the early 1970s when I was in the Air Force.  Used my midnight blue 51 back then that I bought in the BX.  Carters was a nice ink.