I don't use them anymore, as I said, fountain pens don't generally leave enough ink around to need it, at least not on the cheap, absorbant paper I use now. I've still got the remainder in the back of a desk drawer, and the used ones are still in the old journals. Wooden Ink Blotter Refill Sheets 10-Pack 588 839 (0. I think I got 10 blotters in each pack, and I only ever used up two of them. 36 1689 FREE international delivery Herbin Wood Rocker Blotter, Desk Ink Blotter Included a Pre-Cut Blotter Paper 166 2700 List: 29.00 FREE delivery Mon, Jul 31 Only 10 left in stock - order soon. Traditional, wooden hand blotter from French ink manufacturer, HERBIN. The blotter paper was 10¢ a pack, and I bought a dollar's worth. The oldest name in pen inks in the world. They were actually made for the rocker blotters, which were not that common anymore when I bought the stuff. I'd leave it in the journal at the last place where I'd written and that would make it very easy for me to open it right up to the next blank spot. Home / Antique Style Calligraphy Pen Sets / Set 20 Antique Style Feather Pen Writing Set in a Presentation Box with Decorated Metal Point, Wooden Ink Blotter. I just used the flat sheet of blotter paper, I didn't install it in a rocker blotter. I used to use a dip pen in my journal for years, and the blotter paper was a real necessity then. It may be a simple piece of blotter paper pressed down by hand, or it may be attached to a blotter rocker or blotter roller. But this rarely happens with fountain pens. An ink blotter uses very absorbent bibulous paper to remove excess ink from the page when writing with a fountain pen. But if you leave a big dome of an ink blob on the page and just squash the blotter down on it the ink blob will spread out a bit before the blotter can absorb it. Our rocker blotters are made of wood with a chrome plated handle and acetate panel. If used properly it shouldn't smudge the ink. The use of the blotter is to dry the ink completely and immediately, as opposed to letting it dry on its own. Beautiful fountain pen ink colors in bottles, cartridges, and samples.

I realize that there is not a lot of functional use for it, but it is cool.Ĭongratulations on getting that nice gift. Blotters Books & Educational Supplies Coloring & Ink Swatch Supplies Inkwells Stickers Everything Else Spacer Shop Now. I assume they are used to keep your ink from running.ĭoes using one of these make the ink smudge?ĭo you have to replace the blotter paper after each use? Yes, I am full of questions today - especially since my girls gave me some cool pen paraphernalia for Dad' Day.

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