If you are interested, you can find a lot of these old blotter advertisements on Etsy and Ebay. People would get one, use it up, toss it, and then move on to the next advertisement.
Diy ink blotter for free#
Its nice to get something for free that is actually useful in your day-to-day life.
It reminds me of how match books were(are?) used for advertising. People would take these advertisements and use them as is or cut them down to fit their ink blotter tools. This old practice used to be so popular that companies would send out business cards and advertisements made from blotter paper. Elephant Ink Blotter MeltingMoonlighFinds Some of them come in interesting styles and shapes, like even an elephant. If you go on Etsy or Ebay you can find tons of vintage ink blotters. Since all of these stores are sold out, it seems to me a lot of people are buying and trying out ink blotters lately.Īlthough using ink blotters has gotten popular as of late, this practice has been done for decades. Herbin brand ink blotter and paper on sites like Jetpens and Goulet Pens, but at the time of writing this, every online store is sold out. In case you also didn’t know, you can buy a stamp like ink blotter tool that allows you to use specially made blotter paper to soak up excess ink. However, it was recent news to me, that there are products out there on the market specifically made for this. I knew you could use something absorbent like another piece of paper to help keep excess ink from smearing or getting on the other pages of your notebook. Until recently, using an ink blotter was something that had never crossed my mind. 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.The trend of using ink blotters to help stop the bleeding and smearing of fountain pen ink has been growing lately. I've still got the remainder in the back of a desk drawer, and the used ones are still in the old journals. I think I got 10 blotters in each pack, and I only ever used up two of them. The blotter paper was 10¢ a pack, and I bought a dollar's worth. 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.
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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. But this rarely happens with fountain pens.
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. 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. I realize that there is not a lot of functional use for it, but it is cool.Ĭongratulations on getting that nice gift. 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?
Diy ink blotter full#
Yes, I am full of questions today - especially since my girls gave me some cool pen paraphernalia for Dad' Day.
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