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Originally Posted by jar
Yes. The Akkerman bottle actually over fills the small filling area which far too often results in overflow when you try to fill most anything other than a Sheaffer Snorkel.
Other designs leave enough room to allow the nib & section insertion into the ink without overflow.
The ideal is to create a well with enough ink to fill your pen but also wide enough to accommodate all pens, deep enough to fit even big nib/feed pens but with a lip designed so any spillage goes back in the bottle. Of all the designs over the decades the Skrip bottle simply works the best.
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Interesting information. I have not made it that far into the inkwell/bottle world just yet. Still working on my iroshizuku bottles over here.
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