Hello Fountain pen lovers!

I am offering the ink samples service for you to try out new  shades of inks in your beloved fountain pens in a cost effective way. You do not  have to purchase full bottles of ink.

This service is offered in USA by Goulet  but the shipping charges to UK are prohibitive (for no fault to the sellers) if  you want to buy less than 10 samples at a time.

So, what we offer? We offer you the possibility to buy a small quantity of any ink of your desired shade for a very cheap price with free  shipping! Of course if you want a large number of samples, it would be cheaper  to buy from Goulet’s as they would be able to offer a better price in total for bulk orders.

What do I promise?

· The inks will NOT be ever diluted
· The inks will NOT be ever mixed between different bottles
· The inks will NOT be ever contaminated

I will deliver the above three promises within the capacity of my knowledge and capability so that you experience the same quality as you would if  you tried it from the bottle. That way, when you find the ink you were searching  for or got surprised by, you can be sure that the same experience will await you  when you buy the bottle!


This will help you, the fountain pen users, to decide if you like  a particular ink or not and if it is suitable for your pen and paper and then  rationalise your purchase of a bottle which would reduce the overall investment  in ink while at the same time giving you the choice to experiment and experience  all shades available.


Currently I have all shades of Iroshizuku(Pilot), Diamine, Waterman, KWZI, Levenger, Pelikan, Caran d'Ache, Rohrer & Klingner, Omas, Lamy, MontBlanc, J. Herbin, plenty of Noodler’s, several of Private Reserve, Sailor (nano, Jentle, Kobe), Wancher, Platinum (pigmented ones), Visconti and De Atramentis inks. The total number of unique inks comes up to 650+ and there are more coming. Please refer to https://inksamples.wordpress.com for updates on the new inks to be added and also in course of time written / scanned ink samples too. You can contact me at https://inksamples.wordpress.com or send email to stationeryshop.scotland@gmail.com if you need help with ordering or for any other reason.

Also, you can request any shade that you would like to try that is not listed and I will try to deliver if time permits.

My current prices include free p&p within UK. No hidden costs.  You can enjoy the ink for this price and not a single penny more. In case of  international purchases, the p&P will be £2.00 to Europe and  £4.00 to all other countries for unlimited number of vials.

One 2 ml plastic vial holding one ink (9 vials are shown in the  picture) will cost from £ 1.00 onwards. As a special bonus, all regular Diamines are sold as 5ml samples.

As always you can mix and match from all my ink listings. In due course I am planning to sell full bottles  too. So watch this space.


Important Note - 

1. I am NOT VAT registered as my turnover is so low. I cannot issue VAT receipts.
2. Due to my work commitments (I am doing this as a part time piece because of my love for inks, pens and papers!), I deliver the packages on Sunday to the post office (yes, there is a post office which accepts parcels on Sunday at 10 PM in Scotland! Hurray!) and my cut off time for packaging is Sunday morning 10 AM. Apologies if this is incovenient and I will try my best to help out people but if I fail, I will honor this at all costs (pending any catastrophic failures outside my control!)