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Decants and never fills a pen from the big bottle.

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Storing ink so it lasts, and the small habit that saves the whole collection

Decanting is the single best habit in this hobby and it took me years to adopt because it looks fussy.

The moment that converted me: a bottle I had used for four years developed mould, and it had happened because I filled a pen that had been sitting inked for months. One contaminated fill, one dead bottle of something discontinued.

Small vials cost very little. Fill several at once from a fresh bottle, close the main one, and put it away. The main bottle then effectively never gets opened again.

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