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What’s the history of Vinta?
Vinta are a relatively young manufacturer of calligraphy and fountain pen inks from the Philippines. They share a name with a traditional type of boat that is used in the southern Philippines. The boats weren’t something we had come across before, but we had a look and some of them have very colourful sails, which feels very apt for an ink maker.
What makes Vinta different?
Vinta creates inks inspired by the Philippines, like the scented ink ‘Rum Blue Island’ based on the oldest alcohol distillery in the Philippines, Destileria Limtuaco & Co. Or the ‘Hello, Rain Collection’ inspired by a rainy day in the Philippines. That’s not the sort of thing you find everyday. The inks, that is, rainy days are hardly unknown here in Devon.
Vinta also donates 25 Philippine pesos (about 35p) for each bottle they sell to Teach for the Philippines.
Recommended Vinta products
We like how Vinta celebrates its Filipino background, but we want to recommend some inks that are inspired by a slightly different place: Britain. Cult Pens have teamed up with Vinta to create an exclusive set of inks that celebrate different events in British history from the founding of the Royal Navy to 1970s Glam Rock.