I finally got around to calling Freestyle just before they closed on this past Monday.  Good news … they were going to be getting in more of the 100 sheet boxes of Fomabrom Variant III VC FB 8×10. Sigh of relief.  But then I decided to ask how many boxes they were actually going to be getting. Eight total and two were already spoken for. Well if I were flush with cash I would have taken the remaining six boxes. Instead I ordered three.

So I am good for a while, but I do worry about how spotty it might be to obtain some of the more boutique papers when you need them on a moments notice. Ilford – no problem. Fomabrom – maybe another story.

My recommendation is to make sure you always have enough critical materials on hand, be it paper, film or chemicals. You don’t want to see the dreaded words “out of stock” next to your tried and trues, especially if they are sourced from small overseas manufacturers.  The best plan is to keep your stocks up to date in order to avoid bad surprises.

The paper arrived on Saturday and went in the freezer.  All is well in my world … for now.