guess the ink!

[mizgeorge]

In one (well one and a half!). I thought I was very kind with the clues after the last stinker.

Couldn't resist using this one as I was playing with it today. I'd forgotten how much I love it - and also how hopeless the bottle is! Having managed to get a few NOS bottles from the series, including a Sunset, I let myself open the old one that I'd been hoarding saving.

Back to you

[Yazeh]

Thanks. One needs to find the balance between the two not two difficult not to easy

This is a tricky one.

You need to look with your heart and not with your head.
There are few "reviews", but you cannot find it any where for sale.

The text is riddled with clues....

Enjoy!


Guess - PG.jpg

[mizgeorge]

Hakase sepia light?

[Yazeh]

Hakase sepia light?

Nope. Sorry!

[BayesianPrior]

I am who I am,
What you see my skin, my flesh
a two month journey,
yearn for [coppera?],
and you,
my Lady.

Is that right?

It has been reviewed, but it is not available for sale. So it is either:

• a discontinued manufactured ink
• an 'established' mixing recipe

Hmmmm...guesses:

• Omas Technical Grey - but technical does not seem apt when one years for a lady
• Levenger Smokey
• Sailor Grey - sailors go on long journeys and yearn for ladies?

[Yazeh]

You got it....
It's the second posit.
So logically none of the three above.

And the word you're looking for is copperas

[BayesianPrior]

Two month journey...does that imply some period of maceration/maturation/fermentation? Soaking of oak galls perhaps?

If not...
5 ml J. Herbin Gris Nuage
1 ml J. Herbin Perle Noire
0.5 ml Pelikan Royal Blue

[Yazeh]

Part 1.
Forget ink mixing recipes

[BayesianPrior]

So it's some kind of homemade iron-gall?

https://evanlindquist.com/othermedia/oldinkrecipes.html

[Yazeh]

So it's some kind of homemade iron-gall?

https://evanlindquist.com/othermedia/oldinkrecipes.html

There's no gall in the recipe. The recipe in question has copperas, gum arabica and a source for tannin, which gives the name to this particular ink.
There's a detailed recipe on the net with photos and several detailed comparisons on FPN.
I must pay attention not to touch the ink though as my finger will take the odour of super black tea, which has been abandoned in a teapot for much too long

[mizgeorge]

So it's not Jane Austen's ink
It's not pokeberry
Is it a walnut one?

[mizgeorge]

Though for a moment, I did think it might be

[Yazeh]

None of them mizgeorge. My drawing is not the best... but there's the clue...
but you're on the right track...
The flesh and skin are fermented for two months, so the tannic acid is released.... the solution is boiled for 5 minutes to kill the wee beasties...
a bit of iron sulphate and gum arabic and you have this ink...
It's alright... not the best... I use it in a cheap Chinese pen... no clogging for weeks now.....

[mizgeorge]

Persimmon?

[BayesianPrior]

Rosehips?

[Yazeh]

Think size of a grapefruit.....

[Yazeh]

Another sketch :P

Guess - Sketch.jpeg

[BayesianPrior]

POMEGRANATE!

[Yazeh]

POMEGRANATE!

Yep!
This is a one rind pomegranate ink. Quite dry.. Apparently the four rind one is darker... Your turn.

I hope you guys didn't mind this excursion in uncharted territories...

Thanks for playing along

[BayesianPrior]

Ok, a weekend super stumper! Super Top Secret Classified & Redacted!

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