Dreck (May 12th, 2014)
Excellent work, VO!
The Newton version has the same dirty dishwater appearance as Blots IGI - interesting. How would you describe the viscosity?
Last edited by VertOlive; May 13th, 2014 at 09:08 PM.
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KKay (April 20th, 2016)
Hmmm. My reason for asking is because Blots is so very thin, closer to water than milk in consistency. Yet it clings to the nib and absolutely doesn't feather. I'd assumed that there was no binder, but maybe it just doesn't take much.
Any thoughts on walnut ink? (I have an ulterior motive for asking this ...).
Remember, the first shot of the Newton is before it dried. Both inks look even lighter than that when first on the page, then they darken within minutes to the final result posted.
No thoughts on walnut inks, but I am sure there are recipes out there. These got finished because DH wanted them out of his kitchen!
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Here in Blighty, there are are two heavyweight players in the Uncompromising Iron Gall Ink for Calligraphers market: Blots and Brian Walker's Copperplate Ink. I haven't tried the latter yet, but will probably have to because Brian puts logwood in his, giving it the signal advantage of being visible when you write with it. Honestly - Blots starts out slightly murky and a few seconds later you get to see what you've written. Mind you, after five minutes it's positively Stygian.
I've just made my first batch of walnut ink. The sheer bloody awfulness of the last few months put me right off letter writing (no pen friend of mine deserves to receive a catalogue of woes in the post, after all), but now that I'm snapping out of it I've a mind to send you the ingredients. It's absurdly easy if you're prepared to cheat, and the results are good.
scrivelry (May 14th, 2014)
The white balance is a bit skew-whiff (and much else besides):
walnut.jpg
Lady Onogaro (May 14th, 2014), VertOlive (January 1st, 2019)
Better colour rendering, and more shading:
walnut2.jpg
VertOlive (May 14th, 2014)
kallenpj (May 15th, 2014), Lady Onogaro (May 14th, 2014)
Okay, I shall pour some into the envelope.
Andy's sage advice for the day: when writing with brown ink, it is advisable not to set one's espresso cup down next to the bottle. Just don't ask me how I know this, okay?
earthdawn (May 15th, 2014), kaisnowbird (May 22nd, 2014), ypsilanti (May 15th, 2014)
Bumping this after a pen pal inquiry.
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