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Several members have asked my about swaps of my iron gall inks, so I will upload some writings with the different inks I make. I am currently contacting the ones on the waiting list, starting from January last year. Anyhow: please be patient.

 

 

 

 

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Several members have asked my about swaps of my iron gall inks, so I will upload some writings with the different inks I make. I am currently contacting the ones on the waiting list, starting from January last year. Anyhow: please be patient.

 

:puddle: :puddle: :puddle: :puddle:

 

Can I have one of each? ...please?... :lol:

 

All gorgeous Pharmacist!! ... I can't choose the one I like best... :D

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Very nice inks, I really like the Darkening Absinthe, but really they are all amazing!

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Gorgeous.

Excellent work!

 

Sepia black looks so subtle and delicious.

Orange Brown and Red Black aren't to shabby either ;)

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Ooh they're nice. Are they for sale?

I like the Sepia ones a lot, very nice :)

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Those are iron gall? Wow.

 

Heck, I'd buy the recipes from you!

Scribere est agere.

To write is to act.

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Normally I detest fuchsia of any kind but Sang Royal is magnificent! They are all wonderful. Do you sell these? If so, please give me a pm or tell me where you sell them. Splendid! Belgium? I should have known. I fell in love with Belgium.

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Very lovely. Please do let us know when you've caught up on the waitlist. I know there are at least two of these that I want to order as soon as you've finished the waitlist.

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Pharmacist, can I have you send me that swab you just did for the next fade experiment?

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pharmisists,

 

I'm a confirmed iron-gall user. How do I get on the list?

 

Thanks,

 

JasCas

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Yeah, I dig some of these colors and they are NOT normal blue-black IG. Absinthe, Sepia Brown, and Orange Brown all float my boat.

 

If you do make more, I'd love some.

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My thinking about how iron gall inks look has been completely changed. Those are wonderful looking.

 

Does the writing change color over time?

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My thinking about how iron gall inks look has been completely changed. Those are wonderful looking.

 

Does the writing change color over time?

 

Yes it does, it becomes darker. But the above scan/picture is almost the final color after proper oxidation ( I think 90% of the final color). On some papers without bleaching agents, the initial color can be rather light. This is absolutely normal, as the final color takes days or even a week before will be obtained. It is the IG body, which preserves the writing. The color is only added to give it a nice initial color and probably for the next decades when kept away safely in maps.

 

The strongest ink is the Urkundentinte, which contains 2.5x the amount of the permanent ferrogallotannate compounds, which forms the IG body of the ink.Purpura Imperialis is a ink that is almost as dark as the Urkundentinte, but with a purplish cast. If you want a shade that mimicks the ancient Hawthorn ink (a iron gall ink too, used in the mediëval times to write on parchment/vellum) then the Terra Incinerata is a close one. A lighter version is Oriens-Occidens giving a warm brown final color (see scan above).

 

All these inks can be used in fountain pens (with some proper care and regular rinsing) and with dip pens. Actually even to me this dual behavior of the ink surprises me: most dip pen inks, do not flow well in fountain pen inks and fountain pen inks often drop from dip pen nibs, when the pen nib touches the paper.

 

The red/cyan/green inks are for those loving fancy colors and those who want a tealish hue to the writing. I made Sang Real ink, because there seems to be demand for a blood like ink, actually it looks like dried blood, when put on paper, well more like Klingon Blood :lticaptd: .

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So these are your experiments, not meant for sale?

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Beautiful work. Highest praise for all of them. Like others, and having had a few of your early ones, I would love to order them all.

Best regards!

With the new FPN rules, now I REALLY don't know what to put in my signature.

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I emailed you a while ago with no response. Does that mean I am on the waiting list or should I contact you again?

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