Blood Red Ink For Dip Pen

[sniper910]

hello everyone. i usually post in the penmanship forum, and was wondering if anyone here had a recipe for a blood or crimson red color ink for dip pens. thank you

[WhosYerBob]

Noodler's Antietam – it's hard to tell apart from real blood.

[fiberdrunk]

You can try Dragon's Blood Ink. Wiccans use it in their spell books (no, I'm not wiccan, I just like ink). Dragon's Blood is a resin that comes from a palm tree. There are recipes online, though don't bother with the one on eHow. It didn't work for me. From what I understand, you need a very high percentage of alcohol to dissolve the resin. You can also buy this ink on eBay, Etsy and even Amazon. This website has 3 different "blood" ink recipes. I haven't tried them so I can't vouch. But it'll give you an idea of what you can try out there.

[nana_kathy]

Montblanc Alfred Hitchcock is pretty close in color to bright arterial blood. So is Noodler's Antietam. Those are the only two that come to mind. Hope you find one you like.

Edited November 25, 2012 by nana_kathy

[Joe in Seattle]

Diamine Oxblood is close.

[sniper910]

thank you all for the suggestions. will the consistency of fountain pen ink work with dip pens or is the ink too thin?

[AD356]

Hey Sniper,

I use Noodler's black widow. While most people say it is close to blood red when using anything in a dip pen it gets darker. So I try to get one shade lighter, if it is a fountain pen ink. I did have to thicken it up just a little but it is pretty good right out of the bottle.

[chiaroscuro]

The topic reminds me of the scene in Hitchcock's Marnie (1964) where she spills a drop of red ink from a dip pen onto her sleeve and has an "episode."

[erikanxpress]

thank you all for the suggestions. will the consistency of fountain pen ink work with dip pens or is the ink too thin?

 

I know this is an old thread. Fountain pen inks work really well for fine pointed pen calligraphy like copperplate and spencerian script. You can get fine hairlines and vibrant swells.

[NicolausPiscator]

Hmm... Blood red in a material or an emotional sense? Material: Diamine Oxblood. Emotional: Montblanc Ink of Love.

[Chrissy]

I think Diamine Oxblood is too dark and too brown for "blood red." It's more like venous blood that has been left exposed to air for a while. Surely if you wanted a Diamine blood red ink you would be more inclined to use Red Dragon or even Monaco Red?

 

In fact I know of someone for whom Red Dragon the only red ink they use.

 

Montblanc Hitchcock Red is impossible to find at a reasonable price. However, Diamine Burgundy Rose is it's "doppelgänger"

[Carrau]

Noodler’s Tiananmen.

[Brandywine]

Real blood will not stay red, it clogs and gets brown.

Would you like the ink to look as red as fresh blood,

or do you want to to evoke the impression that real blood was used?