Bistre ink for Fountain pen?

[Auntor]

I was reading about drawing materials of old masters. Browsing through the contents of the Internet, I came across bistre ink. It was made by boiling soot (preferably, from beechwood) which was usually collected from chimneys. The resultant brown (shades may vary) concoction was then filtered to be used for drawings and monochrome wash paintings.

Since the process of filtering out the soot particles was mentioned in multiple sources, it made me wonder whether bistre ink (with some modification if required) used with fountain pens? Anyone has any idea?

[yazeh]

I doubt it. Unless you use an Ackerman type pen, which is not a fountain pen. Obviously if you have a bunch of cheap pens, you can experiment, if you filter the particles. But with so many brown inks available why do that?

https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2019/07/lets-talk-about-sepia-ink/

[inkstainedruth]

I once went to a workshop on making ink from soot (it's called "lamp black") and I agree with yazeh -- I would NOT put such an ink into a fountain pen, especially one which you care at all about.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

Dip pens only for such wonders.