[Ansteorra] Powdered Ink?

[Miles Grey]

I've used the powdered ink from James Townsend (the link provided by 
Polydore) and liked it.  You have to mix it to the right thickness for 
your application.  Even with a corked inkwell, it just didn't write very 
well after a few days.  I was messing with quill pens rather than 
calligraphy pens though.  The quill from James Townsend isn't cut well 
and wasn't hardened, so I view it as more decoration than writing 
implement.  Even with hardening, I was only able to cut a good nib about 
half the time at best.  A couple times I'd keep trying to cut a good nib 
repeatedly, without success, until I had just a little feather stub that 
was too short to use.  It seems that it takes a lot of practice to be 
able to cut a quill pen, measured in hundreds of tries rather than dozens.

  Miles Grey


Polydore wrote:

> This is the only one I have seen commercially...
> jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=376
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> Polydore
>
> Danielle Jennings wrote:
>
>> I was just wondering if anyone might know of a good place to buy 
>> powdered
>> black calligraphy ink. I am looking for somthing that could be mixed 
>> up and
>> poured in an ink well not an ink stone. I would also be appriciative 
>> if some
>> one had an easy recipe for ink.
>> Pax,
>> Pippa of Bonwicke
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