![]() ![]() Numerous documents written in ink on precious stones as well as bamboo or wooden tablets dating to the Spring and Autumn, Warring States, and Qin period have been uncovered. A considerable number of oracle bones of the late Shang dynasty contain incised characters with black pigment from a carbonaceous material identified as ink. India ink was first invented in China, but the English term India(n) ink was coined due to their later trade with India. Woods and Woods (2000) state that the process of making India ink was known in China as early as the middle of the 3rd millennium BC, in Neolithic China, whereas Needham (1985) states that inkmaking commenced perhaps as early as 3 millennia ago in China. If a binder is used, India ink may be waterproof or non-waterproof.Ī solid ink stick used for the preparation of ink India ink is commonly sold in bottled form, as well as a solid form as an inkstick (most commonly, a stick), which must be ground and mixed with water before use. A binding agent such as gelatin or, more commonly, shellac may be added to make the ink more durable once dried. No binder material is necessary: the carbon molecules are in colloidal suspension and form a waterproof layer after drying. In East Asian traditions such as ink wash painting and Chinese calligraphy, India ink is commonly used in a solid form called an inkstick.īasic India ink is composed of a variety of fine soot, known as lampblack, combined with water to form a liquid. It is commonly applied with a brush (such as an ink brush) or dip pen. India ink is also used in medical applications.Ĭompared to other inks, such as the iron gall ink previously common in Europe, India ink is noted for its deep, rich black. India ink ( British English: Indian ink also Chinese ink) is a simple black or coloured ink once widely used for writing and printing and now more commonly used for drawing and outlining, especially when inking comic books and comic strips. Of course without a black ink in the collection, the others had to go as well, unfortunately, for many here.Example of India ink on paper, Zeedijk by Gustaaf Sorel, (1939) Certainly at the time I didn't know much at all about fountain pens, and it didn't help a lot either that the inner cap of the pen I used with it, wasn't air tight either - now it is, but the last time they had it, the nib replacement was not a very good job. I was told in 4 pen shops, so far, that the reason for taking Penman Ebony, specifically, out of production, was the problems it caused in many pens of people who were used to Parker Quink rather than to a very highly pigmented fountain pen ink. That was the (in)famous Parker Penman Ebony. Would you care to name that ink? I'd like to avoid it if possible. One of my pens´s feeds got blocked once due to a (water based) black ink with a high pigment concentration, and it took a total of 4 visits back to the factory before it was fixed, and it stil isn´t 100%. ![]() And if it is really thick with pigment like Fount India, even more so. Lots of cleaning, rinsing and flushing, more than with other inks. I do realize that most black inks for fountain pens contain very finely ground soot, as that is apparently the only way to make it opaque, but that also means you have to pay special attention to your fountain pens when using black ink. Fountain pens are really made for dye-based inks, with dyes that dissolve easily and readily in water. Pigmented inks can and will block fountain pen feeds, if not sooner than later. Over here it is sold as an ink to be used for calligraphy with dip pens etc. Whatever the case with Pelikan Fount India, as it is a heavily pigmented ink I would like to warn against using it in a fountain pen. ![]()
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