oh my goodness, and @prasad of course!!! any pointers here?
As ordered.. pointers follow
Sorry have not been very active on the forum, have been busy with a lot of personal issues. But that does not stop me from reading the Forum EVERYDAY. The magic of the Flourish Forum
Hi everyone !
Could someone please help and guide me finding some supplies in India ?
I am mainly looking for Walnut crystals which are hard to find here and also a few nibs like the Hunt 101 . (I tried the Daniel Smith Walnut Ink available here but I would love to try the walnut crystal ink , if given a chance )
Waiting for your kind response !
Thank you very much .
Meenakshi
Hi Meenakshi,
Walnut ink and nibs are very difficult to get in India. The only decently priced nibs are Gillott 303 and 404 (new ones) and they are available locally. But the supplier is almost always out of stock. There is one place for Brause nibs, but they are 4 to 5 times the price and really not worth it.
You can get G nibs (Nikko, Zebra) from Ebay at a very good price, but I personally, am not too fond of those nibs for copperplate.
Walnut ink is the same. Not available in India at all. Whenever I have someone travelling from the US or the UK I have them carry it for me.
As recommended by the wonderful people on here, I got a substitute for the commercial walnut ink and get a lot of it stocked for the calligraphers in India. I have about 2 kgs of the stuff with me now.
Send me your address by a personal message and I can stock you up with the crystals for sure. I also make my own Iron gall ink, have a couple of litres of that too which I can send you some from.
I can also send you a sampler set of nibs (different nibs suit different people) See what you like in that and we can work out something to get you stocked up.
How are you set for holders? Do you use Oblique or straight holders?
Happy writing
Prasad