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Offline Tales from the Nib

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Walnut ink practice
« on: March 01, 2017, 10:13:40 AM »
I am loving the walnut ink, love the variations in shade, and also the feel, I didn't get to messy mixing it, which is a Bonus, and Andy T thank you for the ratio advice and everything, I think I have mixed it correctly.
I found two things, firstly make sure your nib is correctly primed, ot the ink slips off, plus you dip more often, but neither are an issue, and I have enough ink to be going on with.
Oh also it shows up flaws in my script which is what I wanted, so this means now I can look at those and correct them.
so here is my walnut ink practice, warts and all....
I will keep this, then check back after a week of writing to see if I have managed to correct my issues.
Have a great day  :)
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2017, 06:00:48 PM »
LOVELY!
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Offline Tales from the Nib

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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2017, 06:09:24 PM »
Quote from: Bianca M on March 01, 2017, 06:00:48 PM
LOVELY!

Thank you Bianca, I'm enjoying learning about inks and calligraphy  :)
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2017, 08:42:34 PM »
Beautiful work Sarah
Isn't walnut ink the best? 

Happy writing
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2017, 10:30:44 PM »
Beautiful!
Love the quote too.
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2017, 01:09:49 AM »
The walnut Ink Virus...
I got it from @prasad :D. And its really addictive. I have even filled all my 5 pilot parallel pens with walnut Ink. And they work really well.

Beautifully written and nice quote.
Keep writing,

-Ashok
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Offline Tales from the Nib

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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2017, 03:51:34 AM »
Quote from: prasad on March 01, 2017, 08:42:34 PM
Beautiful work Sarah
Isn't walnut ink the best? 

Happy writing
Prasad

Thank you Prasad, I'm enjoying it very much, it's amazing how different it feels to write with, but getting to grips with it a little more  :)
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2017, 03:53:07 AM »
Quote from: TeganL on March 01, 2017, 10:30:44 PM
Beautiful!
Love the quote too.

Thank you Tegan  :)
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2017, 03:56:09 AM »
Quote from: ash0kgiri on March 02, 2017, 01:09:49 AM
The walnut Ink Virus...
I got it from @prasad :D. And its really addictive. I have even filled all my 5 pilot parallel pens with walnut Ink. And they work really well.

Beautifully written and nice quote.
Keep writing,

-Ashok


Thank you Ashok, yes I blame you all for my walnut ink obsession.
I do love sparkly ink, but noticed that I used lots of it, plus the sparkles sort of distract the eye from the flaws, so I'm working on those.
It will be interesting to see what my engrossers script is like after a year's practice  :)
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2017, 08:30:00 AM »
That came as a sweet surprise Sarah :D :D as the obsession is because of me.
Sorry not able to recall any past conversation. Enjoy your obsession.

Keep writing,
-Ashok
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Offline Tales from the Nib

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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2017, 12:00:42 PM »
Quote from: ash0kgiri on March 02, 2017, 08:30:00 AM
That came as a sweet surprise Sarah :D :D as the obsession is because of me.
Sorry not able to recall any past conversation. Enjoy your obsession.

Keep writing,
-Ashok

Sorry Ashok, I think I could of said that better, I meant that all of you talk about walnut ink so passionately on different threads that I had to try some for myself.
This forum has influential powers of persuasion, and leads members astray ha ha  :)
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2017, 02:23:09 PM »
I agree and take full responsibility. You couldnt have said it better :D

- Ashok
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2017, 03:00:33 PM »
@ash0kgiri  can I ask, do you find the walnut ink, kills nibs faster than normal ink, or have I just written a lot, I can't work out which ha ha ?  :)
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2017, 04:14:29 PM »
@Tales from the Nib, I don't think so. Infact I found them quite gentle on nibs as compared to Sumi and Iron Gall. Don't forget to clean your nibs after you finish writing.

-Ashok
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Re: Walnut ink practice
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2017, 04:33:41 PM »
Quote from: ash0kgiri on March 02, 2017, 04:14:29 PM
@Tales from the Nib, I don't think so. Infact I found them quite gentle on nibs as compared to Sumi and Iron Gall. Don't forget to clean your nibs after you finish writing.

-Ashok

Thank you Ashok, I killed my nib in 3days, yes I do practice a lot, it kept pulling my paper fibres, I must admit I have written around 10 A4 pages with the same nib, so it could be the amount rather than the ink  :)
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