Greetings all,
I've started my calligraphic life with a bottle of Higgins Eternal - which I've used with a dip pen, as well as using it to refill a pilot parallel pen.
There seems to be a huge range of ink possibilities - summi, walnut, chinese, gouache, iron gall... various brands and colours...
Any suggestions - or things to avoid - for my next ink purchase? Are some of these inks easier to use than others as far as the actual writing is concerned?
I do have a small collection of acrylic inks (Windsor and Newton and FW Daley Rowney) but I'm not sure these are recommended. I'm aware they do dry quickly so I would keep my dip pen nibs wet. I've no idea if they'd work in the parallel pen, but wouldn't risk it without advice.
Thoughts, suggestions, recommended threads or links all welcome...