I finally got my Sumi ink and I love the way writes but the smell is atrocious is this normal?
Brad, I just opened my first jar yesterday and was overwhelmed by the noxious odor, too. I'm highly sensitive to smell, so I don't think I can use it. Not only that, but whomever initially poured the ink into my jar got it around the rim and it was dried shut. Of course, as I wrenched it open ink spilled all over my hands and in the sink! What an inky, stinky mess.
I transferred it into a baby food jar, which leaked all over my hands and in the sink today because the lid wasn't on just right! I can't win with this stuff. LOL! Think I'll be trying walnut ink or Higgins next!