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Jane Austen's Ink Recipe - Inky Thoughts - The Fountain Pen Network

Recently, several of us have discussed various iron gall ink recipes. Today, I got my hands on the recipe Jane Austen used circa 1813. "To Make Ink" Take 4 oz. blue gauls, 2 oz. of green Copperas, 1 oz of half of gum arabic, break the gauls, the gum & Copperas must be beaten in a Mortar &...