Blood red ink?

[Linger]

This is not intended for any macabre ritual!

 

Instead, it is to add some spice to Dracula-, Halloween-, or Agatha Christie-related writing. Or, example given, on the other side of the spectrum, to draw a blood-red heart on a Valentine's card. 

 

What would be the ink that comes close to the color of human blood? And let's make it interesting by making the distinction between:

 

1) oxygenated (flowing from the heart)

2) low-in-oxygen blood (flowing to the heart)

 

 

An easy one to start would be Diamine Oxblood in the 2nd category. But it is 1st category that is most interesting in light of the aforementioned Dracula/Valentine purpose.

 

Do you have any ideas?

[Percy]

Hmmm... Maybe for the darker blood reds: Astorquiza Rot, Noodler's Red-Black, or Robert Oster Whisper Red?

 

And the lighter blood reds: Blackstone Uluru Red, De Atramentis Oriental Red, or Diamine Red Dragon?

 

Just the first few that came to mind! Hopefully this helps give you some ideas  

[Mr.Rene]

Diamine is announcing a new deep red ..Writer´s Blood... but it looks a bit pinky to me..I guess..

Nick Stewart ink sampler hire...

 

[Percy]

25 minutes ago, Mr.Rene said:

Diamine is announcing a new deep red ..Writer´s Blood... but it looks a bit pinky to me..I guess..

Nick Stewart ink sampler hire...

 

What a fantastically dark name! I love it.

[chromantic]

Oxblood can appear slightly brownish. Monaco is a nice, deep red that stays red in the lighter shading, without the pinkness of the Writer's Blood that Mr. Rene mentions; some say it also leans brown, though.

[Loke]

First category: Diamine Matador, Diamine Communication Breakdown, Diamine Red Dragon.

Second category: Diamine Oxblood (indeed).

 

That new Diamine looks really nice, but not really blood-ish is it?

 

[Dione]

I've read that Diamine Burgundy Rose looks like Montblanc Hitchcock and that's meant to be blood red ink.

Their Oxblood would probably be described like your "low in oxygen" blood

[BaronWulfraed]

On a microscope slide, blood tends to look yellowish -- the red is only in the red blood cells, the plasma isn't red.

 

I suspect the best match would be an iron gall ink -- going down fresh red and drying to a darker brown.

[Carrau]

J Herbin Rouge Hematite, and Noodler’s Antietam and Tiananmen (I suspect the association with blood-shed was in Nathan’s mind with these 2).

[PatientType]

Noodler's Widow Maker seems pretty close.

[bunnspecial]

For the first-

 

I vote for Noodler's Black Swan in English Roses. It doesn't get a lot of attention compared to its Australian Roses brother, but is a lovely complex color in the true deep red category.

 

 

[Loke]

Agreed! Was tempted to suggest Black Swan in English Roses.

Both English Roses and Australian Roses are fabulous inks!

[aardvarkbark]

Red dragon for arterial blood.

 

Not sure about venous blood.  Oxblood mimics dried blood outside of the body IMO and as mentioned above can appear brownish, so don't consider it similar to oxygen-poor blood still within the system.

[PJohnP]

I was a big fan of Montblanc Alfred Hitchcock red ink...  While some reviews had images of a brighter red, MB AH was as close to dried blood colour as I'd seen in my forensic work decades back.

 

It is, however, a bit hard to find now.

 

 

 

John P.

[Paganini]

On 1/29/2021 at 12:39 PM, BaronWulfraed said:

On a microscope slide, blood tends to look yellowish -- the red is only in the red blood cells, the plasma isn't red.

 

I suspect the best match would be an iron gall ink -- going down fresh red and drying to a darker brown.

 

I was just going to suggest Platinum Classic Cassis. I think it looks exactly like blood, on the page. 

[lapis]

Whether you're into arterial, venous or dried blood, you might want to try these on for size:

 

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=68451&hl=blood+richard

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/68451-fun-with-blood/#entry1075452

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=81125

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/237566-which-ink-color-looks-the-most-like-blood/

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/305353-purple-ink-that-looks-like-caput-mortuum/

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/340032-sanguine-like-ink/

[Uncial]

Is there a date for the release of Diamine Writers Blood?

[A Smug Dill]

39 minutes ago, Uncial said:

Is there a date for the release of Diamine Writers Blood?

 

https://www.cultpens.com/i/q/DM08140/diamine-ink-80ml-bottle

Expected dispatch date for this item is 19th February but may be subject to change.

[Uncial]

Thank you

[Loke]

Ordered a bottle at La Couronne du Comte and it says 2nd half of February.

Will let you know when it's shipped if you want.

 

Kind regards,

//Loke