Homo sapiens blood

[inkstainedruth]

Anyone wanna try urine? <img src="https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

 

Well, it *is* apparently used as a mordant for dyeing with woad and indigo....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[inkstainedruth]

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This has never occurred to me.

 

Hmm.... Maybe next month....

 

Never crossed my mind either. The last time I had major nosebleeds my only thought was "How do I get this to STOP!" and not, "hmm, wonder if I have a spare ink cartridge...." :blink:

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

OK so here's what happened. I cut my finger on a pop can. Instead of washing the blood off, which would be a waste, I decided to write with it. I took a small dip pen nib and dipped it (kind of) into the drop of blood on my finger, and wrote. I couldn't write very much. After the first few strokes, it just wouldn't flow down the tines, so I just smeared the nib on the paper. I probably could write more if I had more blood, like from a nosebleed. At first it was a nice bright red. I didn't get a scan of that.

 

After 5 minutes:

http://i37.tinypic.com/24vtjf4.png

 

After about 5 more minutes, with a bit of heat applied to speed up the reactions:

http://i38.tinypic.com/2dvrzb.png

 

Anyway, as an ink, it's not all that great. There are other reds that looks close enough to blood at any level of coagulation, and are fountain-pen safe. However, I don't know of any that change color.

 

If anyone wants to try this, there's plenty of free blood available at butcher shops. I'd guess pig blood is closest to human blood. Get some EDTA too.

 

But how is it in the sunlight?

[comfortableshoes]

once long ago, as a particularly surly teenager, I cut my hand while cutting a block print for some HS art project, I grabbed my journal and wrote a particularly pathetic journal entry. I wrote it 20 years ago on cheap Mead paper with my finger. It stayed quite bright but has now aged to a sepia brown. It's still obviously blood. It grosses me out now, but as a surly teen who read a lot of Sci Fi and Fantasy novels it intrigued me.

[hardyb]

Used in occult matters:

Edited May 16, 2012 by hardyb

[Mercian]

Gross.

Will reviews of other body fluids follow?

 

Those familiar with the history of that famous user-of-green-ink Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming will already be aware of what his men used for ink during WW1. It is said that they had a motto "Every man his own stylo"....

 

If you, Dear Reader, are of a delicate temperament, I advise you to not research this any further.

 

Cheers,

M.

[mirosc]

Thank's for the review, but there's a serious lack of information on bleedthrough...

[professionaldilettante]

Gross.

Will reviews of other body fluids follow?

 

Those familiar with the history of that famous user-of-green-ink Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming will already be aware of what his men used for ink during WW1. It is said that they had a motto "Every man his own stylo"....

 

If you, Dear Reader, are of a delicate temperament, I advise you to not research this any further.

 

Cheers,

M.

Body fluids, especially clear fluids, was useful in the act of espionage, because the "ink" could be developed with heat, permanent, and unnoticeable when dry.

[saskia_madding]

I have no idea where to post this in the index.

[mik86]

It likely stops flowing through tines because blood quickly coagulates... but if an anticoagulant was used, it just might work! Heprin is an anticoagulant but not easily accessible because it is medicine and therefore expensive. Radicide would work but anyways... who really wants to bleed to write, anyways, unless you are an emo person or a vampire.

 

Also, your blood will have your DNA and can permanently be used to identify you because DNA is very stable, even hundreds of years after you are dead.

[Colors]

That's so cool! I wonder how it would look compared next to Noodler's Antietam?

[Uncle Red]

Gross.Will reviews of other body fluids follow?

Those familiar with the history of that famous user-of-green-ink Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming will already be aware of what his men used for ink during WW1. It is said that they had a motto "Every man his own stylo"....If you, Dear Reader, are of a delicate temperament, I advise you to not research this any further.Cheers,M.

Body fluids, especially clear fluids, was useful in the act of espionage, because the "ink" could be developed with heat, permanent, and unnoticeable when dry.

I was aware of these but I think I'll stick to Lemon Juice.

[SmoutKa]

Is the similarity of his surname and a vulgarity just a coincidence, or did we just stumble upon some etymology? ...

Gross.

Will reviews of other body fluids follow?

 

Those familiar with the history of that famous user-of-green-ink Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming will already be aware of what his men used for ink during WW1. It is said that they had a motto "Every man his own stylo"....

 

If you, Dear Reader, are of a delicate temperament, I advise you to not research this any further.

 

Cheers,

M.