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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 239274, member: 55"]I've seen ink sticks, a block of dried and compressed ink; you shave off a bit, dissolve in water to make ink. The ones I've seen were black, but maybe they can also be painted gold; maybe that adds interesting gold flecks to the ink......</p><p>Those are soft and easy to scratch, but pretty light-weight.</p><p>You don't say, but maybe imply, that this might be metal.</p><p>Is this metal? How big? Magnetic?</p><p>Example of ink-stick:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]72975[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 239274, member: 55"]I've seen ink sticks, a block of dried and compressed ink; you shave off a bit, dissolve in water to make ink. The ones I've seen were black, but maybe they can also be painted gold; maybe that adds interesting gold flecks to the ink...... Those are soft and easy to scratch, but pretty light-weight. You don't say, but maybe imply, that this might be metal. Is this metal? How big? Magnetic? Example of ink-stick: [ATTACH=full]72975[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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